Fowl Characters

With the final edition of "As The Coop Turns" looming on the horizon, I found it only fitting that we share some close-up introductions of our main characters.

We are very happy with our two Polish and two Silky chicks. They provide oodles of smiles and entertainment for our family and have integrated into their new chicken family just as well as they have ours.

First up, we have the lovely, prim and proper society lady, Phyllis Diller. The name fits her well for the obvious reason. But she also has a wicked sense of humor, too. She's the only chick who, until today hadn't figured out how to walk into the chicken house at night and instead, perched directly below the door and expected to be picked up and carried inside.
Next up is our man-of-the-coop, and chicken full of attitude and personality, Sid Vicious. We hope he doesn't fall too hard into his rock star character name, but he is already a bit pushy and macho-like. We do think he is quite a handsome fella, though.
And now for the fluff chicks, our two loveable Silkies.
Here's our roo, Cotton. He avoids conflicts with Sid, but is not a pushover either. He enjoys running pell-mell around the coop for his daily exercise. He's the first one of the 4 chicks that figured out how to walk into the chicken house to roost at night. He's a smart one.
Here's a close-up of his bright red wattles and comb.
And last, but certainly not least, is our own little Silky girl, Cloud. Yes, we already have an angora goat with that same name, too, but he's a boy AND he's a goat. So, we are recycling that name because it fits this girl just fine, and hopefully we can keep the goat and chicken separate without too much confusion.

Cloud is a sweet little Silky. She doesn't mind being captured and petted and she prefers to avoid conflict, like Cotton, so everyone in the coop seems to like having her around. Her true personality hasn't really come out yet, but she does seem to prefer hanging out with Sid and Cotton over the snooty Ms. Phyllis. Notice the 5 toes on a silky's foot. Also notice that black skin under the white fluff. These oddities are normal for Silkies and make them quite unique.
Just a little close-up of pretty Ms. Cloud.