I thought this was serious until I saw our people laughing. Well, either way, hide yer eggs, Tony! You too Parmesan! And Mozzarella! Otherwise, your eggs will look like they just stepped out of a tanning bed. Perhaps a few tanning salons might call them up... All I'm saying is hide yer eggs. Unless yer eggs are getting shamed for being pale. No shame in being pale.
situation here. The deluge of rain, has brought out the toads from hiding and they are all over the place in the yard. On the porch, around the coop and run. Wow so many toads! 
Lend me a toad.I’m having a toad
Chicken snacks!I’m having a toad
Oh gosh Chipie is so tiny and cute. Does she hold her own with the big girls?Pretty names but rather charged ... You do know about Circe and the pigs ?
I'm glad she is better and hope she is on her way to recovery ! Maybe the Corid did help, or maybe she is getting over whatever she caught.
And I hope I wasn't obnoxious. It was more than a year and a half after I got my first chickens that I became aware of things to check for.
About the ear, if there is an infection it could be clogged, swollen or full of waxy stuff which would be hidden under the protective cap.
The pale comb could also be from hormones if she has stopped laying.
Do you remember that you corrected me about the golden eagle I thought translated as bald eagle ? I realised I was probably making another bird translation mistakes. I kept thinking we have lots of crows here that everyone says are so good for chickens - but I think I was wrong and we don't have crows, we have ravens ? They do work very well to harass the hawks and eagles too, but they are rather big birds themselves, and scary for the chickens.
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I took some butt pictures ! But.... I can't wait for my phone to die so I can get one with a better camera.
Laure is on the big and fluffy side of the force.
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So is Nougat ( and dirty hum)
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Annette is sleek
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This is the smallest butt of my chickens, Chipie
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Next to Annette for size
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Happy butts with a bit of unexpected sun this morning. Léa, Gaston, Blanche and Lulu. Now it's pouring ! I am very glad as we need the rain, but the chickens not so much !
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Scary. I saw a bald eagle on my way to work yesterday. I’ve only seen them flying overhead above my yard twice ever. And they were way, way, way, way up there. Not really a threat to my girls. I have heard a red tailed talk on occasion and there was one around the yard a year or two ago that was a juvenile. For now, it’s the resident red shouldered hawk I have named Harold. The red shouldered also look like sharp shinned and Cooper’s, but they have a very distinctive call and I am 100% sure this is a red shouldered.
Your birds aren’t eating them?I’m having a toad
Some perfectly clean butts. You could stick your face in those things! None of my girls have that anymore.
Adorable fluffy butts!Somehow I can never get fluffy butt pictures these days. But look - I randomly got a picture that is only fluffy butts!
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