Yup, I recognize that problem. I think cats believe they should always be the center of attention if they are in the mood to engage. All tech (phone, computer etc.) is a challenge to that. I have one that forces herself between my face and the phone if I am on the sofa making a phone call!
Maybe he will be just big like Stanley - he also has very long legs.
Well done! I have never tried using straw for the Princesses. They get leaves and in the nest boxes they have pine shavings.STRAW!
I tried using the straw I purchased in desperation to clean out the coop on Monday. It was awful. It was so long I could only use it for the nests. With a complete sense of defeat I went back online yesterday and saw the Chopped Straw which I wanted or sale at TSC. I called the store and they had 8 bales available. By the time I got there they had 2!
My success.
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You can see the difference between the nest boxes and the rest of the coop.
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I have happy hens today.
This is my guess. I think we are seeing a big boy grow up. Everything about Ned seems oversized right now.
My girls love it. They will be in it all day digging the little seeds out of it. Good fun.
This was my rooster "Peeps" RIP three years ago. Killed, while saving his hens from a predator.
My boy Falkor, reminds me of your boy! He earned his rightful place here, fighting off predators. Peeps is beautiful, sorry you lost him.
He's a tall handsome gentleman!
I seem to remember hearing somewhere that the points are temperature related. As in if you put your cat in the fridge for a few minutes (don't do this kids!) they would come out overall darker until they warmed up.
Perhaps their circulation isn't as good as they get older which makes the extremities colder which makes the hair grow out darker.
I don't really believe the fridge thing though....
