Several of those boys were perfectly well behaved young men, I just had too many to overwinter, no interest in them, and I really needed the space. Ugh. But, things are a bit more peaceful now out there as I've separated the remaining cockerels out into the newly opened pens, and at least I no longer have to worry about Zeke, the rooster that attacked me any time I went in the pen with him or even walked by the fence.
Today, we have Trixie looking rather inquisitively at me. 
You can see PB in the background, too, who apparently wasn't super committed to brooding because she's already over it after only a couple days in jail. 
Interesting tidbit, Pete is actually Trixie's dad!
Awe. Just all the feels for this post.Long day. We took 8 roosters and cockerels up to the processors, then I spent all morning in class, and then picked up the processed birds and am FINALLY home. Never an easy task for me.
Anyway, I have just a little homework and reading to attend to tonight for class tomorrow, but I wanted to check in real quick with today's picture of the day, number 83, beforehand.
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As runners up, here's Pete again. He always follows me around like a lost puppy when I'm out there with the chickens, but when I turn around to see him, he freezes like he's so surprised I've caught him in the act.
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And here's Coco being nosy because I crouched down for Pete's picture
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That's a lot of water
you've had a rough weather year.
Long day. We took 8 roosters and cockerels up to the processors, then I spent all morning in class, and then picked up the processed birds and am FINALLY home. Never an easy task for me.
Anyway, I have just a little homework and reading to attend to tonight for class tomorrow, but I wanted to check in real quick with today's picture of the day, number 83, beforehand.
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As runners up, here's Pete again. He always follows me around like a lost puppy when I'm out there with the chickens, but when I turn around to see him, he freezes like he's so surprised I've caught him in the act.
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And here's Coco being nosy because I crouched down for Pete's picture
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on the processing, never easy but a necessity for keeping balance in the flock. 
My morning and evening routines have become a lot easier as well, no more juggling cockerels every day, so I suppose it really is a net positive despite the feelings involved.
It stinks, we usually don't have hawk problems until the leaves are off the trees, and the girls get a lot of enjoyment and a lot of their diet from free-ranging in the summer, so our feed intake inevitably is going to go up as a result. But, I'd rather they be safe if a bit stir-crazy for a few days. At least this comes after I've just made more space in the flock by reducing our head count.
Glad Sumi is safe as well as the rest of your birds. Georgia is going to be gorgeous... Soon.
I was out the other day doing my evening chores and I heard a sliding noise. I looked around to see if one of the chickens was on the top of the coop or if a duck was gobbling up an insect (they make weird noises when they pluck an insect off the side of the run). But, didn't see anything. The roosters were sounding the alarm. I went outside of the run and looked up at the roof to see a hawk. I asked it, "What are you doing up there?" and he flew away. I'm not sure if it was perched there for my birds or just using the roof as a look out for something yummy in the field, but either way I'm glad my birds were safely in their run.
Hopefully they move along quickly so we don't have to worry about them as much. 
