MJ's little flock

[BY Bob]

An oldie. Mini Minx and her last batch of chicks.
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What a lovely bunch of littles. What happened to them all Shad?

 

[BY Bob]

I took these on Saturday which is market day in this small town.
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The only stall that was busy was this one which sells seeds and started plants.
It must be Spring.
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Chicken Tax.
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These are a wonderful picture into your area of Spain. Thank you for sharing with us. The town seems charming from the photos. I assume before COVID the market would have been much more crowded.

 

[BY Bob]

I've ended up very pleased with the U shaped footprint of the Funrun. Often the mild-mannered hens will be in one side when the Peckasaurus is in the other. I'm glad they're using it to advantage! Clever

That is awesome. I find the same thing happens In my U. Sydney and Phyllis will use the different spaces to avoid Sansa and Aurora. I think it works exceptionally well.

 

[BY Bob]

They are practicing social distancing. But not because of a virus!

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No because of a Pegasaurus Rex!

 

[Shadrach]

Nice looking town. How far out from town do you live Shad? Is it a big trip to go to town?

About 5 kilometres from that one RC. It's mostly by track though. People prefer not to drive up and down it if they can avoid it.
I've done it in nine minutes on a bike. My niece has done it in seven minutes twenty seconds on her bike. I guess I want to live a little longer.

 

[Shadrach]

What a lovely bunch of littles. What happened to them all Shad?

Wurt wandered off one day never to be seen again.
Able grew up a lovley rooster and lived with Tribe 1 for a while. He died in a hawk strike. All the hens escaped unscathed.
I gave one pair away.
Sidney also wandered off never to be seen again.
Myth is still alive and living with Tribe 3.
Mini Minx (Mum) died protecting them from a hawk. It seems she got the chicks to cover and faced the hawk in the open.

 

[LozzyR]

Maybe we should reflect on why we are so busy? We have advantages in technology which makes our lives easier than before. Why don't we have time for tea?

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I totally agree; and the advent of mobile/cell phones means that we’re expected to be always available. Hands up those who remember ringing a friend’s home number and if they didn’t answer you just tried again later?!

Chicken tax

 

[Shadrach]

These are a wonderful picture into your area of Spain. Thank you for sharing with us. The town seems charming from the photos. I assume before COVID the market would have been much more crowded.

Yup. In better days it's a very busy little town.

 

[LozzyR]

It is definitely one of the better cartoons she watches.

Yeah, our phones aren’t stalking us at all!

 

[MaryJanet]

I use websites in a browser that confounds tracking. It's called duckduckgo (nice poultry connection!) and you can get it for most phones.