Have you been pooped on today?

[WoodlandWoman]

You are all so funny!

 

[JennsPeeps]

Didn't get pooped on this morning (again, very careful while dressed for work!) but was treated to one of those nasty, stinky, gag-me, runny brown poo squirts down the side of the brooder after I'd gone in to say "good morning".

 

[Sonia]

Yep. Got pooped on as I was having my first cup of coffee with Penguin....the day just wouldn't start right without it lol

 

[cyanne]

When I said there was only one bad part about being a living perch, I guess I was wrong. The other thing that is not so wonderful is that they sometimes make me feel like a great big chicken treat!

Any freckle, mole, cut, hair, or even just a shadow on my skin has to be 'inspected' to see if it's edible.

And by 'inspected' I mean pecked...sometimes pecked repeatedly just to be SURE it's not food. OUCH!!!!

Now I'm wondering if the reason they all mob me at once when I sit down has less to do with their fondness for me than it does with them trying to team up to bring me down and eat me like a pack of raptors ala Jurassic Park.

Also, I think I've decided that my shoulders are now off limits for perch-time, because every single one that gets up there goes first for my ears and then for my nice, shiny eyes! Not such a big deal now that they are little, but when they are bigger I worry that I could end up with an eye patch!

 

[Rhett&SarahsMom]

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I hang out with the girls every day, several times a day. So far only one little Buff Orp consistently wants to be held. The minute I open the top of the brooder Audrey is there hopping up and down. I put my hand in and she is practically climbing my arm! Last night i sat with her on the couch watching TV and she fell asleep. Olivia and Mae are getting better. My Black Cochin Vivien could care less. The other 6(un named as they are not mine) come over and hang out, but really could care less about being held. And it isnt like I am not trying! LOL

So far the pecking(at two weeks) doesnt hurt, but I do try and discourage it some. I say "Ouch" Audrey is smart and figured it out really fast.

 

[chickenannie]

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Yup, I got pooped on this morning when I put my hand-raised turkey poult out in her grass pen this morning. Luckily it bounced (!) off my shirt and didn't even leave a poop mark (plus I was wearing gardening clothes so it didn't matter).

Did I tell you about my farmer friend who has a hen that hops onto his shoulder every time he comes into the barn. It was OK, until miss hen started reaching her head around to peck his shiny white teeth every time he talked! Now mr. farmer doesn't think it's funny anymore, but the rest of laugh hysterically every time!

 

[tunaoftheland]

Yup, but I had a rag over my jeans for just such an occasion! I didn't used to get pooped on. My first set of chicks, who are twelve weeks old now, almost never poop on me. But my new girls! They pooppooppooppooppoop. I take it as a compliment because they all four really like being held while out of the first seven the one who occasionally poops on me is the one who likes being held the most

 

[Joy1]

I read somewhere where you could buy chicken diapers

(nappies), (Hope I have spelled it correctly)

 

[kinnip]

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Sure enough. My girls can pick off scabs I've been scratching at all day with no effect. I can usually see them tracking my eyes and turn away.

 

[JennsPeeps]

Chicken diapers:
http://www.mypetchicken.com/Chicken_Supplies-Chicken_Diapers-P352.aspx

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