water surface hugging - coming in low - pacific black duck (anas superciliosa) & chestnut teal duck (anas castanea)
The gallus gallus domesticus
What do you call a rooster that wakes you up at the wrong time? An alarm cluck!
Despite their domesticated existence, the enduring spirit of the wild can still be glimpsed in the wary eyes and proud posture of a hen guarding her chicks...
… whilst pigeons are not strictly poultry, you could say they are "poultry-adjacent" …
crash landing by this pair of pacific black ducks (anas superciliosa)
dusky moorhens (gallinula tenebrosa) running over water
swamphen (porphyrio melanotus) by the reeds
when the swamphen (porphyrio melanotus) crossed the road, again
domesticated, feral pigeon at our place
chest thump - pacific black duck (anas superciliosa)
family of wood ducks (chenonetta jubata), feeding not swimming, fishing or being fed
the polish chicken ... padovana or padovana dal gran ciuffo (lit. 'large-crested paduan')
... on the road, litelrally, with the silky or chinese silk chicken, is a breed of chicken named for its atypically fluffy plumage, which is soft to the touch, like silk or fur
back end - pacific black duck (anas superciliosa)
and its sister, another snow pigeon (columba leuconota)
incoming! pacific black duck (anas superciliosa)
by the water's edge is this purple swamphen or (porphyrio melanotus)
high five! pacific black duck (anas superciliosa)
... the cochin, that derives from very large feather-legged chickens
domesticated, feral pigeon at our place
australian wood (no, not wooden) duck (chenonetta jubata),
.. retro. chicken that I recall as a child, on crockery
.. a graceful landing? by the pacific black duck (anas superciliosa)
.. crossing the road, with the phoenix is an experience. the phoneix is a breed of long-tailed chicken; possibly cross-breeding of imported long-tailed onagadori?
all in a row, are these feral pigeons (columba livia domestica or "C. l. urbana")
and taking turns in line, and the feral pigeon who have the fancy name of "columba livia domestica" or "C. l. urbana"
... in communal behaviour is the coot (fulica atra)