Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Pony Sunday-
A while back, I was lunging Auggie and I was petting him after I decided he had done enough. He grabbed the lunge whip out of my hand and held it in his mouth.
It was hilarious.
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Ok Hooman, walkies! And trot-on! Come on pick up those hooves… er feet!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

I will let @RebeccaBoyd elaborate, but i think it is a young rooster feeling his oats and trying to 'take charge' (the human, after all is iether the rooster - or treated like one by the other roosters. Note that Rebecca's boys will nap when she is there - or dust bath? She is taking on teh watch duties of a rooster and they can relax for a bit. But, not all do it, and most it is just their 'I'm growing up adn want to be the boss' stage - just liek human adolescents who suddenly become 'smart', then they grow up and return to normal intelligenceDepending ont eh child - a few never go through that stage, soem it is fleeting, some it lasts 8 years or so! (Humans, that is!)

@RebeccaBoyd please confirm or deny my thoughts - based on observations....but I can be wrong - a very large flock have quite different dynamics than a smaller one.....and I am not as close to all my chooks are some of you are, due to my working f/t, ad part time job & having so many.....

I think you are very much on the right track with your thoughts.

Not all have charged me from behind. George and Bubba most definitely did along with Twig. George was the only one who made contact. Branch shocked me when he developed a love affair with my hand seemingly out of nowhere.

My opinion what is going on in their little hormone pea-sized brain of theirs is simply that of the equivalent of a 13 year old teenage boy. He is just discovering girls and pushing boundaries to see how much he can get away with. Whether they see me as top rooster or momma all teenagers have to see what they can get away with.

 

[BY Bob]

You said mystery, without Queen Aurora dressed as Sherlock Holmes!

Did someone say mystery?