
Today’s sketch of the day in my moleskine art journal is of a Turkish ornamental sultan rooster from the same farm as George the goose in Beysehir, Konya in Turkey.
Prized for its decorative plumage and puffy crests and long tails. They were kept by the Ottoman Sultans in the imperial gardens hence it’s name. It is the weirdest and most unusual looking chicken I have ever met.
I need to add the words ‘I AM NOT A FEATHER DUSTER’ so that there is no mistake.

June 13, 2015 at 11:34
Wow! Sounds interesting and blue eggs. I’m learning so many new things about chicken. My friend just told me that chickens are the biggest bullies! Is that true?
June 13, 2015 at 04:40
I’ve always been extremely faithful to the little 8 year old boy I was! 😎
June 13, 2015 at 00:29
I’ve got some chickens now that have sideburns, tufts of short feathers on their cheeks. They are supposed to be a cross with a South American chicken called Auricana and a European variety brought to North America about a century ago. They lay pretty blue eggs.
June 13, 2015 at 00:25
It’s a mystery. Possibly part sultan 🐓🐓🐔🐥🐣
June 13, 2015 at 00:21
Maybe he’s part sultan? Our chickens as best I can remember did not have any feathers on the lower parts of their legs.