Chickens are always glad to be with you. They're SO funny and lovable! Every time when I take the girls out of the pen we always go over to the little plum tree, where they all gather 'round and look up at me, cooing and clucking and jump up when I offer them a plum <3 They give me a happy feeling inside, especially when I sit down on the ground and they all come over and eat by me (I've also laid on the grass and Peepers, our EE, climbed onto my tummy, I couldn't stop laughing!
) I also feel like a shepherd with their flock of sheep (except my flock is chickens), no raptor nor cat nor dog will ever get their claws/talons/teeth into my hens! I am their grooster after all (girl-rooster, a word my mom made up).
It makes me so happy when I call, "Girls! Chickens!" or "Girls! Com'on girls!" and they all come running over with their funny, wobbly gate, looking at them as their pantaloons and dresses go up and down XD. Even when I'm walking to the big elm tree one of the girls follows my speed and walks right beside me
Our family has also inspired our neighbors to get chickens. I'm seeing them right now as I'm typing
They have two roosters that crow in the mornings (and all day) but it's such a lovely sound to hear.
They all have lovely personalities! Rosie is sweet and loves company, Ruth likes to be with you but doesn't like being picked up, Peepers is the baby of the flock and still will try to get under ones wing every now and again (even though she's old enough to lay eggs) and Melody is shy, but, when she feels safe, she'll eat by your side.
Chickens are so special! They are independent like a cat (and a hunter of anything that moves) except they won't swat you when they'd had enough. They also want a pack leader like a dog, except they won't bark at a stranger, instead they'll come up and greet them.
When the girls were little (and our little roo D.J, who is now at a no kill farm,) we picked them up and let them play on the floor (the poop was a pain though XD). They're so kind now that they're almost full adults, oh! I mean hens, and they haven't ever pecked us out of frustration or anger (the farmer who owns D.J now even said that he's gentle) It's all good, the girls are so wonderful! It's so nice to pick a freshly warmed egg out of the nest! Life is so much fun with chickens!
It makes me so happy when I call, "Girls! Chickens!" or "Girls! Com'on girls!" and they all come running over with their funny, wobbly gate, looking at them as their pantaloons and dresses go up and down XD. Even when I'm walking to the big elm tree one of the girls follows my speed and walks right beside me
Our family has also inspired our neighbors to get chickens. I'm seeing them right now as I'm typing
They have two roosters that crow in the mornings (and all day) but it's such a lovely sound to hear.They all have lovely personalities! Rosie is sweet and loves company, Ruth likes to be with you but doesn't like being picked up, Peepers is the baby of the flock and still will try to get under ones wing every now and again (even though she's old enough to lay eggs) and Melody is shy, but, when she feels safe, she'll eat by your side.
Chickens are so special! They are independent like a cat (and a hunter of anything that moves) except they won't swat you when they'd had enough. They also want a pack leader like a dog, except they won't bark at a stranger, instead they'll come up and greet them.
When the girls were little (and our little roo D.J, who is now at a no kill farm,) we picked them up and let them play on the floor (the poop was a pain though XD). They're so kind now that they're almost full adults, oh! I mean hens, and they haven't ever pecked us out of frustration or anger (the farmer who owns D.J now even said that he's gentle) It's all good, the girls are so wonderful! It's so nice to pick a freshly warmed egg out of the nest! Life is so much fun with chickens!
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