How did your flock annoy you today?

[atomic]

This is not a bird species I expected to see at the suet station.

 

[TOMTE]

This is not a bird species I expected to see at the suet station.

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Well that's on you

 

[BDutch]

I let my chickens out to free range this morning. But all they did is sit and chill under the hazelnut tree. I saw them come out only twice to empty a yoghurt carton. But they stay away from the grass and other forage area’s.

It’s 3°C (between 30 and 40°F) but they act as if it’s 3°F.

 

[BDutch]

And now a neighbour cat licks away whats left of the yoghurt.

 

[atomic]

Blondie without fail when I let them out to free range, runs to jump the fence then bee lines to my neighbors house. Why, I have no idea. After chasing and removing her back to her respective area not once BUT SIX TIMES decided I had enough and locked her into the run. I thought she learned her lesson, let her out again after hours and AGAIN. Neighbor got her dogs barking at me and all that. Like bro. Even the other heffers have been jumping the fence and causing me stress, but come back willingly with the temptation of grapes. Not Blondie. But I’m taking my revenge by smoking chicken wings outside their coop and blasting music, and yes I am drinking.

 

[Not-so Slick Chicken]

Muscovy decided to sleep at the creek and have an egg there this morning

 

[thecatumbrella]

Muscovy decided to sleep at the creek and have an egg there this morning

Water birth?

 

[Triangle Nostril]

Me: *Worried about their run not being winterproof enough and attaching more tarps to block wind on an uncovered side*

Them: *Literally kicking around a block of ice on the ground and pecking it into edible bits*

 

[EmmaDonovan]

Group egg song at 10:30 A.M. but no eggs. I was right there even before they'd finished singing. They didn't have time to eat anything. The wooden eggs in one nest were warm but there were no real eggs anywhere. I looked everywhere.

 

[TOMTE]

Group egg song at 10:30 A.M. but no eggs. I was right there even before they'd finished singing. They didn't have time to eat anything. The wooden eggs in one nest were warm but there were no real eggs anywhere. I looked everywhere.

I wonder if something startled them. Sometimes when my girls are startled (for example, when Gytha sees a squirrel ), they'll do a call that sounds just like the egg song. Like, hey, come help me, there's a weird thing over here that I'm not so sure about! And occasionally the others will get worked up enough that they join in.

Then again I think they sometimes do it just because they can...