we've got, in pecking order:
vera - ex-battery hen and queen of the backyard.
snot and bogey - two white leghorns, i think. the names were a joke that struck
cankles - some sort of mix breed bantam who has rather thick legs compared to the rest.
gladys - also some unknown mix of breeds but has...
so with our recent earthquake induced problems of a reduction in basic services the need for backyard longdrops has arisen all over the city. it didn't take long for a website to pop up that allows people to post photos and show off their creations. there's some great ones on there! as i'm sure...
na don't know anyone else on BYC that is here sorry so can't update anyone on that front.
things are pretty munted all over, looks like most of the central city is a write off, 80% of the city with no running water, 35% with no power (we're lucky and have both), official death toll is over...
oh and all the chickens survived! i got back home about an hour after the big one and all but one were hiding down the back looking startled still. hunted and hunted for the other the one and then found her sitting in a nest box happy as.
the fish tank came down and smashed. found a fish on the...
it's pretty unbelievably crazy here at the moment getting after shocks all the time. raced into town to find my fiancée and did thank god. place was like a war zone, collapsed buildings, injured and crying people every where. all my family are ok, some injured friends, but news is just starting...
haha pirates and freaks would likely be acceptable to the people i've met who've worked with them, villains less so but maybe, losers is ok but debatable given the japanese have ended the season earliy and felons na cause the don't break the laws that apply in international waters. if you can...
you'd like our girl vera, she doesn't like cats either. beats on them every chance she gets, give them good wallops on the head and sends them running. i grabbed one of our two cats and held him down after he was taking a bit too much interest in a few babies and she sprinted over at full speed...
the definition of terrorist is someone who uses terror tactics against civilians for political ends, well that was the original meaning anyway. really don't know if sea shepherd with their insistence on non-violent tactics count. risky tactics yes but they don't go out to harm lives just stop...
haha that's awesome
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surely they don't count as house chickens if they just come inside for visit every now and then. right? please say that's right someone! the kitchen floor is one of vera's regular stops inside too, probably means i should take more care in there when cooking...
haha someone is well trained
one of our girls frequently paces at the gate to the backyard wanting to come inside for quality time on the couch. and gets her way most of the time. anyway, she had grubby feet when doing this the other day so she got picked up and brought inside to stand in the...
if when cooking a meal you accidentally on purpose cook too much so there's enough leftovers to give them.
is when your fiancée (or whatever significant other you have) get's all grumpy because she wanted corn on the cob for dinner but you've already given it all to the chickens (yes i did...
the first three hens i got were ex-battery hens. they were in a bit of a sad state when we got them, only a week out of cages. the guy i got them from here sells them at cost all the time, charges enough to cover his transport/feed costs etc. he works for a finance company that financed the set...
yeah she's in amongst potato plants, never had any interest in eating them when she's gotten in there thankfully. just standing in amongst them looking beautiful she only seemed to eat all the strawberries and whatever exciting treats she finds under all the straw mulch she was kicking around...
i'm not really a fan of westerns, and this isn't a movie but a tv series, and don't know if it really counts but deadwood is amazing imo. just don't watch it if a bit of swearing offends haha. seriously one of the best shows i've seen though, love it.