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One of these this doesn't belong.
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Backyard chickens.
Chickens
Brunch Downtown.
Chickens
Silkie photo bomb.
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The Chickstene Chapel: Joe Mussulman's coop is on the Metropolitan Tucson Chicken Coop Tour.
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Little girl is Jacelyn and chicken is Chok Chok. Photographed by Grandma.
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Pierce's chickens.
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Pierce's chickens.
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Morning Cup of Joe with our curious hen, Heaven.
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Backyard chickens.
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Backyard chickens.
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This is of the photographer's niece, holding one of the photographer's baby chickens this past spring. The anxious momma hen is the background!
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Alexandra Spellman's bird babies.
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Alexandra Spellman's bird babies.
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Alexandra Spellman's bird babies.
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Alexandra Spellman's bird babies.
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They love their watermelon.
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Ruby likes to get in your face.
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Tinky Toed farm chicks.
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Tinky Toed farm chicks.
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Tinky Toed farm chicks.
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Michelle Mason with her favorite hen Snowbelle, photographed by Jason Mason.
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This is Daisey she loves to cuddle. Lakeside, Calif.
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Penny on top, Goldie, Jewels and RaiRai. Lakeside, Calif.
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Kari Skinner's chickens.
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Kari Skinner's chickens.
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Kari Skinner's chickens.
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Desert chicken.
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Hershel McGriff with Violet (Lavender Orpington).
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Leigh Muckey with the first hen the family ever got in 2012.
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Ms Omelet looking at dad (you can see him in the reflection).
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The girls, Ms Daisy, Ms Ruby and Ms Omelet.
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Dirt bath fun
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Ms Daisy
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Ms Ruby
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Ms Omelet
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The coop. The girls call it home!
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Our Buff Orpington, Buffy. Taken by Morgan Leister, age 11.
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Leigh and Elsa
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This is Sophie, my one year old, black Silkie watching TV (The Walking Dead) with me.
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This is my darling Picasso.
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Cuddling Reds
Had to share this image of my daughter and our two Rhode Island Reds cuddling.
Tropic Thunder Portillo
This is Tropic Thunder, our black sex link. She is of four girls and she's the queen of the brood. We got her shortly after Valentine's Day as a chick. My wife's son, Adan, named her.
Portillo girls
The girls lined up.
Lucky Rhode Island Red
Isn't she a beauty? I believe she's a Rhode Island Red — please correct me if I'm wrong. This photo was taken during a chicken-raising class at Las Milpitas de Cottonwood community farm near the banks of the Santa Cruz River. These lucky hens get to hunt for bugs in the compost piles. Photo by Susan Billings / Arizona Daily Star
Queen of the coop
This perky gal mugged for the camera during a chicken coop tour at a Tucson elementary school in 2014. Photo by Susan Billings
A deluxe chicken coop
This beautiful but functional chicken coop was photographed during a tour of Manzo Elementary School in 2014. Students there learn to raise chickens, fish and vegetables, plus they learn about composting and water harvesting. Unfortunately, the school's garden and greenhouse were damaged by vandals earlier this year. Photo by Susan Billings
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