Chicken Council

Hilde (Rhode Island Red)

• Queen of the Coop, highly food motivated, often seen bullying everyone except Margo.

• Favorite snack: Anything that isn’t pumpkin/pumpkin seeds, loves ants.

Margo (White Leghorn)

• Hilde’s right wing, keeps everyone in check, breaks up fights. Is an avid frog hunter in springtime.
• Favorite snack: Tomatoes (Note: tomato fruits are fine for chickens, but the plant itself is very toxic.)

Jungle Boogie (Ameraucana Easter-egger)

• Scared of falling leaves, apples, and rabbits. Likes randomly running and screaming, though mostly stays hidden and generally dislikes being handled. Named after the song by Kool and the Gang, to which you should take a listen.

• Favorite snack: Cucumbers & chickweed

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Annie (Buff Orpington)

• Adopted orphan after her original flock was killed by a predator. Very quiet but becoming bolder as time goes on.

• Favorite snack: unsalted shelled sunflower seeds

Sweet Lips/Sweetheart (Favorelle)

• As a lovely French lady, she has extra toes! She always has a lot to say about the world. Likes to inspect the shoes and pants of visitors. Loves pecking at buttons and shoelaces!
• Favorite snack: Watermelon

Janet (Black Jersey Giant)

• The most adventurous chicken! Not always very sociable to humans, but is happy to hang out with her feathered friends. Has a large, floppy comb to tell apart from other giants.
• Favorite snack: Not sure but loves fermented feed more than the others.
  

Watch Janet in action!

Cate (Black Jersey Giant)

• The smallest of the Jerseys and has yellower legs. Is very sweet and always runs to greet whoever stops by.
• Favorite snack: Cut-leaf coneflower leaves

(Big) Bertha (Black Jersey Giant)

• Extremely friendly, and is harnessed trained. Has a short attention span and is highly food motivated. Likes being perched up high to watch the world! Has an odd earlobe.
• Favorite snack: Pretty much anything.

Stevie Chicks (Favorelle)

• Very friendly, opinionated, and had a lot to say. Was the most popular of all the chickens at the time. She liked going on car rides and sometimes confused freckles or beauty marks for food.
• Favorite snack: Dried mealworms

Amelia (Ameraucana)

• Coming to us from Shane Brill’s flock, Amelia was a sweetheart who loved soaking up the sun and taking naps under the picnic table. She passed at the astonishing age of 11 years, and always impressed us with how much she loved life.
• Favorite snack: Raisins

Winnie (Brahma)

• Blind in one eye, Winnie taught many students just how loving chickens could be. She often was seen accompanying Jo to class and club events, and loved getting pets from passerbys.
• Favorite snack: Cucumbers

Tangerine (Buff Orpington)

• Tangerine loved hanging out in the cutleaf coneflowers. When a mysterious illness overcame her, we buried her in her favorite spot under a pawpaw tree.
• Favorite snack: Sunflower seeds