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Queen Bee
This girl just came to us in an established flock of a dozen
chickens. Her prior owner
reports she is a Barred Rock adult hen. She's a fairly large bird, weighing at least 5-6 pounds. I'm not sure of "Queen Bee's" age but believe she is an adult and I'm guessing she's probably at least 2 years old???
    
This
bird is difficult to distinguish from the other Barred Rock hen,
Jailhouse Rock, except by a slightly different personality with
regard to roosting and grooming. This bird prefers to roost on the
very top roost and she spends quite a lot of time and energy
grooming herself. She is in fairly good condition but may be molting
as I have seen a few of her discarded feathers in the coop.
She tolerates some gentle human contact when setting somewhere
easily reached,
but she is fairly nervous. She will not stand easily to be caught
but she is
still fairly easy to catch when in a confined area.
I am uncertain as to whether or not this hen is laying. Either
Queen Bee or the other Barred Rock hen, Jailhouse Rock, was brooding
in a laying box at her prior home the day I arrived to relocate
them. The prior owner reported that the one brooding may peck when
removed from the nest but when the prior owner donned gloves and
lifted her out of the box, she did not protest and I do not recall
there being any eggs in the nest.
UPDATE! August 18, 2007 - New photos below:
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Queen Bee -
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The flock & coop -
Chatty Kathy - Dove -
Goldielocks - Henny Penny -
Jailbird - Jersey Girl -
Layla - Molly Brown - Queen Bee -
Rocky - Sugarcakes -
Wanderlust
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