Little Jon - a little OEG rooster

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BigDaddy'sGurl :

Love it! Beautiful birds, btw

Thanks. the gangster girls are silky cross cochin we think?​

 

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What's this???? The hoomin has feathers in her hair today???? Those are fine feathers little Jon thought. Wait a minute, those feathers look very familiar.....hmmmmmmm. feathers or not, little Jon still didn't think she was to be trusted!

 

[BigDaddy'sGurl]

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That is gorgeous!! When is mine gonna be in my mailbox? LOL

You could sell those...

And you tried to accuse Little Jon of "molting". Was that you sneaking around the coop at night, scissors in hand?

 

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BigDaddy'sGurl :

And you tried to accuse Little Jon of "molting". Was that you sneaking around the coop at night, scissors in hand?

I could never do that to little Jon...I have been sneaking around at night, but only to check Sarah's eggs. She has two eggs and they are due next week Thursday. I pick up feathers as far as I go. I wish I could find some of his orange neck feather! But for some reason he's not dropping them!!! perhaps a scissor isn't such a bad idea after all

it's been raining and the chooks are all hunkered down in the run primping and preaning. not much going on. hoping for another episode soon.​

 

[specklesmom]

Wonderful story!! Keep up the great writing!!

 

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brrrrrrrrrr....this windy and cloudy weather was not to little Jon's liking, but no amount of crowing seemed to coax the sun out today. After a good few attempts, he went back to his manly duties. Trudie is molting ver graciously and her new tail feathers are coming in. Little Jon thought they were very pretty and spent the whole morning flirting with her. Hester's molting was not as gracious. She has bald patches with new feather pens and looks a bit like a 'biker chick' with spikes. And with her feathers going in every possible direction these days, her bottom was less 'polite'. TT doesn't seem to be molting.

The hoomin was out late again this morning! She opened the run as usual and all the gangster girls were out first, as usual. Trudie lingered for a moment and little Jon got ready to do his panic. The hoomin told him he was a "silly chicken" and little Jon didn't take too kindly to her remarks. Then to the hoomin's surprise, little Jon hopped out of the run ALL BY HIMSELF. The hoomin was so proud of him and wondered why she hadn't called him a 'silly chicken' earlier.

Little Jon began to enjoy his time free ranging. He hasn't been spotted having a dust bath yet, but some serious scratching around under the dead leaves has been seen. Even from the kitchen, the hoomin can hear him calling the girls to some taste treat he has found. TT stood still under the palm tree today and the hoomin noticed something different about her....TT has grown up into a beautiful young lady. She is not the gawky chick or the awkward teenager any more. She is a beautiful pullet now. the hoomin wonders when little Jon will ever notice. Maybe if he freaked out a bit less about EVERYTHING, he would have time to notice TT.
Speaking of little Jon's freak out's, another one had begun...

“RUN, RUN, RUN for your lives! It's going to eat us all alive I tell you. Every chicken for himself” little Jon started yelling. The hoomin and the gangster girls all popped their heads up to see what the fuss was all about. Little Jon was walking extremely quickly (an englishman never runs) back to the coop, stopping every few steps to check if the girls were coming. He was in a flutter! But neither the hoomin or the gangster girls could figure out what it was that little Jon was so convinced was going to eat us all alive.

The gangster girls were rather going to be safe than sorry, little Jon did sound VERY serious, and slowly walked towards the hoomin. She had big feet you know, and she would surely stomp on anything that tried to eat them. The hoomin took a closer look and found the intruder! It was bunny! “Silly Chicken” said the hoomin. “That's not a silly chicken hoomin, that's a gray chicken eating monster!” thought little Jon.

Once the gangster girls realized there was no real danger they went back to their daily business. Little bunny is a miniature bunny who has been on the property for over a year. Little Jon had never come face to face with bunny before, and with the bad weather she has been hiding under the house for a few days.

Hester walked up to bunny and gave her a friendly “elloooo”. “HESTER! Don't talk to that guy, he's creepy” said little Jon from a safe distance....

“Silly chicken” thought Hester...

 

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on a side note, the hoomin has updated her BYC page with photo's of the cast, crew and set...

happy chickening folk!

 

[Crickett B]

This is so adorable!
Love your BYC update hoomin

 

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thanks so much

 

[BigDaddy'sGurl]

Your Trudie reminds me of my favorite little hen, Ellie Mae. Sadly, Ellie was killed recently by the neighbor's dog...but I hatched out a few of her eggs and now will hopefully have some little Ellie's!

Beautiful birds and delightful stories!