Cup o' Joe and Tea Too

[ValerieJ]

Yesterday I got my first 2 eggs of 2020!

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They made a delicious Swiss cheese & mushroom omelet for breakfast

That's great! Congrats!

Well, got no yard work done but did manage to get a couple of crappy phone camera pics of the escapees.
The hen is more elusive than the rooster, extremely hard to get a decent pic of her. Still can't get over how his tail feathers are in great shape, they are about 6' long!
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Reeves hen
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Reeves rooster
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Reeves rooster
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Chasng after George

He is gorgeous! Do you still put any treats or food out for them?

 

[007Sean]

That's great! Congrats!

He is gorgeous! Do you still put any treats or food out for them?

Yeah, I put feed and water out for them but sometimes they disappear for a couple of days, so I know they are finding stuff to eat on their own, too!
It wasn't planned to let them "free range". Most of the time if they get out they are gone, either predators or they just wander off, never to be seen again.

 

[ValerieJ]

Yeah, I put feed and water out for them but sometimes they disappear for a couple of days, so I know they are finding stuff to eat on their own, too!
It wasn't planned to let them "free range". Most of the time if they get out they are gone, either predators or they just wander off, never to be seen again.

I remember, you've mentioned them before. It's too bad you can't get them back into the coop and run, but they are quite the independent spirits!! 11 months is a long time to survive on their own.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Yeah, I put feed and water out for them but sometimes they disappear for a couple of days, so I know they are finding stuff to eat on their own, too!
It wasn't planned to let them "free range". Most of the time if they get out they are gone, either predators or they just wander off, never to be seen again.

Probably someone shoots them.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I do not know are they the type that people there hunt? @007Sean

 

[007Sean]

Probably someone shoots them.

No, all my neighbors know they are mine and that they either escaped or I intentionally let them loose.

 

[007Sean]

I do not know are they the type that people there hunt? @007Sean

Nope, there are no wild pheasants at all in South Texas.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Oh thank heavens that would be awful

 

[007Sean]

My neighbors say they actually enjoy watching them when they get in their yards. Some of them have deer feeders set up in their yards and see them under the feeder scarfing up the corn.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I do not know are they the type that people there hunt? @007Sean

No, but they will shoot almost anything that moves when they are drunk.