100 Pictures of my Flock: 2013 Edition

[ChickenPeep]

I Love seeing pictures of your flock! I'm looking forward to checking this thread thought the year.
Does Vespa not have a beak?

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

I Love seeing pictures of your flock! I'm looking forward to checking this thread thought the year.
Does Vespa not have a beak.

Vespa and her sisters, Scooter and Frankie, were debeaked by what we suspect was an abusive previous owner (suspected because Frankie's upper beak was removed all the way back to where her nostrils are, which isn't right for any reason if you ask me). When they arrived here, not only were their beaks in terrible shape, but their feathers were ratty and their long tail feathers had been cut off supposedly so that they would fit into a cage that was too short for them. I'm rather happy with how far they've come since. Unfortunately, Frankie is still absolutely terrified of humans, and so I don't get many good pictures of her. :/

 

[ChickenPeep]

Oh, poor things! Chickens are animals, not vending machines! That makes me sick. They're so lucky to be rescued by you.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Perhaps too lucky. Those little ladies have developed quite the attitudes (just look at Scooter's DUN-DUN-DUNNNN picture).


Anyway, back to the main topic, I have some pictures from the past few days to share!


Yesterday, my mom took some grapes out to the hens, after which it occurred to me that they had never had them before! It was 43. a first-time snack!

They searched high and low for them!

Grapes were snapped up left and right!

Wyandottes Ani and Raven seemed to excel in the sport of grape-grabbing!

This is madness! Skua snatches from Sparrow and makes a run for it!

Cricket tears this grape a new one!

Flicker wolfs down one last grape!

Then, they all look around for more. "That's all?!"

The other night, I came across 60. an odd egg--or, perhaps more accurately, an artistic egg! It seems Skua was getting bored with the same old thing!

Her usual egg is at the back in this picture, with a pullet egg in front for size and color comparison.

And finally, beware of... 96. ZOMBIES!!!

...Okay, so there's just one, but Fancy took just the most perfect zombie picture, didn't she?

 

[ChickenPeep]

Yay, I love it! Thanks for sharing! Fancy makes a great zombie!

 

[Chickenfan4life]

Lol! Skua's odd/artistic egg is very lovely! Fancy does indeed make a perfect zombie. Lol!

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

We had a cold day, only getting in the teens at best. On cold days like today, the best thing to warm a hen up is 41. a warm winter snack: oatmeal!


Barred rock 62. sisters Diana and Natalie wait impatiently for the snack.

At last, it's here! Everyone digs in!

Get it while it's hot!

Fancy looks on longingly, but doesn't dare approach the older hens.

Oatmeal can be messy. Olive is surprised by how messy it is!

The Wyandotte 62. sisters, Sparrow, Raven, and Ani, move in for their share.

With crops full of warm oatmeal, it's time to nestle in and keep warm for 6. chicken bed-time. Mako fluffs out her beard to keep her face warm.

Wynne practically disappears behind her beard!

Merlin tucks her head in under her wing.

Kate looks for a better perching space.

Cressida gets one last preen in for the day.

Finally, they started giving me dirty looks for keeping them up...

...So I moved on to the 33. rafter banties! (And rafter Easter-eggers, too.)

Alas, Scooter did not approve. It was time for sleep.

Good night!

 

[Chickenfan4life]

The dirty looks and Scooter's dissaproving look had me laughing my face off! XD

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Raven peeking over the back of one of the barred rocks had me giggling, too.


Hey, y'all, I wanted to make a correction to an earlier theme, 43. a first-time snack. The hens have had grapes before because, duh, they have grape vines growing in their yard. That was the first time we had given them grapes, though! And if that doesn't count, well, they've never had oatmeal before yesterday...

 

[canesisters]

Enjoyed last years!! And looking forward to this years.

I can't wait to see what you get for #19.......