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[Molpet]

Double Trouble, my Sebright, is having a hard molt at the worst time. I had to bring her inside a few days ago. No head feathers, no tail, and her stomach is all pins. Poor girl.
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I bet she likes being a house chicken

 

[Molpet]

Well, yes but no.

I was born in Illinois, as was my mom (Primary Chicken Wrangler), but we've since left Illinois and settled in Arizona - we got our chickens last year.

Better weather than the 3f we have had this year

 

[PocketS2025]

Better weather than the 3f we have had this year

Yeah, mid 60s during the day, low 40s overnight right now. My grandma said it was 10 outside when I talked to her this morning.

 

[Faraday40]

In very sad news, yesterday we lost our 1st silkied serama rooster, Teddy.

He was an old roo and lived a very good, full life. He was my daughter's baby and nicknamed, "little Man."

RIP our dear, Teddy

 

[Faraday40]

I bet she likes being a house chicken

Definitely. Double Trouble gets plenty of high protein feed and mealworms to speed up feather growth. Plus, she gets to watch TV in the family room. For a Sebright, she's actually quite tame.

Trouble - our orig., 9 yr old Silver Sebright - has a very strong will and simply does as she pleases. She will obediently fly up onto an arm when called, but expects to be rewarded with a treat. She strongly dislikes being held, pet, or contained. She flies off if we try to hold or touch her in any way. She's also extremely vocal. It sounds like she's swearing at the other chickens when bossing them around. When she's broody, Look Out! Trouble crows to warn them of her superiority. No rooster has ever dared mate Trouble. We have many crazy stories about this troublesome hen

Double Trouble - our 1.5 yr old golden Sebright - is much calmer. She is not bossy with other chickens and will even cuddle with us. My children are very literal. They often called this baby Sebright "Trouble 2" because they are the same breed, and she's our second one. One day last summer this girl got spooked when our dog ran by, so she flew over the neighbor's fence - and kept going! She flew over several properties and landed in a tall tree by the village public works. There was no way to get her down. Then we noticed a hawk circling in the distance. We were so worried. (The orig. Trouble constantly flew over the fence but was easily be called back.) I thought we'd never see her again

Thankfully after about 90 min of hiding in the tree, the young Sebright decided to fly home. I opened the coop door and she walked right back inside. From then on, she was called Double Trouble for the worry she caused.

It's fun how the two birds of the same breed have different personalities. In general Double Trouble is more easy going and only once lived up to her name. I'm OK with that because one "Trouble" is more than enough for our coop.