i somehow acquired 2 runaways and i have questions. please help

[pollipazzi]

I will say that I took a certain satisfaction in nailing her from 20’!

And it’s just like squirting cats (for training purposes only, I assure you!) - they can’t figure out for sure where it comes from (although they’re very suspicious), but it’s really nice to be able to give an immediate Thou Shalt Not! response to over the top bullying.

sold!
only we don't have target. maybe the big toy shop has them.

 

[pollipazzi]

do you say anything whilst you squirt her (like NO!) or just silently surprize attack?

 

[pollipazzi]

Hi, lol at your continuing adventures with Thelma and Louise!!

The Littles seem to be fully integrated, in the sense that they’re still junior at 12 and 10 weeks and skedaddle away from the feeder when The Bigs come, but they all sleep together, nap together in the heat of the day, sometimes dust bathe together, and mostly ignore one another.

I would love to claim credit for this, but it just sorta gradually happened in the haphazard manner that marks my life. Trudy (the Barred Rock) became Rude-y Trudy and was a junior-grade bully, but this took care of that nicely. Then Rude-y Trudy became Broody Trudy (again!), and the other four have united in concern (possibly terror) to resist the Barred Fluff of Rage who clucks maniacally 24/7.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend, maybe!

i didn't hit reply. but i guess it's the silent surprise attack or she'd cop on it was you.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

sold!
only we don't have target. maybe the big toy shop has them.

Really, any sort of squirt gun will work.

The semi-drawbackback of this specific one is that you refill it by putting it in a bowl of water, allowing it to draw in water into its tank, and it’s pretty leaky.

This is balanced by the fact that it comes two to a pack, and since I have no intention of arming Trudy with the second squirt gun (I acknowledge that this would be only fair), I can recharge the second one with water while madly squirting away with the first.

Bandoliers, y’all.

 

[pollipazzi]

Really, any sort of squirt gun will work.

The semi-drawbackback of this specific one is that you refill it by putting it in a bowl of water, allowing it to draw in water into its tank, and it’s pretty leaky.

This is balanced by the fact that it comes two to a pack, and since I have no intention of arming Trudy with the second squirt gun (I acknowledge that this would be only fair), I can recharge the second one with water while madly squirting away with the first.

Bandoliers, y’all.

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i wonder if there's one you can attach directly to the hose

 

[Mother of Chaos]

sold!
only we don't have target. maybe the big toy shop has them.

I give her about a 15-seconds heads-up by hollering at her, and then the squirt.

It’s very true that if I remained silent, it would separate the consequences from me, and I did that in the past with dogs and cats.

But chickens (I love you girls! Really!) seem to have a more primitive brain, and subtlety doesn’t seem to be required here. Getting suddenly wet definitely gets the message through.