Meet Fawkes the Silver Phoenix

Fawkes at 4 Months

We're dorks and love Harry Potter. So of course when we figured out that we had a Phoenix chicken, we had to name her Fawkes. Despite the breed description, she's really a very friendly lady. She likes to interact with Mr. J more than any of the other chickens.

We haven't been able to get a good picture of her breast, but she has beautiful golden feathers with little white pinstripes on them. She's a very striking, if tiny, bird. We thought she might be a Silver Grey Dorking, but they have a 5 toes and she only has four. She's also the smallest of the chickens and the dorkings seems to be bigger birds. 

We're happy with our Phoenix chicken, even if she isn't supposed to be a good egg layer. The chickens are partly for eggs but also to introduce Mr. J to animals. Fawkes is friendly and does a good job as ambassador for the flock.