That makes total sense. I don't actually think this is a two week ordeal, and I think the panic will last longer than we think. I really can't figure out why the panic is greater this time than with previous viruses, or with the flu. We're prepared because of the panic, not because we think this virus is going to take over the USA. I haven't heard anything to tell me that's even a possibility at this point.
I wasn’t sure who won that round. They then walked around a raised bed and Tegan saw Chickie.
It’s Kick-Off Day!!
Today is the end of the quarantine period and everyone was let out to free-range. I let the big girls out first and brought Lucy and Chickie over to the newbies. Charlie saw them when she wandered past. I then let the new girls out.
They were so much more confident than Charlie and Bessie, but they were 19 week-old pullets whereas Tegan, Nyssa and River are hens around a year old. They immediately started exploring confidently.
Charlie walked up. She didn’t appear to make any move against them but started scratching around with them. One of the salmons challenged her. I thought I had filmed it but I was already filming and turned the camera off.
I had the camera on again. Tegan challenged Chickie and I’m not sure who won as Lucy stepped in. I know she was always going to be up for the challenge but I wondered if she was protecting Chickie. Lucy definitely came out on top.
Later, Charlie moseyed on over and a salmon quickly skirted around her. Later still, Charlie chased one of them. She won her spar!
Apart from the first one, Chickie didn’t challenge anyone, but she complained a lot. She probably just wasn’t up for it.
The older girls ended up in the tractor and the newbies found the run. We had a huge Liquid Amber removed over a year ago and the ground-up stump is breaking back down into dirt. The salmons were there for most of the day!
The newbies aren’t terrified of me either, which is nice!
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That’s River next to my legs, she had a good scratch around. She then walked over me! I didn’t have the camera ready, she was too quick.
Then it started to spit so everyone got put back in their respective cages. All in all, a successful day!
They do Bob. Thankfully they have trouble with the search function, but so do most here on BYC.
The balance I have to try to achieve and the one that causes me most distress is the balance of life and death.Me either, but I feel a responsibility to them. I try to strike a balance between safety and freedom, and mostly it has worked.I think most of us do this.
You can always move in with the chickens Bob.
Good to see someone rooted in reality...........apart from the talking to chickens that is.
