The new pom-pom chicks

Check out the video link below where Little Sparrow below cannot get enough camera face time little lens hogger!

These wee gals came home with us from Harcourt last weekend and are enjoying their temporary quarters until big enough to roam with the adults.

This breed is a crested breed called a Polish. They are soooo curious and so friendly. Polish lay a medium sized egg of around 40g, three to four times a week. They don't go clucky and are a great backyard bird.

This is Lizzie - for Elizabeth Taylor and her 80's hairstyle and furs. Lizzie is a Frizzled Polish. Frizzles have a gene that causes their feathers to flick out instead of lay flat against their bodies. Many breeds come in a Frizzle version. Don't try and wipe the screen - I think those bits of straw were on my lens!

This shows their comparative size even though both are six weeks old. Sparrow is very very small but getting braver every day. She ate out of my hand and jumped on my shoulder and head the other day (though I think she surprised herself as much as me :) 

These gals were purchased from a lovely breeder up near Bendigo, Pam. She has a wide range of colours and ages and I would highly recommend her attention to detail and interest in the well being of her birds. These are her amazing breeding pens - designed AND built by her!
Check out Pam's Facebook page ...  Posh Poultry

Check out the video to see the third of the trio  who does not yet have a name - though I am thinking Marshmallow for her crest? Suggestions happily considered. (Marshmallow is a bit of a mouthful!.) .

Video link to My new Pom Pom head chicks