Jaron and I found ourselves in my hometown, Sandy, Oregon today. We drove past a feed store on our way to meet a friend for lunch and we decided that on the way home, we would stop and see if they had any bantam chicks available to bring our block back up to 6.
When we got to the feed store, they only had one breed of bantams available, Sebrights; a beautiful breed with remarkable fringed feathers. But there were two colors, White and Silver.
How could we choose between
them? So we brought them both home and brought our flock up to 7.
The white one we named Penelope. She has VERY long wings that reach the end of her body, and has an impressive wing span. She likes to peck the beaks of her nursery mates and steal whatever food they may have.
The other one is speckled black and brown. We named her Gertrude.
She is quite small like Ariel and very sweet, but its clear now that our Gracie is a Golden Sebright. A rainbow of Sebrights? How fortunate, it seems like we'll have a beautiful flock indeed. When they are full grown, the feathers are absolutely gorgeous on these birds.
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