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Awesome, truly awesome! What color kool-aid did you use? My DH is hot and cold about my bird obsession.Strange but true: I had to tell HE that we should NOT order more chicks right now!
I know. Can't believe (A) that I'm saying no to more of any animal and (B) that it's HE that wants more chicks. I did check around for a giant alien pod. Nope. Must still be him. Still, it's very weird.
Nice! I love the pics - I think I may own Ethel's long lost sister!I decided I needed to get my flock down to 8 before colder weather sets it, and the little cockerel had a better chance of being sold if I offered him in a package deal. So I decided to sell him, the EE who raised the July babies, and my February BO pullet. They got picked up today, and already my little flock is more peaceful, as the EE and BO were by far the most aggressive of my birds.
That leaves me with...
Ethel, my odd looking EE who lays sky blue eggs and grumbles at me any time I clean the coop or collect eggs:
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Minnie, my gorgeous SS pullet, who lays pink eggs and likes to be picked up and cuddled every night before bed:
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The June chicks, now almost 3 months old, Xena (Australorp), Sophie (Delaware), Reba (RIR), and Puff (Salmon Faverolles):
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And the two July pullets, at almost two months old, Bella (Lemon Cuckoo Niederrheiner - so sweet!) and she who has yet to be named (very tiny and VERY flighty OE):
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This is the first year I've ever had such stubborn birds - mine are my Exchequer Leghorns. They may have a death wish - apparently they have not seen the gigantic raccoon that lavender our neighbor's shed.I'm still trying to figure out how it happened, but I got a RIW in with my last batch of babies to the pasture. She will not interact with the dels and generally hangs out with one particular turkey and an IL leghorn. She won't go into her shelter at night and I find her free ranging in the lower pasture every morning. btw, she belongs in the upper pasture.