Oh, golden headed bird~

A few posts back I told you about how Eagle Hawk-eye was very shy. Survivor is the same way and it is very hard to get a picture of her. Today I was successful! She is a very handsome bird. The feathers around her head are a beautiful, golden color. All of the Auracauna chickens look very different. Eagle has a black head, Survivor has a golden head, J.K. and Pearl have brown heads and Rosa has a reddish head. Their plumage is very similar though.

Survivor steps up

I don't get many pictures of Survivor, but today she just felt like posing, apparently. Today one of the Auracaunas(I don't know if it was Survivor) laid such a large egg it didn't fit in the egg carton. We knew the egg was from an Auracauna because it was blue. Auracaunas are the only breed of chicken that lays blue eggs. Just a little background chicken info for you.
Another classic picture of Doc.

Feeding on Feed

These are a bunch of photos, ok, three, that I took last weekend. Emma and I had just fed them, so most of the chickens were in the coop. Here are some of the shots I got at the time.Jed; I forgot to zoom-out.
Charles helping himself

I would have put a better picture of Survivor, but I used it in a post last week. So this one will do! A good thing about this one is that you get a nice view of her plumage.

Survivor; a chicken of Great Deeds

Alright, I don't know if Survivor has done any great deeds, but I couldn't think of another title! Here is another picture of Survivor posing very majestically and photogenically.

Photogenic chicken

Survivor is one of those where, you just know she will make a great photo. Here is an example of that ability: I may have explained this before, but just in case I didn't I will tell you how Survivor got her name. We adopted her from a family that was going away for awhile. Before we got her they let her run free. They named her Survivor because at night she flew into trees and escaped wild animals. All their other chickens died from the animals except Survivor. That's the story! We are proud to have her as a part of our flock.

Going home to roost

Everyone knows chickens go home to roost every night in their coop. However, as our chickens are, some of them do not do those traditional chicken duties. Survivor, for example, has been sleeping in the trees that are in the aviary.

Chickens

Group portrait:

Right to left is: Rosa, Eagle, Lemony, Amelia, Survivor, Pearl, and Jed.

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