I've been "goin' round dat rooster" so many times now waiting for a Derp update, that I'm starting to get a little dizzy....maybe that's how it feels to be Derp?
Derperella, the (weird) Faverolles, & Friends
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You are one BUSY lady!!!!
I hope you're finding time to sit in the coop and relax.
I wish that wasn't true! I generally work 12-14 hours a day. I finally got all the materials for Derp plushes and will try to make one once I finish work for a few deadlines coming up....
Sometimes I feel guilty that I started the Derp thread!! I never ever would have imagined that there would be so much demand.
Hi Nambroth, I've just discovered your thread, and read through most of it, skipping some pages here and there. You can't be guilty for starting this thread, you just have to ignore the pressure you're getting from your followers, I'm sure they understand even though they are being pushy. Don't let that drive you crazy, this thread shuld be for relaxing and not to add to your already strssful life. Who said being an artist was easy?
Yayah maybe it's just the photo angle but, looks to me that Cam's lower beak is longer than the top one. I don't think her beak is crooked. If so maybe over time you can file it down till they match.
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You are very busy! I hope that you at least has an okay time while you were traveling. This week I wasn't on my laptop or anything for almost two days and I felt very derprived...
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Derperella and the saga of the invisible eggs
It was May, the beautiful month where flowers are bursting, trees are leafing out, pollen is exploding our allergies. Ah, spring! May is also when Derperella was hatched. On May 9th in the year 2012, Derp turned one year old! One entire year! Truly, a year is about 360 days longer than they thought Derp was going to live at first.
And so it was, that one May morning, Derperella was derping around the chicken run, when it happened.
No one knows if it was a little voice in her head.
No one knows if it was aliens and the mothership was beaming her a message.
No one knows if Chickalita Bloominghen, the great Broody Hen in the Sky, spoke to Derp in her dreams.
Any of these could be the reason. It doesn't matter-- for on that chilly May morning, something told Derp that she needed babies. Derperella became Broody.
Into the nest box she went, but not to lay an egg. No... Derp was not to lay another egg for over three months. Derperella's job, now, was to have babies.
If you are puzzling over this-- and, I don't blame you, you are not alone. A basic understanding of avian biology grants one with the knowledge that an egg must be laid in order for it to have any chance of hatching into a baby chicken. Thus, when most hens are broody, they prefer to sit on eggs (perhaps even their own!) so that they can hatch out a lovely clutch of peeping joy! This is logical and is the way of the world.
But.
We are talking about Derperella, here.
And so Derp started brooding her invisible eggs.
Being broody for no reason is of no benefit to a hen, and actually can be detrimental if there is no hope for a fertile hatch. A dedicated hen will sit on the eggs and will exit only once or twice a day to relieve herself, and to eat and drink. Thus, the Fud Lady began gently discouraging dear Derperella from sitting on her invisible eggs. The Fud Lady tried many things, all of which were designed to distract Derp and reset her broody clock.
None worked, so the Fud Lady decided that patience was the best course of action. After so many days, most hens will give up when they realize that their eggs aren't going to hatch.
The Fud Lady waited.
And Derp got increasingly strange.
At first, Derperella didn't much mind it if other chickens laid eggs in her box. She'd sit on them and her invisi-eggs as well if she had to (though she usually pushed them out). That was okay. But over time, Derp began to become resentful of the other eggs. At first she would simply move to the other nest box. After a few days, though, she started to throw them! She'd peck and heave them out of the nest box, and went to great lengths to remove them from her sight. If the Fud Lady showed Derp an egg, she'd become irate and kick it while screaming! The Fud Lady took great care to discreetly remove eggs after that.
Time went on. One month, then two! This was not normal and not good. Derperella was Super Broody! The Fud Lady weighed Derp often to make sure she didn't drop too much weight. With research, she tried every method that she could to break the broodiness. Cold bath? No luck. Broody Buster in isolation? No luck.Giving Derp eggs to actually brood? Derp hated them and even broke one. The Fud Lady even gave Derp a few chicks to try... and had to take them right back out once Derp tried to harm them! Oops. Derp only wanted her own babies. Her invisible ones.
When the Fud Lady would carry Derp out of the coop and let her range with the other hens, Derp would act as if she had invisible chicks. She would call them over to food morsels, and walked around doing the special motherly Cluck to them. She'd usher her invisible chicks around, and scoop them under her enormous Faverolles pantaloons when she felt there was a threat. Then, the moment the Fud Lady wasn't looking, she'd herd them inside and brood them again.
After three months of this, the Fud Lady was at wit's end. Being a constant broody was not healthy for Derp, and no methods seemed to work. Finally, the Fud Lady put Derperella in the Broody Buster for a third time. The broody buster, in this case, is a wire mesh dog crate, elevated off of the ground on bricks. The idea was to get some air flowing under that French rump of Derp's, in hope that she'd get the point. There's nothing there! In there she derped around for 7 days, and the Fud Lady hesitantly let Derp outside. Every time before, she simply ran back into the nest box. Was she broody still?
Everyone held their breath... and... Derperella was back to normal! Erm. Normal. For Derp!
She was running around freely again, all traces of Invisible Babies forgotten!
"Chair! I has missed you!"
It was May, the beautiful month where flowers are bursting, trees are leafing out, pollen is exploding our allergies. Ah, spring! May is also when Derperella was hatched. On May 9th in the year 2012, Derp turned one year old! One entire year! Truly, a year is about 360 days longer than they thought Derp was going to live at first.
And so it was, that one May morning, Derperella was derping around the chicken run, when it happened.
No one knows if it was a little voice in her head.
No one knows if it was aliens and the mothership was beaming her a message.
No one knows if Chickalita Bloominghen, the great Broody Hen in the Sky, spoke to Derp in her dreams.
Any of these could be the reason. It doesn't matter-- for on that chilly May morning, something told Derp that she needed babies. Derperella became Broody.
Into the nest box she went, but not to lay an egg. No... Derp was not to lay another egg for over three months. Derperella's job, now, was to have babies.
If you are puzzling over this-- and, I don't blame you, you are not alone. A basic understanding of avian biology grants one with the knowledge that an egg must be laid in order for it to have any chance of hatching into a baby chicken. Thus, when most hens are broody, they prefer to sit on eggs (perhaps even their own!) so that they can hatch out a lovely clutch of peeping joy! This is logical and is the way of the world.
But.
We are talking about Derperella, here.
And so Derp started brooding her invisible eggs.
Being broody for no reason is of no benefit to a hen, and actually can be detrimental if there is no hope for a fertile hatch. A dedicated hen will sit on the eggs and will exit only once or twice a day to relieve herself, and to eat and drink. Thus, the Fud Lady began gently discouraging dear Derperella from sitting on her invisible eggs. The Fud Lady tried many things, all of which were designed to distract Derp and reset her broody clock.
None worked, so the Fud Lady decided that patience was the best course of action. After so many days, most hens will give up when they realize that their eggs aren't going to hatch.
The Fud Lady waited.
And Derp got increasingly strange.
At first, Derperella didn't much mind it if other chickens laid eggs in her box. She'd sit on them and her invisi-eggs as well if she had to (though she usually pushed them out). That was okay. But over time, Derp began to become resentful of the other eggs. At first she would simply move to the other nest box. After a few days, though, she started to throw them! She'd peck and heave them out of the nest box, and went to great lengths to remove them from her sight. If the Fud Lady showed Derp an egg, she'd become irate and kick it while screaming! The Fud Lady took great care to discreetly remove eggs after that.
Time went on. One month, then two! This was not normal and not good. Derperella was Super Broody! The Fud Lady weighed Derp often to make sure she didn't drop too much weight. With research, she tried every method that she could to break the broodiness. Cold bath? No luck. Broody Buster in isolation? No luck.Giving Derp eggs to actually brood? Derp hated them and even broke one. The Fud Lady even gave Derp a few chicks to try... and had to take them right back out once Derp tried to harm them! Oops. Derp only wanted her own babies. Her invisible ones.
When the Fud Lady would carry Derp out of the coop and let her range with the other hens, Derp would act as if she had invisible chicks. She would call them over to food morsels, and walked around doing the special motherly Cluck to them. She'd usher her invisible chicks around, and scoop them under her enormous Faverolles pantaloons when she felt there was a threat. Then, the moment the Fud Lady wasn't looking, she'd herd them inside and brood them again.
After three months of this, the Fud Lady was at wit's end. Being a constant broody was not healthy for Derp, and no methods seemed to work. Finally, the Fud Lady put Derperella in the Broody Buster for a third time. The broody buster, in this case, is a wire mesh dog crate, elevated off of the ground on bricks. The idea was to get some air flowing under that French rump of Derp's, in hope that she'd get the point. There's nothing there! In there she derped around for 7 days, and the Fud Lady hesitantly let Derp outside. Every time before, she simply ran back into the nest box. Was she broody still?
Everyone held their breath... and... Derperella was back to normal! Erm. Normal. For Derp!
She was running around freely again, all traces of Invisible Babies forgotten!
"Chair! I has missed you!"
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Yay, Fud Lady is back with Derp stories. Thank you, Fud Lady!
HAHA! That's great.
And we are not pushy. Pushy is not in our nature. We are persistent. Not the same thing.
LOL, yes it is.
And we are not pushy. Pushy is not in our nature. We are persistent. Not the same thing.
LOL, yes it is.
BRAVO, thank you, thank you, Fud Lady is back at the top of her game along with Derp. I savored every word. I have to admit tho this is one of her derpiest adventures - she must be getting messages from deep space. It is just so un derp like to be aggressive , hope she doesn't need a derp exorsism.
Yay for a new Derp story!! Thank you Nambroth! 
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