Remember the chimera chicken bird?
It started out as this cute little chick with reddish-brown fuzz:
Then got older and became ....
chi·me·ra kī-ˈmir-ə, kə- noun -
an individual consisting of diverse genetic constitution.
I was hoping when the head feathers came in, they'd stay reddish-brown. Alas, that was not to be. When the new feathers started coming in, they were an off-white.
And today, the chimera chicken bird no longer looks strange. Nope, it just looks like a regular chicken now, with dark brownish-gray and off white feathers.
Too bad. I rather liked the looks of the reddish-brown headed Chimera Chicken Bird!
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I am actually relieved. I thought something might be genetically wrong with the poor thing and it might die. The good news is, it looks like a hen.
Love the name! At first she looked like someone had stuck a chicks head on a grown chickens body.
I’m hoping it’s a hen Ceecee, because I’d like to keep it around, and we already have waaaaay to many roosters!
I agree Leslie… it looked like I doctored the photo or something, but nope. That’s exactly how the chick looked!