MJ's little flock

[MaryJanet]

I'm so proud of the hens who have learned the morning routine of leaving the big coop and meandering across the yard and into the funrun, with a little help from some sprinkled smidges of lettuce to keep them focussed. This morning's effort took less than a minute, with neither strays nor stragglers, and gets a gold star!

 

[Ribh]

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
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I keep my phone permanently turned off. I can always return a call & the nuisance value is eradicated. Plus the phone is mainly used as a camera.

 

[Shadrach]

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

I use that too; plus No Script and being on Linux makes for better security in general.

 

[LozzyR]

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

Yes, I use DuckDuckGo as well.

 

[Shadrach]

My daughter brought me this last time she visited.

 

[MaryJanet]

My daughter brought me this last time she visited.
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I love these!

She must be very thoughtful

 

[Ribh]

My daughter brought me this last time she visited.
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Like you'd forget? Love it!

 

[RoyalChick]

Yes, I use DuckDuckGo as well.

Hmmm. I have never heard of it. I must look into that.

 

[BY Bob]

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.

Wow. That is quite list. Hawks take quite a few of your chickens don't they. Two of them died protecting others. Chickens are quite brave animals despite their reputations.

 

[BY Bob]

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

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All you can do is laugh. My gosh they are all over us.