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once infected with derpitis you'll never be the same.... have 6 bantam favs due to hatch under a cochin broody... and 7 in the bator...hmmmm... i think life will be very entertaining if they all hatch!

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ROBIN-...Faverolles, Cochins and more have all stolen my heart ..... !! !   Facebook  Pet Portraits

 

Member of the Derperella Fan Club.... We're all just goin round the rooster here!

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guess who just read the entire thread? I'm hooked on derp. I've spent the last couple of hours derpily staring at the computer screen and getting weird looks when I would randomly burst out laughing.

X's 2 and TOO FUNNY!
Yup, I gots me a bad case of Derpititus meself...lau.gif.

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Jest the frog here; The UN-official comic relief of BYC!
Slave and defender for: 1 horse / 1 AGF/OEGB roo / 6 serama hens& 1roo / 2 gamey-mutt hens and Missy my "special needs" hen.  I LOVE my feather-kids!

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"ASA California State Rep"

Jest the frog here; The UN-official comic relief of BYC!
Slave and defender for: 1 horse / 1 AGF/OEGB roo / 6 serama hens& 1roo / 2 gamey-mutt hens and Missy my "special needs" hen.  I LOVE my feather-kids!

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post #773 of 2855
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Oh no! I was gone all weekend and when I got home last night, Derp's beard was missing. I've never seen any of the other hens pull her feathers, but surely that's what had to have happened! I don't know who did it. Poor Derp! Now she looks very silly, indeed!

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Oh no! I was gone all weekend and when I got home last night, Derp's beard was missing. I've never seen any of the other hens pull her feathers, but surely that's what had to have happened! I don't know who did it. Poor Derp! Now she looks very silly, indeed!



I had a little hen who also looked something like Derp have that happen to her.  She was paralyzed and so could not groom herself.  When I would feed her sometimes the food, if wet, would stick to her face feathers.  I learned the hard way that the others would pull her face feathers out as they went for the collected food.  After that I had to make sure others could not get to her.  Her face feathers were so cute and after that they did grow back but I missed her fuzzy face in the meantime.

Does Derp dribble her food when she eats???

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Let your life speak for you...it is said, "How you live your life speaks so loudly that others can't hear what you are saying anyway."
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-Robin-
Let your life speak for you...it is said, "How you live your life speaks so loudly that others can't hear what you are saying anyway."
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post #775 of 2855

Poor Derp!! 

Do what you love & love what you do. Simplicity is the essence of happiness.
I have O.C.D...Obsessive Chicken Disorder!!!
My little piece of heaven is in the northeast..me & my DH, 1 DD, 1 DS, & owned by 18 chickens ~ 3 Wellies,  2 BO's, 2 GLW's, 2 EE's, 3 Barnies, 2 FBCM, 1 SS, 2 SF & 1 Aussie!  "Member of the Derperella Club-- We're just all goin' round' the rooster, here!"

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Do what you love & love what you do. Simplicity is the essence of happiness.
I have O.C.D...Obsessive Chicken Disorder!!!
My little piece of heaven is in the northeast..me & my DH, 1 DD, 1 DS, & owned by 18 chickens ~ 3 Wellies,  2 BO's, 2 GLW's, 2 EE's, 3 Barnies, 2 FBCM, 1 SS, 2 SF & 1 Aussie!  "Member of the Derperella Club-- We're just all goin' round' the rooster, here!"

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I had a little hen who also looked something like Derp have that happen to her.  She was paralyzed and so could not groom herself.  When I would feed her sometimes the food, if wet, would stick to her face feathers.  I learned the hard way that the others would pull her face feathers out as they went for the collected food.  After that I had to make sure others could not get to her.  Her face feathers were so cute and after that they did grow back but I missed her fuzzy face in the meantime.

Does Derp dribble her food when she eats???



My hens get mostly a dry mash (plus all the grass and greens they can forage), so I don't think this is the case... unless Derp got into something wet over the weekend and everyone tried to 'help' her out!!

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Oh Derp, we love you with or without your feathery beard.  Perhaps the hens are a bit restless as they adjust to the coop without a rooster.

CHICKENS:to name just a few cochin, orpington,  OEG  also have: mute swans, geese, and cats
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CHICKENS:to name just a few cochin, orpington,  OEG  also have: mute swans, geese, and cats
  SEE MY BYC PAGE  for photos 

  SEE MY  CHICKEN PAGE for even more photos

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post #778 of 2855
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Oh Derp, we love you with or without your feathery beard.  Perhaps the hens are a bit restless as they adjust to the coop without a rooster.



maybe they are re-establishing pecking order? and since miss derp is so relaxed she just thought those were love pecks pulling her feathers out?

ROBIN-...Faverolles, Cochins and more have all stolen my heart ..... !! !   Facebook  Pet Portraits

 

Member of the Derperella Fan Club.... We're all just goin round the rooster here!

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ROBIN-...Faverolles, Cochins and more have all stolen my heart ..... !! !   Facebook  Pet Portraits

 

Member of the Derperella Fan Club.... We're all just goin round the rooster here!

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post #779 of 2855
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Originally Posted by Nambroth View Post

Oh no! I was gone all weekend and when I got home last night, Derp's beard was missing. I've never seen any of the other hens pull her feathers, but surely that's what had to have happened! I don't know who did it. Poor Derp! Now she looks very silly, indeed!



Do post a pic! Poor Derp!

Owner of 6 rabbits, 5 hens, an Anole, and a Frog My hens:Dipsy the Polish, Doodle the Orpington, Raven the Silkie, and Tulip and Opal, the Easter Egger bantam buddies~
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Owner of 6 rabbits, 5 hens, an Anole, and a Frog My hens:Dipsy the Polish, Doodle the Orpington, Raven the Silkie, and Tulip and Opal, the Easter Egger bantam buddies~
“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.” - Buddha
I am the queen of the diamondback terrapins!
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Oh no.  You need a coop cam so we can find out who(what) is doing this.  I know she can't be doing it herself.  Maybe someone is jealous because she has her own fan club.  Guess not Lorp, she wouldn't want to get dirty.

                                              Member of the Derperella club and  Stella's social club                            

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                                              Member of the Derperella club and  Stella's social club                            

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