Entry #3
This is my RIR hen, Maisie! I have had her for almost 5 years, and she has been a character from the start.
When she was a baby, she was the first of my 6 chicks to learn how to fly/jump. She would fly on top of their feeder and look down while the other babies desperately tried to get to her.
As she grew, she became my very best layer, and even now she still lays some eggs.
Now that she is getting older, she has become quite grumpy. She is the only one of my chickens that will peck me, and sometimes she will outright attack me!
She is so ferocious that my 8 month old EE cockerel is terrified of her. Every time he tries to dance for her or mount her, she chases him around and pecks him.
But, Maisie can also be very sweet. She was best friends with a BR I had named Oreo. Oreo had a hernia, and when it caused EYP I had to separate her from the flock. But, I brought Maisie along to keep Oreo company, and it was Maisie who alerted me when Oreo's condition crashed dramatically, hours before she died.
Maisie may be a bit grumpy and, at times, downright scary. But, she is also a wonderful chicken, and I love her very much.