Show us your poultry!

Ladies and gentlemen, the chicken has landed.

It's that time of year again... eggs, fluffy yellow chicks, gallinaceous ornaments galore. A local shop started selling these fairly nice but badly painted figurines, so obviously I had to pick up a few to repaint!

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I found a book on poultry breeds of the world (a must in any well-stocked library ), and apparently that's all it takes to get me hooked. It doesn't hurt that this is one animal that is quite easy to find in model form...

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The brown Schleich hen I already had, but she didn't really come into her own until I got her Bullyland friend. There's something in their attitude..

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Tinies! The made in China cheapo is way nicer than the Bullyland micros, really detailed.

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This guy is just weird.

Anyway... *drumroll* Let the thread commence? Or are you... chicken?

I enjoy watching chicken collection, they are very cute :) Some of these models I see first time. The rooster looks really funny
I don't have any hen in my collection. My son has 2 or 3 though so I may take photos of them :) He had really beautiful CollectA rooster but unfortunately lost it somewhere...
I think any birds which I could count as poultry are my mallard ducks and goose by schleich but I use to think they were wild

Thanks for sharing!

On the first photo - Are these custom works or you buy from somewhere?

I'm not chicken! But I don't have any really spectacular poultry in my collection I will share what I do have.

The current Schleich rooster (China and Germany versions)
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Schleich brown hen, colorful rooster, and chicks!
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I need more chickens! Bullyland and CollectA both have lovely ones I'd like to add someday. :)

-Kristie

Ooh, I like those Schleich variations! I'm currently repainting mine into a what is essentially another version of the same color.
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Will try to post a better photo once he's done.

What a great idea to re-paint a rooster !
I can`t wait to see him finished, Sumo

BTW, -There are SO many kinds of poultry, - it is amazing so few breeds are made

As I love Bullyland, - and variants, here are some
Strangely enough I only have the old ones

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Is pultry only chickens?
But never mind ! I just HAVE to show the fethery ones I just got from Yvette

Plaho :
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Safari goose, Runner ducks from Wilton and the Bullyland pelican sneaked into the picture
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The old poultry from Schleich

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Many of these old ones came in box, but they are darned expensive, so I have only this one, because she is one of the Schleich I love most

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And here my chickens from Papo

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The picture was taken last summer. Imagine only 4 - 5 weeks, and everything will be green here again

Lots of good ones so far, I like those Bully ones and the Papo. Is this chickens only or +turkeys?
Ducks and geese a different thread some time? I will have to pull together a photo, I have s few interesting chickens.

these are amazing!!!! the white pair are works of art! their paint might not be "realistic" but it's brilliant. The black one is very striking.
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What a lovely show of Chickens!

To us, "Poultry" is everything that you would find in a poultry yard. So we unpacked the Ducks, Geese, Turkeys, Guinea Fowl and Pigeons ... and packed them all away again ...

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Back in 1956, Lesley was given this family of White Leghorns for her birthday. They are metal figures from the "Prize Poultry" section of the old Britains Farm range.

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Here they are with a Schleich Zebra to show scale.

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More from Britains metal poultry yard.

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Composition Cockerels by Elastolin and unknown makers.

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Composition Hens by Elastolin and Lineol.

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Other composition Hens.

Sue & Lesley
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They are WONDERFUL , Sue and Lesley

I can`t believe that there are so many of the old metal ones from Britain, - the chickens are absolutely delightful ! And the one nesting !
And it seems that by them they could make defferent breeds

Thankyou for sharing from your enormous treasure of models again

Yesss!!!! Then my memory isn`t quite gone...I was sure that at some time I learned that "Poultry" was just as you describe : The feathered ones that the farmer`s wife went out to feed in the morning...ducks and geese and turkeys included

Amazing collections!

I learn so much here. :)

-Kristie

Sue&Lesley, so much beautiful chickens. Really quite wonderful! Thank you for showing!


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Yvette

Very interesting vintage chickens!

Thanks Sue and Lesley for sharing! The size fits for Schleich animals.

:) :)

Absolutely fascinating

Thanks Sue and Lesley.

Here are my modern phasianids! No chickens here in the fox kingdom.

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CollectA peacock, Bullyland pheasant and Safari turkey ... I love them all... and I still need the grouse!

I hate the word poultry, but here are the birds that live happily in my farm sanctuary :)

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That brown one in the front nearly missed the photo shoot but luckily she's a good runner!
All Schleich, except for those 2 small Starlux ones.

What a good little hen, - perhaps she was just laying an egg, so she had to run to be in the picture ?

You have a wonderful collection, - WOW, - and those tiny little Starlux

Adorable picture

PS Why don`t you like the word poultry ?

Very nice collections Noora and Roger (indeed "wild poultry" )
Beautiful photo Noora, hens look so nice together and they have lovely background

Thank you, Susanne and Anna!

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Why don`t you like the word poultry ?

The word poultry includes the assumption that the birds are meant to be used by humans, and I don't believe they are. I call them chickens, ducks and geese, because I think their life is valuable regardless of the money, meat or eggs one could benefit from them.

And yes, maybe the brown one was just laying an egg when the others gathered for the photo. I've never seen eggs around here, though. But one of my Schleich dogs seems to have gained weight recently.. And I've also seen a marten running around here..

:) :)

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WOW! Fernando, again you have so many unusual models to show us

They are all beautyful, and again I spot some that look very interesting ( old?), - for instance the turkey in the middle background, and some of the ducks, like in the front middle and left
Can you tell something about them, please

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I LOVE the ones sitting on HUGE eggs

I just got these little ones
Starlux, I think

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Nice collection Fernando!!

Fernando, very impressive collection of birds Thank You for sharing, many of them I see first time

Here are my Galliformes, not many of them but I hope to find more in future
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Kaiyodo peacock, CollectA peacock and two Kaiyodo Willow Grouses (or Ptarmigans?)

My son has 2 hens for his little farm, Bullyland on nest and one unknown. He unfortunately lost the colorful CollectA rooster somewhere that one was beautiful :)

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Very Contrast Peacock photo!! Ana

Ana, yours are an example of quality before quantity, - WOW

Thank You for Your words Robert, Susanne and Ken

Wow there are lots of wonderful birds here I have never seen. Thank you all for posting them.
I have just done my chickens

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Chickens by Playmobil

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by Schleich

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wonderful Elastolin composition ones

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Chickens from Hong Kong and China

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unmarked chickens mostly from China I think

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and last my chickens from US companies. I have marked on the photo here who made which ones.

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The American Metal Toys are the large ones of lead. Judy Toys and 2 of the Auburn ones are hard rubber, two other auburn ones are composition, and the other Auburns are rubbery vinyl.
The Marx on the left are vinyl and next to them to the right are soft plastic, Ohio Art are vinyl. Littletown is a rare one in vinyl from an O gauge train accessory company.
That's all for these guys :)

HOLY Moses, macrel and Mamma Mia

What an absolutely fabulous, fantastic collection
Gosh, I have to look again and again, - SO many and SO great

So many chickens! It is almost shocking to see such a huge collection of an animal that is not present in my collection. :)
Very nice to see many different brands, thanks for showing!

Wow! Amazing collection Tim. Thanks for showing it.

Oh I really enjoyed looking at everyone's poultry, they're all fantastic collections
Sumo, I think I've said it before, but I love your Schleich cockerel repaint, I want one!!

Here are mine:
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Schleich apart from the Phoenix Cockerel by Safari (far right), Bullyland common pheasant and Kaiyodo Mallard Drake.
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Britians

I included the Mallard Drake because some people keep them here, even being wild and the females not laying regularly - and of course I have a real one too

Beautiful poultry,Harriet

First photo...........................Pheasant is very good.
Second photo.......................Ducks white Britains ,on left side,are spectaculars.

Congrats...

Harriet! The Britians ducks are nice!!