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[oldhenlikesdogs]

Pictures from today

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Aw, now I'm jealous. Very pretty hens.

 

[casportpony]

Aw, now I'm jealous. Very pretty hens.

Thanks. Too bad you aren't closer, I'd just give you some eggs.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Thanks. Too bad you aren't closer, I'd just give you some eggs.

I would take them. I will keep letting my hens try to hatch and I will candle at 10 days so it's not fruitless. Though after that muscovy hen pooped her nasty poop near me this morning maybe it's not that bad. I swear they do it on purpose.

 

[Miss Lydia]

They really do!!

 

[casportpony]

I would take them. I will keep letting my hens try to hatch and I will candle at 10 days so it's not fruitless. Though after that muscovy hen pooped her nasty poop near me this morning maybe it's not that bad. I swear they do it on purpose.

Nothing worse than a Muscovy broody poop...






Oh wait, there is...










When they do it on your shoes and all over your pants!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I got it down the front of my shirt once with a muscovy hen in my chicken nest boxes. That's why I generally don't allow that anymore.

 

[casportpony]

I got it down the front of my shirt once with a muscovy hen in my chicken nest boxes. That's why I generally don't allow that anymore.

Oh, that would be really nasty!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Oh, that would be really nasty!

It was. That hen got her wings clipped to keep her out of those boxes. Now I know to watch that end when removing any that want to lay in them. I think they are like skunks and use that poop as a defense mechanism. It works on me. I can't use that emoticon enough.

 

[casportpony]

It was. That hen got her wings clipped to keep her out of those boxes. Now I know to watch that end when removing any that want to lay in them. I think they are like skunks and use that poop as a defense mechanism. It works on me. https://www.backyardchickens.com/attachments/img-20180531-wa0020-jpg.1412572/I can't use that emoticon enough.

Peafowl are the same, except they don't have to be broody to do it. Never fails, each time I pick one up it uploads both cecal pouches on me, and believe me, pea cecal poop is almost as bad as duck broody poop.

I love this guy too.

 

[JanetMarie]

Bell with her new ducklings!