How did your flock annoy you today?

[ValkerieGunn]

Well I just got the 4 spare cockerals I am not keeping out of the coop and caged up. I forgot why I hate going out at night. I am from Maine where the only things there that try to kill you is Moose and maybe a bear. Here in Texas we have Danger Noodles and 8 Legged freaks that grow to dang big. At night if you shine a light just right the ground lights up. Not with stars or anything cool, No it lights up the spider eyes. It looks like I am looking out into space via a telescope at stars there are so many eyes. So yeah here I am walking around avoiding the dang eyes I can see and yeh I am pretty sure some of the big eyes were tarantulas. Maybe a wolf spider that got big. Anyhow after I got the last cockeral locked up and am making sure everything is good some really big glowing spider eyes charged me so I ran back inside the fence, slammed the gate, and high tailed it inside where I am now enjoying a nice relaxing hot tea. Spiders should not charge a person ever! On a side note I have a massive Orb Weaver spider that chills on the patio every night named Charlotte. She is to big for me. When is summer over so they all go away?

 

[thecatumbrella]

Well I just got the 4 spare cockerals I am not keeping out of the coop and caged up. I forgot why I hate going out at night. I am from Maine where the only things there that try to kill you is Moose and maybe a bear. Here in Texas we have Danger Noodles and 8 Legged freaks that grow to dang big. At night if you shine a light just right the ground lights up. Not with stars or anything cool, No it lights up the spider eyes. It looks like I am looking out into space via a telescope at stars there are so many eyes. So yeah here I am walking around avoiding the dang eyes I can see and yeh I am pretty sure some of the big eyes were tarantulas. Maybe a wolf spider that got big. Anyhow after I got the last cockeral locked up and am making sure everything is good some really big glowing spider eyes charged me so I ran back inside the fence, slammed the gate, and high tailed it inside where I am now enjoying a nice relaxing hot tea. Spiders should not charge a person ever! On a side note I have a massive Orb Weaver spider that chills on the patio every night named Charlotte. She is to big for me. When is summer over so they all go away?

I would immediately pack up and move back to Maine!

 

[ValkerieGunn]

I would immediately pack up and move back to Maine!

But the winter here is great! If it snows and that happens less than 5 times a year it is normally gone by noon or the next day with maybe 2 inches. I don't even think my town owns a snow plow. I haven't had to shovel or anything in over 10 years! I just hate the eyes at night. If I can't see them they aren't there! Maybe next time a less powerful flashlight would work lol.

 

[atomic]

Use your cell phone light and enjoy ignorance.

 

[atomic]

Maybe not today, and maybe not me BUT… possibly my dog.

 

[atomic]

I was woken today but what I think was one of my pullets attempting to crow. I say “think” because it sounded more like a bleating baby goat, what’s up with them trying to sound like other animals? I even looked out my window to make sure there was not, in fact, a goat in my yard.

 

[ClickityChick123]

I brought out the black solider fly larvae, a rare treat that's reserved for emergencies or bribing. I started by hand-feeding, as this builds trust, and then transitioned to tossing them on the ground because I was done having my fingers stabbed by little beaks.

Poppy was having none of that. She looked at the pile of grubs and shrieked, insisting I continue to hand feed because our trust-building "still needed some work" (her words, not mine).

No problem, Poppy. I'll hand feed every last grub, until my fingers are bloody stumps.

My chickens will do the exact thing. I'm handfeeding them and Nutmeg loves to just knock everything out of my hand, and no one will eat them off the ground because they are pretty pink princesses. Then everyone looks at me wanting more!

 

[SkyAJK]

Yes, my hen Pretty ate rat/mice/mouse one of those poops, silly hen!!!!