Meet the Chickens: Seven

Name:  Seven, aka Lucky Seven Breed:  TBD.  Possibly a Snowy Egger Gender:  Surprise Rooster Egg Color:  N/A Role in Flock:  Porn Star, Overzealous Hormonal Teenager Seven was originally a hen named Snow White, until the day of the gender-bending reveal.  Since then, he’s been aggressively making up ground in the stud category.  The youngest of…

Meet the Chickens: Nighter Love

Name: Nighter Love Breed: Liege Fighter Gender: Hen Egg Color: Cream/Tinted Role in Flock: Friendly, Curious, Calm, Iridescent Beauty A 4-year-old girl named Henrietta Glasscock wanted us to name a chicken Nighter Love. First of all, Nighter Love is the most excellent Goth Rock chicken name ever. Secondly, the girl’s name is Henrietta Glasscock. If…

Meet the Chickens: Winnie

Name: Winnie Breed: Black Wyandotte Gender: Hen Egg Color: Very Light Brown / Pink Tinted Role in Flock: Pushy Broad Winnie was one of the four adult birds we introduced to the flock [see Hens Meet Roosters] along with Bari, Sven, and Marcus Aurelius. She’s a pretty bird in that laced-Wyandotte way and looks good…

Meet the Chickens: Bari

Name: Bari Breed: Barred Rock Gender: Hen Egg Color: Jumbo Light Brown with White Frosting Role in Flock: Flocks Together, Low Rung Bari, like Winnie, was introduced as an adult [see Hens Meet Roosters] and has taken a while to establish her flock persona. She hangs with the rest, is nice, lays well – and…

Meet the Chickens: Marcus Aurelius

Name: Marcus Aurelius Breed: Swedish Flower Hen Gender: Rooster Egg Color: N/A (hens of this breed lay white eggs) Role in Flock: Dominant Rooster (for now) We got Marcus and Sven [see Hens Meet Roosters] due to our hawk problem, after Goldie’s close encounter. He is named after the Stoic Philosopher-General, a favorite of Brian’s….

Meet the Chickens: Lyeta

Name: Lyeta Breed: Welsummer Gender: Hen Egg Color: Chocolate / Speckled Dark Brown Role in Flock: Hussy ‘Lyeta’ means ‘summer’ in Russian, hence the name of this Welsummer hen. We’re not sure if giving her a Russian name has anything to do with it, but she is our sexiest hen. She’s also super sweet and…

Meet The Chickens: Mary Magdalene

Meet the Chickens: Mary Magdalene Name: Mary Magdalene Breed: Easter Egger Gender: Hen Egg Color: Blue Role in Flock: Nice Girl Mary was a bossy pullet, but she grew up to be a sweetheart. She was one of our original hens, and the first one to start laying. She is a pretty girl, and friendly enough…

Meet the Chickens: Goldie

Name: Goldie Breed: Gold-Laced Wyandotte Gender: Hen Egg Color: Light Brown Role in Flock: Nice Girl, Explorer Goldie was one of our original chicks and remains one of the beauties of the flock (at least to humans – not sure what makes a chicken sexy.) She looks like she’s been gilded. She’s sweet and she lays…