Kayla’s Flock 2.0

[GrannyHeeney]

Oh, he is gorgeous! Look at that glorious comb!!!
Hoping Hallie is feeling better

 

[HuffleClaw]

Oh, he is gorgeous! Look at that glorious comb!!!
Hoping Hallie is feeling better

She’s feeling much better. I guess she was just loopy this morning. Thank the lord

 

[rjohns39]

Kayla, I'm so sorry but my old memory isn't helping here... Which critter is Hallie?

Oh, and I got to see Todd work today on herding... Scared me to death, but he got the job done. When he engages a small predator or plays with his toys he jumps down with his front paws grabs it and shakes it until it's lifeless. Like I said, he does this with his toys and I've seen him kill opossums and raccoons that way. Today, two of my ducks wandered down by the house (they never come down to the house) and I heard loud quacking. I go to see what's going on and Todd is trying to contain and redirect one of my ducks. He's using the same posture as he does with predators. I'm thinking that I'm about to lose a duck to the very thing that's supposed to protect them. But things changed. He was working to get her to submit to his will. Once she quit fighting off his direction and sat still, he sniffed her from head to toe and then nudged her with his nose into the direction he wanted her to go. Once turned he nudged her in the back end to walk that way, she'd take a few steps, then he'd re-adjust and nudge her again. At one point she got tired of this and flew over his paw and down the hill. Took him at least an hour but in the end duck was delivered to DW and is spending the night in the garage. Totally unharmed, but surely traumatized by her experience.

And he just ran off another predator, he sends them to an area where the birds don't go.

 

[HuffleClaw]

Kayla, I'm so sorry but my old memory isn't helping here... Which critter is Hallie?

Oh, and I got to see Todd work today on herding... Scared me to death, but he got the job done. When he engages a small predator or plays with his toys he jumps down with his front paws grabs it and shakes it until it's lifeless. Like I said, he does this with his toys and I've seen him kill opossums and raccoons that way. Today, two of my ducks wandered down by the house (they never come down to the house) and I heard loud quacking. I go to see what's going on and Todd is trying to contain and redirect one of my ducks. He's using the same posture as he does with predators. I'm thinking that I'm about to lose a duck to the very thing that's supposed to protect them. But things changed. He was working to get her to submit to his will. Once she quit fighting off his direction and sat still, he sniffed her from head to toe and then nudged her with his nose into the direction he wanted her to go. Once turned he nudged her in the back end to walk that way, she'd take a few steps, then he'd re-adjust and nudge her again. At one point she got tired of this and flew over his paw and down the hill. Took him at least an hour but in the end duck was delivered to DW and is spending the night in the garage. Totally unharmed, but surely traumatized by her experience.

And he just ran off another predator, he sends them to an area where the birds don't go.

Hallie is my 2-3 year old EE bantam hen

Todd’s getting there

 

[rjohns39]

Well I'm glad to hear she's doing better after a bath and blow dry.

 

[HuffleClaw]

Well I'm glad to hear she's doing better after a bath and blow dry.

Thank you, I am too. She just laid her tiny blue egg a few minutes ago She must be a late-day layer, as it’s 6:07pm

 

[rjohns39]

I have no idea which of my girls are late, vice early layers. I put them to bed and then let them out in the morning. And love the eggs I get.

 

[rjohns39]

Kayla, I'm off to watch supernatural and likely fall asleep in my recliner. hope you have a great night..

 

[HuffleClaw]

Kayla, I'm off to watch supernatural and likely fall asleep in my recliner. hope you have a great night..

Awesome. You too.

 

[GrannyHeeney]

Oooh, got any pics of her blue eggs?