More drama in the coop today. Drama, oh the drama! What is
up with these birds?? I think the heat is making them testy! Ivy and Shadow started a huge, feet a-flying knock down drag out fight. I was holding Gypsy and was putting her down to intervene when Olivia comes out of nowhere, runs between them, thunks Ivy on the head, then thunks Shadow on the head. Then, at that exact time, Levi decided to saunter over to the pop door. Olivia ran him out of the door. He missed the ramp entirely and flew out, LOL. They're all grouchy!
Oh, and at roost time, Shadow flew over from her special perch to beat up on Levi, who yelled and tried to get close to Tom for protection. The visual is priceless. Levi is about five times larger than Shadow, who barely is as tall as Levi's legs. The little princess can push her 1 lb weight around when she wants to! Then Nora was thunking him on the head and screaming. Poor Levi!
Oh, BTW, Ladyhawk, I asked Tom to check Nora who had been on the nest for hours. He came out of the coop carrying her. Apparently, she was sitting on a squashed egg and it was cooking nicely under there. Had to hose her off and change the nest materials. So, I'm not sure she's really broody or what. Time will tell.
ETA:
She IS broody! She went back to a nest tonight, shoving the teenagers aside and settled down in a huge ball of grouchy blue fluff! Now what? A BYC member was going to take her on June 30 or so, but he only has room for 4 birds in a small coop, not a bunch of chicks. And if she doesn't hatch chicks, she may not lay for weeks anyway. Obviously, there are no soft egg issues because there won't be any eggs!
