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Pippa
Dutch Bantam
Orangey Gold and Brown
7 years old
Pippa is the Matriarch of the family. She became a shelf sitter after having surgery on her abdomen that had been split open by a hawk. Lost my rooster trying to protect her. She gets whatever she wants.
My little Serama, Delilah, is now 5 months old. Even though there are 8 nesting spaces she insists on laying her tiny eggs where the Dutch bantam, Pippa, lays hers. There were several arguments between the two for about a week. This morning I find that they are getting along better. The Dutch...
Well I guess her foot is no longer sore. This evening around 6:30, I was giving them some grapes. Right before my eyes she let little 4 month old himself show her just how manly he is. OMG! His aggressiveness must have got him back in. Just shake my head.
I just went back out there to check on them. She had knocked the screen door out of the frame and was inside the coop calmly walking around and eating. Samson (the cockerel) was up on one of the roosting bars with his mate. I guess Mama let him know she ain't playing.
You all know this is my first time raising chickens. Earlier this week, I noticed Pippa (Dutch bantam, surrogate mama hen) was limping. She has just come out of her broodiness AGAIN but was still sleeping in the laying box at night. The 16 week old little Serama rooster that she raised from 1...
Hi all. Just wanted to share my little Serama boy's picture. He was 10 weeks old on Mother's Day. I named him Sampson....hahaha With his beak open, he looks as if he is saying "Happy" in Mother's Day. Sweetest thing ever. He and Delilah (of course) love to perch on their branches and...