I'd originally planned to get a single pair of Seramas, to see if I could deal with having a roo in the house. ChickenAddict offered me a selection and I fell in love with one pair in particular, so today I made the trek to her place to pick them up and ogle her other birds.
I swore I was only going to get one roo. I brought a friend with and made her promise to only let me get one pair, not two pairs, and not two roos.
We successfully captured the pair I wanted by bribing them with bread. Once in hand, they were calm and super friendly. A red byre (sp?) female and a black/red/green male subsequently named Peaches and Lord Tennyson.
In the garage was the bachelor pad. One little roo was fairly manky looking, in that adolescent stage where the feathers aren't grown in enough, and his were just..weird. I held him and kept wondering what would come out the other side of his ugly duckling phase. ChickenAddict is an enabler, and long story short, I went home with two roos and a hen. Tennyson and Peaches were already in the carrier, and even though Tennyson and T'Oliver had been together up til that morning, Tennyson would not let T'Oliver in the crate, so T'Oliver rode home wrapped in a towel in the coat of my other enabler, Manda.
Peaches was named when I first saw her picture. She's a lovely peaches and cream colour that perfectly matches my cream lynx point kitties. It's not a very original name, but it's what she wanted to be called, so she's stuck with it. Tennyson got his name because he was crooning soft clucking poetry to Peaches the entire ride home, and he stands like he's a little lord of the manor. T'Oliver .. poor little ragamuffin - Oliver Twist, which became The Oliver, which became T'Oliver in short order.
Thanks again, ChickenAddict!!
We sat here for a few hours watching their antics. One of the obnoxious quail started crowing (though he won't anymore as Manda rehomed him to her freezer) and set off both Tennyson and T'Oliver. Once the quail was gone, they both quieted down. We'll see how they settle in over the next few days, but so far they seem to be enjoying themselves.
So here they are - lots and lots of pics. If they won't load for you, they're at:
http://www.crazyquaillady.com/Tolliver1.jpg through Tolliver4.jpg, Peaches1.jpg through Peaches8.jpg, and Tennyson1.jpg through Tennyson3.jpg.
T'Oliver sitting on Manda's shoulder.
We were trying to get him to do the Serama pose and Manda was studiously swatting his tail feathers - that's why she's making the face. He'd pose but by the time the camera clicked, he'd relaxed.
-Spooky
I swore I was only going to get one roo. I brought a friend with and made her promise to only let me get one pair, not two pairs, and not two roos.
We successfully captured the pair I wanted by bribing them with bread. Once in hand, they were calm and super friendly. A red byre (sp?) female and a black/red/green male subsequently named Peaches and Lord Tennyson.
In the garage was the bachelor pad. One little roo was fairly manky looking, in that adolescent stage where the feathers aren't grown in enough, and his were just..weird. I held him and kept wondering what would come out the other side of his ugly duckling phase. ChickenAddict is an enabler, and long story short, I went home with two roos and a hen. Tennyson and Peaches were already in the carrier, and even though Tennyson and T'Oliver had been together up til that morning, Tennyson would not let T'Oliver in the crate, so T'Oliver rode home wrapped in a towel in the coat of my other enabler, Manda.
Peaches was named when I first saw her picture. She's a lovely peaches and cream colour that perfectly matches my cream lynx point kitties. It's not a very original name, but it's what she wanted to be called, so she's stuck with it. Tennyson got his name because he was crooning soft clucking poetry to Peaches the entire ride home, and he stands like he's a little lord of the manor. T'Oliver .. poor little ragamuffin - Oliver Twist, which became The Oliver, which became T'Oliver in short order.
Thanks again, ChickenAddict!!
So here they are - lots and lots of pics. If they won't load for you, they're at:
http://www.crazyquaillady.com/Tolliver1.jpg through Tolliver4.jpg, Peaches1.jpg through Peaches8.jpg, and Tennyson1.jpg through Tennyson3.jpg.
T'Oliver sitting on Manda's shoulder.
We were trying to get him to do the Serama pose and Manda was studiously swatting his tail feathers - that's why she's making the face. He'd pose but by the time the camera clicked, he'd relaxed.
-Spooky
