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Well... I got a second broody (we knew about this one) and she has hatched out 3 chicks... looks like the other 5 eggs are a few says behind...oops... so I put them in the incubator.

Pure bantam wheaten Ameraucana
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Went out driving today....sure was pretty!

The fireweed is almost done blooming.

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And a flock of dumb chickens were sitting in the road. (I think they technically are ptarmigan, but everyone here just calls them dumb chickens)

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That's a beautiful picture! Looks like a postcard!
And are those chickens 'wild'? Probably a dumb question but growing up in Hawaii i'm used to the wild chickens roaming all over the place ;)
 

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Ptarmigan are native... they are just impressively dumb.... like the dodo bird... but there ARE lots of predators here...always amazes me that they continue to exist.

I think they mostly make it through camouflage.... but we can see them easily, where maybe the raptors and wolves can't. :idunno
 

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