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She looks like a porcelain Silkie, though she is definitely not show quality, so I pretty much call her 'just a Silkie'. 
Chickies, Chickies, Chickies!! Meet the new additions! (Pic heavy!)
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Guess that means I have no life either XD. Also, thanks. I just love my little Toothless. (she loves running into walls tooI have read the whole threadI have no life.
TehLizardKing : your avatar looks like my darling preggers beardie, SaeHer "boyfriend" Chai is bouncing around with a black beard running into walls
On to other topics... ERMERGERD!
I'm so dang annoyed that I've been away for SO LONG! ARG! When I left, the guys and gals were no more then teenage fluffballs, now... now they're almost all grown up! I'm so annoyed with my parents for taking me on hols and missing these guys growing up. I'm ACTUALLY back for good now lol, and loving it. Don't you all feel so sad when you see your animals' reactions on you coming back? like "WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME!?" My cockatiel, Kawaii, was literally dancing with joy on seeing me again.
And OMG Po! The cutest. thing. ever. JUST LOOK AT HIS FEET!
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Aw, they missed you! I don't go on trips often (the last time I did it was an overnight camping trip about a year and a half ago), but when school starts up I'm sometimes too busy to do much with the girls. A couple falls ago I was in a tough semester, preparing for finals, and had caught a cold, so I didn't really have the energy to do much more than keep the girls fed and watered and their coop cleaned out. Well, I finally decided that I needed some 'chicken therapy' to relieve the stress, and so I just went out into the chicken yard and spent time with the girls. It was like they knew how much I needed them. They all kind of gathered around, even the ones that don't usually like attention, and soon I was covered in chickens. How can you not be cheered up by that? 
Anyway, it's a terrible picture, but I wanted to share with y'all. I was sitting with Margaret eating an ice cream push-pop, when she noticed me there and immediately came over to beg! Already becoming spoiled, this one!
I don't go on trips often (the last time I did it was an overnight camping trip about a year and a half ago), but when school starts up I'm sometimes too busy to do much with the girls. A couple falls ago I was in a tough semester, preparing for finals, and had caught a cold, so I didn't really have the energy to do much more than keep the girls fed and watered and their coop cleaned out. Well, I finally decided that I needed some 'chicken therapy' to relieve the stress, and so I just went out into the chicken yard and spent time with the girls. It was like they knew how much I needed them. They all kind of gathered around, even the ones that don't usually like attention, and soon I was covered in chickens. How can you not be cheered up by that? Anyway, it's a terrible picture, but I wanted to share with y'all. I was sitting with Margaret eating an ice cream push-pop, when she noticed me there and immediately came over to beg! Already becoming spoiled, this one!
Yeah, I hate that school kinda manages to 'dominate one's life'
. I'm pretty sure my animals are the only things that keep me sane.
I've noticed that too, that the birds know when you need love the most
. I remember when I'd just done some major exam of some sort (I was pretty young) and Kawaii and the chickens just came and sat next to me. I was just lying, exhausted on the floor. I was there for HOURS, and the birds stayed with me the whole time. I guess we all have our little stories of how our feathered friends have cheered us up in hard times.
AWW! I just
silkies! I hope i'm gonna get one soon, but with the aviary just finished, I don't think my parents will allow anything new that's bigger than a finch for a while. Oh, did she get any of the ice-cream? All of my choocks get a cream egg for Christmas each year
I've noticed that too, that the birds know when you need love the most
AWW! I just
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No, no ice cream for Margaret. She did get bits of bread from a sandwich and some spaghetti noodles over the past week, though. 
Some pictures from today!
Rangi!
Ihi
Marama and Huka:
Po baby!
Tiwhiri
Rangi again! Such a silly girl!
Hanging out with the big girls! Left to right we have Roha, Po, Huka in front and Marama in back, and Rangi. (Miss Sparrow Wyandotte poked her head into the picture along the left edge.)
And Miss Margaret, perching on the fence around her quarantine pen.
She did get bits of bread from a sandwich and some spaghetti noodles over the past week, though. Some pictures from today!
Rangi!
Ihi
Marama and Huka:
Po baby!
Tiwhiri
Rangi again! Such a silly girl!
Hanging out with the big girls! Left to right we have Roha, Po, Huka in front and Marama in back, and Rangi. (Miss Sparrow Wyandotte poked her head into the picture along the left edge.)
And Miss Margaret, perching on the fence around her quarantine pen.
The girls (and guys!) are looking lovely, Pipd! Thanks for all the photo updates! Loving 'em!
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Aw, glad you're enjoying the pictures!
So integration is going well! I made openings in the fence into the big girl's area (since the little girls were flying over, but poor Po baby couldn't make it over), and the little ones are spending more time with the big girls than in their area now! The big girls don't even seem to care!
The babies are going to the coop at night, too, so it would seem there isn't anything to worry about. That means--gasp!--the youngsters will be allowed to free-range now!
I've noticed something with this integration process, too. Last year, when I integrated Frou'f and the rest of the Fab Five, it was only the girls from 2011 that objected to them being there. This year, it's the Fab Five that's doing the objecting to the little ones coming into the flock! (Not Frou-Frou, of course, but She Who has been downright rude!) I wonder if the older girls have just resigned to newcomers being around, or perhaps like young roosters go through an aggressive phase in their early life, if hens do to a lesser extent as well? Anyway, I just thought that was interesting. As simple as the hens seem, there sure is a lot going on in their little minds!
So integration is going well! I made openings in the fence into the big girl's area (since the little girls were flying over, but poor Po baby couldn't make it over), and the little ones are spending more time with the big girls than in their area now! The big girls don't even seem to care!
The babies are going to the coop at night, too, so it would seem there isn't anything to worry about. That means--gasp!--the youngsters will be allowed to free-range now!I've noticed something with this integration process, too. Last year, when I integrated Frou'f and the rest of the Fab Five, it was only the girls from 2011 that objected to them being there. This year, it's the Fab Five that's doing the objecting to the little ones coming into the flock! (Not Frou-Frou, of course, but She Who has been downright rude!) I wonder if the older girls have just resigned to newcomers being around, or perhaps like young roosters go through an aggressive phase in their early life, if hens do to a lesser extent as well? Anyway, I just thought that was interesting.
As simple as the hens seem, there sure is a lot going on in their little minds!
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Couldn't have said it better! Chickens are very intelligent!
And I can't believe you're going to trust the girls to free-range! *gasp!* Aren't you worried? It's like a kid's very first day of school or something! D:
Couldn't have said it better! Chickens are very intelligent!
And I can't believe you're going to trust the girls to free-range! *gasp!* Aren't you worried? It's like a kid's very first day of school or something! D:
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I have my concerns, but like a parent sending their child to their first day of school, you just gotta let go and hope for the best.
Seriously, though, they are pretty much fully integrated into the flock, so I know the big girls will show them what to do and keep them safe. They are able to free-range now, but have not tried to yet. Instead, they just hang out in the chicken yard while the hens are away.
We had one serious downpour yesterday and the only chick smart enough to go to the coop to get out of the rain was Ihi. The rest huddled under sparsely-leaved plants and were soaked. Well, except Hika Ma, who was in his crate under a tarp for shelter, but the rain came down so hard that it splashed into his crate and soaked him anyway. So after an hour of trying to herd the little ones into the coop (which is a lot like trying to herd water uphill), I finally succeeded in showing them that "rain bad, shelter good". Meanwhile, I was so soaked through that I felt as if I had jumped into a swimming pool!
The cat carrier that Hika Ma usually sleeps in was filled with water from the rain, so he slept in the cage that the rest of them usually sleep in while the others slept on the perches! I put them all on the second-to-bottom perch, and by this morning, Ihi and Huka were clear up on the 5th and 6th perches! Rangi dearest had hopped down to wait for the door to open, and Tiwhiri had flown over to the cage and perched on it instead, but the rest were where I had left them! We're making progress, anyway!
Oh, and one last thing, Hika Ma is finally crowing like a real rooster, instead of his little 'cockle-dockle' sound he's been making. Po baby is still at 3 syllables, though, but it's the cutest 3-syllable crow that you ever heard!
They're 12 weeks old tomorrow, so I will have pictures then! Hopefully, they will be pictures with a sunny, clear background and not a rainy, dreary one.
Seriously, though, they are pretty much fully integrated into the flock, so I know the big girls will show them what to do and keep them safe.
They are able to free-range now, but have not tried to yet. Instead, they just hang out in the chicken yard while the hens are away.We had one serious downpour yesterday and the only chick smart enough to go to the coop to get out of the rain was Ihi. The rest huddled under sparsely-leaved plants and were soaked. Well, except Hika Ma, who was in his crate under a tarp for shelter, but the rain came down so hard that it splashed into his crate and soaked him anyway. So after an hour of trying to herd the little ones into the coop (which is a lot like trying to herd water uphill), I finally succeeded in showing them that "rain bad, shelter good". Meanwhile, I was so soaked through that I felt as if I had jumped into a swimming pool!
The cat carrier that Hika Ma usually sleeps in was filled with water from the rain, so he slept in the cage that the rest of them usually sleep in while the others slept on the perches!
I put them all on the second-to-bottom perch, and by this morning, Ihi and Huka were clear up on the 5th and 6th perches! Rangi dearest had hopped down to wait for the door to open, and Tiwhiri had flown over to the cage and perched on it instead, but the rest were where I had left them! We're making progress, anyway!Oh, and one last thing, Hika Ma is finally crowing like a real rooster, instead of his little 'cockle-dockle' sound he's been making. Po baby is still at 3 syllables, though, but it's the cutest 3-syllable crow that you ever heard!
They're 12 weeks old tomorrow, so I will have pictures then! Hopefully, they will be pictures with a sunny, clear background and not a rainy, dreary one.
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