In the pecking order of creatures, chickens are closer to the bottom than the top when it comes to beauty…. unless you’re visiting the Greene County Fair. The chicken barn was musical, too, when these photos were taken, with roosters crowing duets with the nearby sheep.
Not all the poultry is pictured here…
Lucas Fisher, Hardin Happy Hustlers
Barred rock hen Partridge cochon
Blue-laced red Buff Orphington rooster
Even Lucas’s mixed breed rooster is handsome
Megan Palmer, Cedar Highland
Blue Cochon mix, Cinnamon (left), Shadow (right)
Mille Fleur Dutch Bantam George and Penny (left) Freckles
Jack Schilling and Eliot Schilling, Hardin Happy Hustlers
Jack’s Bearden D’anver (left) and Eliot’s white silkie bantams (right)
And perhaps the prettiest of all, Sean Kenan, Washington Winners