Derperella, the (weird) Faverolles, & Friends

[Nambroth]

Taking a quick lunch break.
Here are some chicken videos for you!!

Mr. Baron Rufflerump (Bubbles) in the nest box. When he wants a girl to be encouraged to go in and lay, he will turn in circles and chirp excitedly. This time he was just sitting there like a lump!

Here's Bubbles, up and about in the yard! WARNING: Crowing!!
You can see he is still stiff and his gait is not correct. Still, he is UP and not paralyzed (which he was this spring!). He is able to do all the things a rooster should, just a bit more slowly.
(sorry for the thump halfway through, Coho flew onto my arm and thumped the camera with her wings!)

Here's a short video of the girls (plus the legs of One Rooster) having a dust bath in my garden bed.

Okay, this might look mean, but all of you know that Kua genuinely tries to eat fingers. A while ago we invented the Finger Game, where I twirl my fingers and she tries to grab them. She's not hungry! Just silly. She can leave at any time. Sometimes I let her get a finger, hoping she will realize it's not food. Nope. She never stops trying!!
Then Chickadee flies onto my arm for a cuddle.

Finally, here is Derperella singing her Egg Song. It usually goes on for about 15 minutes. It evolves as it goes... with crescendos, and overtures, and refrains. It is truly an ENTIRE SONG. The other chickens never seem to know what to do about it.
(That's Coho up on the perch. Derp is on the ground, singing, and Bubbles is sort of concerned)

 

[Gryphon]

"I'm out here with my LADIES! Envy me and my LADIES! It's great being out here watching over my LADIES!" That's what it sounds to me he's saying anyways.

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Love the egg song! Thanks for the videos!

 

[scratch'n'peck]

Oh it is a video bonanza! It is good to see the Barron doing so well. Sweet big boy.

It is fun to get a sample of Derp's egg song. It seems every hen's egg song is different, especially Derp's of course.

 

[KayTee]

Oh, for sure! it just seemed silly to see him in there because he's such a huge rooster! usually when they go in the nest box there is at least a hen around that they're trying to entice... Coho had just come inside so I'm not really sure who he thought he was enticing into the nest box. Ghost hens!

It seems pretty obvious to me - Derp's invisible chicks have grown up and started laying!

Either Bubbles can also see Derp's chicks, or he's an amazing psychologist of a rooster who's encouraging her in her fantasy - let us know as soon as you get your first invisible egg

 

[drumstick diva]

That must have been one heck of a big egg.

 

[Gryphon]

Derp's egg song sounds like someone running amok with a damaged squeaky toy.

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

That must have been one heck of a big egg.

Yeah! A 20 pounder, maybe?

 

[Nambroth]

That must have been one heck of a big egg.

Derp definitely lays the smallest eggs of any of my chickens, haha! They are almost bantam sized.
Maybe she just has a song in her heart....

 

[Stiggy]

maybe she is practising for chicken idol? you never know what they are up to.... ( I've been watching chicken run.... and getting ideas... hahaha)