Chicken Pics of the Day

Featured today for your viewing pleasure... Greta!!! Greta is a funny girl. She's usually pretty independent, and doesn't seem to share the close relationships that the other chickens do. But she's molting right now, and I've noticed that she has been a lot more sociable during her molt. I don't know if that's normal, or if so, why, but it's an interesting observation...

This morning Greta was eating some pumpkin. Mmmm....

I think she's extra-cute when she stretches her neck out. :-)

Greta's distinguishing physical characteristic is her missing toes.

This is what normal chicken feet look like -

And here are Greta's feet -

She just has cute little nubbins. We don't know what happened to her toes - it could have been frostbite or some kind of mites - hard to say. But she gets around just fine on her little stubby feet (she can even perch), and I think they are adorable.

Check back soon for more chicken and duck pictures; I've scheduled some more posts over the next week or so.