Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Happy First Birthday Beautiful Orloff Hens!

One of our beautiful Birthday Girls
 
Russian Orloff - Beautiful Birthday Girl
Russian Orloff - One Year Old
Our first flock of four Russian Orloffs has reached their first birthday.  Although we are not exactly certain when they were born, we speculate that it was the last few days of April, 2013.We still have all four hens. None the worse for wear. They are protective of each other. We have had no major incidences with predators aside from a few coyote visits late in the evenings in our backyard after the girls are safely in their coop.

One of the girls was a bit camera shy and I was only able to get her "tail" in the first of the photos. They are looking beautiful today. It's a warm day, lots of sunshine and wind. If you look closely, at a few of the photos, you can see the feathers around their heads are billowing up.

No Cake. Just Cracked Corn and and a few mealworms for their big day.  Happy Birthday, Girls.

one year old - first flock of Russan Orloffs

One year old - Two of the girls in the wind

Russian Orloffs - one year old - Three hens in a row

Russian Orloff - One year old Hens - Shiney and beautiful