How did your flock annoy you today?

[GApeachmama]

I think it would take quite a bit. Not something I'm willing to test, though!

Exactly.

 

[AnneGirlGG]

My husband collected a bunch of crickets from around the property and put them in a bucket for the bantams. I then dumped the bucket of crickets into their sand box (to make it easier for them to hunt). Maybe 2 out of 12 were actually eaten. Clover was more interested in a piece of mulch, Poppy was afraid of the crickets, and Hornet must have had her fill. Actually, scratch that. Poppy became interested in one cricket, but it slightly buried itself in the sand, and she had no idea what to do.

I refuse to feel bad about not free ranging these chickens because they would stink at it.

Mine proved yesterday that they are still terrified of butterflies.

 

[ValkerieGunn]

Well the Husband finally noticed Face is brooding. He is not impressed. Somebody also laid an egg under his boat, he found a small stash of 3 eggs when mowing, and everyone is molting so he thought the 1 bird loosing feathers was going into the crockpot. I had to explain molting and he is not impressed especially since the feathers are everywhere and he thinks it looks trashy. On top of all that fun Daytona has started trying to follow him into his shop. That poor man.

 

[Bigdumogre]

I have a little stool I bring into the run with me and sit and hang with the girls. Usually one or two fly onto my lap and hang out with me. But nope not today, 5 of them decided to use me as a perch at the same time. 3 on my shoulder and back and one on each arm. After getting my ears and neck pecked the 2 on my arm decided to slide off instead of jump off and have scratches all up both arms lol

 

[thecatumbrella]

I have a little stool I bring into the run with me and sit and hang with the girls. Usually one or two fly onto my lap and hang out with me. But nope not today, 5 of them decided to use me as a perch at the same time. 3 on my shoulder and back and one on each arm. After getting my ears and neck pecked the 2 on my arm decided to slide off instead of jump off and have scratches all up both arms lol

Chickens are definitely the stabbiest pets!

 

[atomic]

Just please explain to me why every day when I go to recruit the goblins back into the run, Pepper and Chicory pause and refuse to follow? I mean I’m throwing grapes into the far corner so the big girls are preoccupied. Honestly, I’m not even sure it’s Chicory it could be Nutmeg or Paprika because they all look the same. Never the less. I end up having to chase them through the yard with a rake to corner them or hopefully funnel them into the coop. And it’s only when I’m already running late for work.

 

[bravecoconut]

I had my son (2½) at the playground right down the road from my home. Ten minutes in while happily swinging, I hear alarm calls. Now I have four different pain/skeletal/muscle diagnosis along with a handful of other problems. Needless to say, moving at a slow pace is generally painful. I ripped my toddler off the swing and waddled, limped, trotted, one-legged skipped, and every other gimpy mode of forward propulsion you can think of while carrying a 28lb child on asphalt to get home as soon as I could to rescue my girls from impending doom. I have to go completely by their yard and around my house to get back into their yard. As I did this I saw and heard no one. NOT one chicken. I knew they were massacred. Once I finally made it in I found them. They were all lounging under the mulberry and elderberry trees, dust bathing and dozing. No one even looked like they had been screaming. I even checked for eggs in case it was a violent egg song. Nope. Nothing. They are fine. I am seriously considering taking on day drinking as a new hobby.

 

[GApeachmama]

Just please explain to me why every day when I go to recruit the goblins back into the run, Pepper and Chicory pause and refuse to follow? I mean I’m throwing grapes into the far corner so the big girls are preoccupied. Honestly, I’m not even sure it’s Chicory it could be Nutmeg or Paprika because they all look the same. Never the less. I end up having to chase them through the yard with a rake to corner them or hopefully funnel them into the coop. And it’s only when I’m already running late for work.

That ‘I’m late please go in’ is how the unfortunate Buffy’s tail incident happened. Now I’m going all out trying to get the formerly sweetest girl to trust me again. My ladies are getting better at going in and/or I’m getting better at giving it enough time. Either way with my track record it’s a miracle.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

That ‘I’m late please go in’ is how the unfortunate Buffy’s tail incident happened. Now I’m going all out trying to get the formerly sweetest girl to trust me again. My ladies are getting better at going in and/or I’m getting better at giving it enough time. Either way with my track record it’s a miracle.

Oh, I think I missed The Tail Incident!

 

[thecatumbrella]

Some of you may know that the girls have been spending a bit of time in the basement while my neighbor works on his property next door. It HAD been going well...

Poppy started laying eggs a few days ago. This has somehow made her even Poppier than before. So imagine an uptight, bossy, FOMO-laced chicken being confined to a 3x8 brooder with her friends.

Hornet: I'm thirsty. I'll have some water.
Poppy: ME TOO! I AM ALSO THIRSTY! Hornet, get away from the water! (peck, peck)
Hornet: Fine. I'll have some food instead.
Poppy: I ALSO NEED SUSTENANCE AT THIS EXACT SAME MOMENT! Hornet, stop hogging the feeder with its 7 ports! (peck, peck)
Hornet: Fine! I'll have that water I wanted.
Poppy: I'M FEELING PARCHED FROM MY BITE OF FOOD! Hornet, get away --
Hornet: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

If you think I'm exaggerating, here's the actual video evidence of the exchange. The f-ing d'Uccle is going to make me put visual blocks in their basement pen for the few hours they're down there. How about I punt her to the moon?!

(kidding, kidding... deep breaths)