MJ's little flock

[RoyalChick]

Nightshade!

Who me? Would I ever? I can barely keep one eye open!

 

[MaryJanet]

Who me? Would I ever? I can barely keep one eye open!
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Awww look at that face!

 

[Shadrach]

I've read that bantams are committed broodies and when I think about the various flocks I've come to know on byc, I have to agree. Merle in France and Snowy are the stand outs.

At my place, Ivy and Edie are the focussed broodies but they're easy to discourage with a little nest disruption and a couple of nights on the roost.

I had bantams in Catalonia and they were very independant and civilized by and large. They didn't invite human contact but this lot were not hysterical when I had to handle them.

 

[MaryJanet]

I had bantams in Catalonia and they were very independant and civilized by and large. They didn't invite human contact but this lot were not hysterical when I had to handle them.

They were ideal.

I'm getting to that point with the hens at my place. They're not bantams (except Peggy) but they are far less hysterical when I handle them than they used to be. I try to do a little very gentle handling often but not daily.

 

[ManueB]

I'm not sure I agree with the civilized bantam bit.
This bantam qualifies more as something like the devilish cave chicken.

 

[MaryJanet]

I'm not sure I agree with the civilized bantam bit.
This bantam qualifies more as something like the devilish cave chicken.
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She has a job to do and she means to see it through!

 

[Grammy60]

I'm enjoying doing the puzzles

 

[MaryJanet]

I'm enjoying doing the puzzles

I've got a good one planned for this weekend!

 

[MaryJanet]

I like the perspective in this shot of the hens going to roost last night.

 

[MaryJanet]

Sometimes life insists on being loved.