Our Poultry Page

Ron & Sue Wall's Poultry Page - devoted to one of our hobbies
Pictures of our Ameraucanas, Silkies, Japanese Bantams and other assorted chickens

I always said I wanted to raise chickens when I retired from the corporate world. At first, Sue thought I was crazy - but she has come around. WE ARE NOT A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE Based on availability, we sell or trade (locally only) in northern Pinal County, Arizona fertile eggs, chicks, pullets and cockerels E-mail us for our phone number and call for availability
Our Flock click on photo for larger image - use your browser's BACK button to return to this page All of our chickens are free-range and grain-fed. They have their own yard, but like the grass in our back yard. Because of the danger of nocturnal predators (coyotes, foxes, bob cats and stray cats and dogs) we lock them up securely in their coops at night. Although my neighbors have lost several chickens to predators, we have lost none.
Our two Japanese bantams started it all - Roscoe the Rooster on the left and Rufus the Rooster on the right. The two red pullets in back are Penny and Ruby (can't tell which is which in this photo). This picture was taken more than a year ago when they were still pullets and cockerels (hens and roosters under 1 year old).	Rufus (left) and Roscoe and a young pullet named "Babe" that we are keeping for a friend of our grandson. Babe is of undetermined parentage, except that her father was a game cock and her mother "an ordinary hen." Babe is now an excellent brooder, a devoted mother and has raised several chicks. The bantams were a birthday gift from my grandson when they were still young cockerels. They are from the same brood and always hang out together.
Lassy, one of our two black silky hens. Silkies are adorable non-agressive creatures, tame and easy to pick up, good brooders and mother hens. Lassy and her sister Sassy have jointly raised a couple of broods of bantam/silky chicks. Silkies have feathers that are more like fur than feathers and they cannot fly. We will soon have some white Silky chicks and have already obtained a blue splash Silky hen.	Sassy on the nest. We can tell the two black Silkies apart because of the shape of their combs and head feathers. And, their personalities are different. Sassy prefers not to be handled but she will squat to be picked up. She is the "squawker" in the flock and is the first to let us know if there is an unwelcome predator about. Silkies lay small white to cream colored eggs.
Lassy and her first brood of chicks (all turned out to be roosters). Sassy and Lassy jointly hatched and then raised the chicks. After Sassy lost interest, Lassy continued to mother the chicks until they asserted their independence.	Another picture of Lassy. She is now two years old and is currently brooding. We are hoping she will brood our white Silky eggs we are to receive soon. In addition to the fur, Silkies are easily identified by their five toes and feathered legs. They are larger than our bantams but smaller than the Reds.
This is Flower. She is an Ameraucana "Easter Egg" hen who lays green eggs. Flower belongs to our granddaughter Nikki who had to leave her in Arizona with us when she and her parents moved to Tennessee.	Flower is very gentile and quiet, but she does not like to be picked up. She will jump in your lap if you are sitting in a lawn chair or if you have a piece of bread to feed her. Flower is the largest of our chickens.
This is Penny, our "Rhode Island" Red (few reds are pure Rhode Island Red although most people call them that). She likes to be picked up and petted, very gentle and quiet. Penny is a good, reliable egg producer. She lays large light brown to medium brown eggs but is not a good brood hen. We gave her sister Ruby to a friend who lost his laying hen to a coyote. We had to clip their wings because they enjoyed flying over the fence, not a good thing where there are lots of predators.	Rooster Dance. This is my neighbor's rooster J.D. trying to impress our white Leghorn, who seems to think he is being silly. Our hearts were broken when we had to put the hen down because of a tumor from which she clearly suffered and caused her to stopped eating. We never named her, but she was very gentle and loved to sit on the arm of my lawn chair while I petted her. J.D. is part Japanese Bantam and part Silky, although not much Silky shows in him. He loves to be handled and seeks out human attention. J.D. was one of the first three chicks raised by Sassy and Lassy. We sold all three but J.D. roosts just down the road and likes to come back to visit. But, he always goes home at night. We named him J.D. ("Juvenile Delinquent") because he kept running away from home. The Japanese bantam in the background is his father or uncle.
This is our little Yorkshire Terrier Nikki socializing with several of our (then) young pullets. At the time they were only a few months old. Both our Yorkies tolerated the chickens but Nikki, when they were little thought the chicks were her pups. Poor little Nikki died of lymphoma early this year (2007).	Babe and some of her first brood. Babe is not aggressive towards humans but is a fearless defender of her chicks against everything else. She is a beautiful bird, likes to ruffle her feathers and fans out her tail like a turkey. She squawks loudly when picked up, but seems to enjoy being handled. She lays smallish cream colored egg.
We will soon be adding pictures of our bantam Cochin Fizzle, blue splash Silky and our new Ameraucana chicks. We have bantam/Silky mix pullets available now for sale.
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