Sep 29
2009
Isn’t She Lovely?
Edna is a standard white crested blue. I consider her one of my glamor chickens. She’s a bit high-strung and tends to be flighty. I can’t help but wonder if some of it has to do with her hair in her eyes.
She is also a bit sneaky. When I go to open the coop door in the morning, Edna almost invariably tries to sneak past me for her own private walkabout in the garden. Often she succeeds, but then almost immediately regrets her actions since she’s separated from her friends.
Edna should start laying in about another month.
This is the first in a photo series featuring the chickens from the little flock here at Bumblebee.
September 29th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
Edna totally rocks. She reminds me of one of those Vegas dancers with the big headress!
September 29th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
She is lovely. She sort of reminds me of Carol Channing.
September 29th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Heather’s comment gave me a laugh!
Yes, she does remind me as well of Carol Channing. Robin, is there any way you could paint her beak bright red? HA!
She looks like a small thing, you must report if she lays small eggs as well.
September 29th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
NO! Please don’t do a Robin’s Chickens pin-up series!!! I’m weakening enough. When you showcase your glamor girls individually, how will I be able to resist acquiring my own chickens.
Do you use the word “devious” in your resume?
September 29th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
What a beautiful chicken! I so wish I could have a few chickens in the city I live in.
September 29th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
She is a stunning strutter and looks secure with her head apparel. Just the bird for an upscale garden. Will she lay a delicate egg?
September 29th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Well, I see that you did get a chicken mosaic. Edna is quite the beauty!
September 29th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
Her name is perfect!
September 30th, 2009 at 8:37 am
What a cool-looking chicken!
September 30th, 2009 at 8:41 am
Hey Robin, She is a beauty and brainy, too. More chicken stories, please. gail
September 30th, 2009 at 9:13 am
Okay, how did you get the chicken to pose? Those photos are fantastic. And while Heather sees Carol Channing, I see Prentice Marshall.
September 30th, 2009 at 9:33 am
Well, she probably is all worried about messing up that hair and getting dirty! I’d be high-strung as well if I was always wearing a beautiful dress in the garden :)
October 1st, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Oh, she’s lovely. And I love the photo montage. Can’t wait to meet the rest of your chickens!
October 1st, 2009 at 10:08 pm
I am already longing to start my own backyard flock — my fiance calls it my “chicken lust” — but then you have to go and post pics like these. Edna is so lovely! What a clever headdress she has, even if it does get in her eyes sometimes.
I’ll definitely be dropping by to see the rest of your chick pics.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:27 pm
How very Zsa Zsa Gabor! I love her!
October 6th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
She’s beautiful, a chicken with attitude.
October 9th, 2009 at 10:31 am
Oh Edna, Oh My. Wow, what a chicken!
-Great to find you on Blotanical.
October 16th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Ohhh is she a polish? I want a polish and a silkie just so I can have 2 ridiculous chickens….but alas I have 3 and I told myself that 3 is the limit. She’s gorgeous!
October 23rd, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Oooh… she’s so pretty! But she looks much too delicate to actually lay any eggs. :)
(Although now… I can’t look at her without picturing Carol Channing. Specifically as the “white queen” in that awesome TV production of Alice in Wonderland from the early 90s or so.)
October 24th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
wow, she’s rocking :)
October 31st, 2009 at 10:50 pm
Hello from a fellow Marylander!
These photos of Edna are hilarious! You can really see her personality shine though. She’s beautiful.
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:30 am
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but what a beautiful chicken! I’m definitely not a country girl, but your blog has almost convinced me… although I’d only move to your house and Martha’s of course.
Congratulations to your son and family on his appointment! My husband is a West Point grad and we have/had quite a few friends from the Citadel and North Georgia and they’re all just awesome people. Your son must be exceptional as well!
November 7th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Edna is such a cutie!
November 19th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Hi,
This is the first time that I’ve been to your blog… I’ll try to visit
it again and again.
You are getting chickens! My mom got chickens when I was a schoolgirl.
I’d like to get chickens but I can,t. My best wishes…