Photo by Audrey Pavia

Liberty hangs out with Teddy the horse , show off his beautiful colour .

I remember whenLibertywas born last spring ; he was one of three dame , and was livid as snow . I first ascertain him one night when he was huddled against a rock in the coop , peeping in distraint . I did n’t even know theeggsone of myhens was sitting onhad hatched . I reached in and pick him up , then put him under the biddy . I ’m sure I saved his life sentence that dark . He had no clue how to get back to his mom , and he would n’t have survived the frigidness .

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Liberty hangs out with Teddy the horse, showing off his beautiful colors.

His color excited me . His momwas a blueleghorn , and his pop was either my black and whiteroosteror my orange and black one . But here , this biddy was all white ! His other two siblings were black and gray . I mean for sure this little one would grow up to be a ashen hen — perhaps a reversion to some bloodless ancestor . After all , his sire was a mixed stock . Who knew what colour were behind him ?

Within a brace of weeks , it became obvious that the little white biddy was not going to develop up to be all blanched . His torso changed to a intermediate - grizzly coloring , while his head remain white . He looked like a little denuded eagle running around the yard . I could n’t get over it ! I named him Liberty .

Of of course , at this stop , I still call back he was a hen . I think all the doll were hens because I was trying to manifest it . I did n’t require any more cock , so I desire I could just will them all to be girlfriend .

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So I see Liberty develop , gradually convert colour yet again . Although he stayed gray with a white headway for a twosome more weeks , it would n’t last . Eventually , his head twist dark , too and he was just a sloppy gray .

But then of a sudden , he began to blossom . It seemed like overnight , his head and frill reverse bright orange tree . His comb and wattles glowed crimson , and his earflaps contrast starkly against his face . His tail plume grew out , and were shameful with light-green highlights . I realized I not only had another cock in my thick , but a passably good - appear one at that .

Today I catch Liberty hear to sneak bits of rice bran fromTeddy , a horse , during lunch period . The sunlight was hitting his feathers just so , and he seemed to glow . Although my dream of get a white hen — or a hen that looked like a bald-pated eagle — went out the window , I ended up with handsome rooster I ’m gallant to call mine .

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