I haven't have a lot of time to write, finally had some nice days and the feathered garden crew and I have been trying to get some weeding done! It's a slow go as this seems to be the event to attend! Marjorie my garden chicken has taken a back seat to Dorthy who has lost most of the feathers on her head while working her way up the pecking order! Interesting how one can lose ones spot in live so quickly!
Dorthy it seems has a whole new lease in life and follows me around like a puppy! Her nickname in fact is Puppy! She is the only one that can actually fly up and catch food midair! I was carrying some lemon cucumber from my garden to the house the other day when she did a fly-by and took a chunk right out of my hand! Not crazy about this trick!
Sadly we did lose a girl. Three of my Rhode Island Reds look so much alike I couldn't tell them apart so they became as a group, "Hey There Chicken!" I now know the signs :( Not wanting to roost and trying to separate from the rest of the hens. It seems that animals have more of an acceptance than we do in these matters. I would sometimes place her on the roost thinking she had been bullied off, I had misread it, she was simply preparing for her transition. She may have been egg bound, something I didn't know about before. I placed her in the hatch where she was found in the morning. RIP Chicken, hope I gave you a good life!
I have been trying to upload a couple videos from my Android but I am having some trouble. Puppy
( formerly known as Dorthy) has learned to pick blackberries, due primarily to her food addiction. I was able to catch that on video what I thankfully didn't catch was what happened after! I discovered I was standing on an ants nest! Poor hubby got to see the most horrid strip tease ever!!!
No comments:
Post a Comment