Heather Moulton-Meissner, PhD
@fowl-language.bsky.social
Public Health Microbiologist, Backyard Chicken Keeper. Enjoys Paleoart, Transformers, and Community Building
Yippee! All five of my F2 #ResistanceProject ladies are now laying! I still need to perform #RrstrictionMapping to see who is homozygous or heterozygous for these sweet sweet immunity markers. #EgyptianFayoumi #BielefelderKennhuhn #Chickens #ChickensOfBSky
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Yippee! All five of my F2 #ResistanceProject ladies are now laying! I still need to perform #RrstrictionMapping to see who is homozygous or heterozygous for these sweet sweet immunity markers. #EgyptianFayoumi #BielefelderKennhuhn #Chickens #ChickensOfBSky
Hmm, perhaps I should have replaced "fine" with "okay". This is a #MentalHealth and #HormoneModidication positivity post. Take care of yourselves in these trying times. #ChixkensOfBSky #ChickenArt
October 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Hmm, perhaps I should have replaced "fine" with "okay". This is a #MentalHealth and #HormoneModidication positivity post. Take care of yourselves in these trying times. #ChixkensOfBSky #ChickenArt
Your Rosie is looking at my Rosie, of course! I got her from animal control earlier this year.
October 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Your Rosie is looking at my Rosie, of course! I got her from animal control earlier this year.
I'm quite pleased with FUBAR's development! She is as large as her half-brother, and twice the size of hell her sister. Got #EgyptianFayoumi looks with the #BielefelderKennhuhn size and chill. I'm looking forward to her ChB6 allele restriction mapping results! #BackyardChickens #DiseaseResistance
October 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I'm quite pleased with FUBAR's development! She is as large as her half-brother, and twice the size of hell her sister. Got #EgyptianFayoumi looks with the #BielefelderKennhuhn size and chill. I'm looking forward to her ChB6 allele restriction mapping results! #BackyardChickens #DiseaseResistance
September 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I don't make the rules!
August 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I don't make the rules!
Here's a little bit of dopamine (or at least some warm fuzzies) for you!
July 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Here's a little bit of dopamine (or at least some warm fuzzies) for you!
Casper knows that he's a cutie pie. #BackyardChickens #Chickens
July 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Casper knows that he's a cutie pie. #BackyardChickens #Chickens
Begin the day screaming.
June 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Begin the day screaming.
This delightful little creature is 3/4 #EgyptianFayoumi. I wasn't going to keep him due to his bewildering all-white #SpontaneousMutation, with a #SplitComb and tassle (crest). His temperament is absolutely delightful, an absolute 180 from his mom. #BackyardChickens #DiseaseResistance
June 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This delightful little creature is 3/4 #EgyptianFayoumi. I wasn't going to keep him due to his bewildering all-white #SpontaneousMutation, with a #SplitComb and tassle (crest). His temperament is absolutely delightful, an absolute 180 from his mom. #BackyardChickens #DiseaseResistance
F2 Bielefelder/Fayoumi mixes getting some time outside to #TouchGrass There is a single F1 and a purebred #EgyptianFayoumi in there too. I love how they all alert as a group at a passing car. #DiseaseResistance #Chickens #BackyardChickens
June 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
F2 Bielefelder/Fayoumi mixes getting some time outside to #TouchGrass There is a single F1 and a purebred #EgyptianFayoumi in there too. I love how they all alert as a group at a passing car. #DiseaseResistance #Chickens #BackyardChickens
June 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
"Deathwish" will grow up to have an illustrious career as an #OSHA inspector, or perhaps as an #AttackChicken The cat was soundly put in her place on Day 2. #InspectorDeathwish #chickens #BackyardChickens
June 6, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"Deathwish" will grow up to have an illustrious career as an #OSHA inspector, or perhaps as an #AttackChicken The cat was soundly put in her place on Day 2. #InspectorDeathwish #chickens #BackyardChickens
Attack chick in training! His name is "Deathwish"
June 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Attack chick in training! His name is "Deathwish"
I regret ton9nform you that the best I can do is obnoxious magenta velvet rooster boots, LOL
May 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I regret ton9nform you that the best I can do is obnoxious magenta velvet rooster boots, LOL
She weighs about 2 #ChickenNuggets
#AmericansWillUseAnythingButMetric
All of my #BielefelderKennhuhn girl chicks start as "Princess" because I know their value as an #autosexing color-coded birds! #BackyardChickens #Chickens
#AmericansWillUseAnythingButMetric
All of my #BielefelderKennhuhn girl chicks start as "Princess" because I know their value as an #autosexing color-coded birds! #BackyardChickens #Chickens
April 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
She weighs about 2 #ChickenNuggets
#AmericansWillUseAnythingButMetric
All of my #BielefelderKennhuhn girl chicks start as "Princess" because I know their value as an #autosexing color-coded birds! #BackyardChickens #Chickens
#AmericansWillUseAnythingButMetric
All of my #BielefelderKennhuhn girl chicks start as "Princess" because I know their value as an #autosexing color-coded birds! #BackyardChickens #Chickens
This is a pet-quality roo I had for a while. Adorable fellow, I miss him a lot!
April 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM
This is a pet-quality roo I had for a while. Adorable fellow, I miss him a lot!
Robert J. Oppenheimer totally slaying the camera on a gorgeous spring day. He's nearing 5 years old, firmly in middle age for his breed. Bielefelders make great dual-purpose (eggs and meat both, not just one) birds. #BackyardChickens #BielefelderKennhuhn #RoostersOfBSky #Rooster
April 13, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Robert J. Oppenheimer totally slaying the camera on a gorgeous spring day. He's nearing 5 years old, firmly in middle age for his breed. Bielefelders make great dual-purpose (eggs and meat both, not just one) birds. #BackyardChickens #BielefelderKennhuhn #RoostersOfBSky #Rooster
The "kids" are looking good, with the pullets and cockerels splitting out to a slightly heavier yellow legged type that favors the Bielefelder sire, and a lighter pale legged type that's more like the Fayoumi dam. I've been humbled by the basics of specimen collection -- chicken blood clots FAST.
April 4, 2025 at 4:56 AM
The "kids" are looking good, with the pullets and cockerels splitting out to a slightly heavier yellow legged type that favors the Bielefelder sire, and a lighter pale legged type that's more like the Fayoumi dam. I've been humbled by the basics of specimen collection -- chicken blood clots FAST.