I said sad, but that actually makes me feel angry.Sucker Peck
The following is super disturbing. I need to stop watching roosting. Do not watch unless you want to see quite possibly the meanest nastiest thing I have seen a chicken do to another chicken.
I really believe it was so she could sleep there tonight. Hattie didn't even want to be near her after that.
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I mentioned today that I thought the tribe was getting along well. Now I wonder.
That's not playing fair in my book. Its one thing to knock her off her roost spot. This is something else.I said sad, but that actually makes me feel angry.
Hahaha, I’m glad that it’s not annoying everyone that I’m replying to old posts
Hahaha, the story you were referring to when answering me the other day about the honking stageAdolescence is such a difficult time!
I had not really thought about this, but at some point the Young Ladies' 'peep peep peep' has to change into a grown up 'Bawk Baaaaawk Baaaaaaaaaaawk' (that being Maggie's general voice when you don't pay her the attention she thinks she deserves).
Today the Young Ladies were watching the Princesses (head tilted to one side like they were listening intently) and the Princesses were watching me (head tilted to one side like they were deciding what kind of idiot I was) and suddenly it happened.
Well kind of.
Dotty was the first to try and she came out with a respectable 'pawwwp, Paaaawp' before shutting up entirely.
Minnie however came out with a noise best described as a cross between a rooster's crow at full throttle and an angry donkey.
It took everyone aback, including Minnie herself who wisely went quickly back to 'peep peep peep'.
I will look to see if any of the coop cams picked it up - but I may have disabled the system so as not to catch endless video of me flat out on the floor with my head in among the footings looking for mouse access points!
love it!
Totally! Me too - made me jump.
Yes I can grab them off the roost and entice with treats. Mostly I can just pick them up. The scenario that worries me is when they rush the door and head off across the meadow. Mean things lurk in the meadow. I can stay with them as guardian (provided they stay together) but there is no herding to be done in the meadow. It used to be that I could approach each one in turn and as they squatted I could grab them and carry them back to the Palace. Don't think that will work any more.
She startled me so I figured I might get one or two more others.
Wow - that was a bit uncalled for!Sucker Peck
The following is super disturbing. I need to stop watching roosting. Do not watch unless you want to see quite possibly the meanest nastiest thing I have seen a chicken do to another chicken.
I really believe it was so she could sleep there tonight. Hattie didn't even want to be near her after that.
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I mentioned today that I thought the tribe was getting along well. Now I wonder.
How about enticing them back with a favourite treat?Yes I can grab them off the roost and entice with treats. Mostly I can just pick them up. The scenario that worries me is when they rush the door and head off across the meadow. Mean things lurk in the meadow. I can stay with them as guardian (provided they stay together) but there is no herding to be done in the meadow. It used to be that I could approach each one in turn and as they squatted I could grab them and carry them back to the Palace. Don't think that will work any more.
