hen – today's bird

Today’s bird is: Buffy the Polish crested hen

a mother hen leads her chicks across a parking lot. chickens are precocial, meaning from the moment they hatch, they are able to walk around and feed themselves. chicks are still dependent on their mother, and follow her around for their first few weeks of life.

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Today’s bird is: Stormy the Easter Egger hen!

the ayam cemani is a completely black breed of chicken. ayam cemanis produce around ten times the melanin of a regular chicken. this causes them to be black – inside and out. the chicken’s tongue, organs, and flesh are all black.

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this is a polish chicken of the buff laced color variety. polish chickens are a somewhat uncommon breed, but are recognizable due to their characteristic, puffy crest of feathers. polish chickens are small and generally docile but are known to have vision problems due to their feathers.

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