Ribh's D'Coopage

[Ribh]

Good morning everyone have an awesome day

I think you need to get your camera out, Sue. Plenty of time for some picture taking... hint. hint.

 

[Grammy60]

I think you need to get your camera out, Sue. Plenty of time for some picture taking... hint. hint.

Don't know how good the pictures will be since we now have rain from the hurricane. But I can give it a try

 

[Shadrach]

My broodies have quit ~ @ least for the time being.
So I thought, don'tcha know, that last evening everybody would be back in the big coop & all one big happy family again.

Medh & Suyin had other ideas.
View attachment 2368059
They refused to go into the big coop to eat.
Whenever I stepped out into the run as I went about my chickeny chores they headed hopefully towards the small coop.
Eventually I gave in. I put fresh water & a tub of food in there for them & in they went as good as gold.

I'm warning you, girls, this is not a long term solution!​

Those two stick together then?
The moulters here are not the slightest bit interested in sharing a coop with anyone. Donk is making optimistic dives for various tree branches. Myth keeps trying for the hedge. Knock goes in and the pecking starts when the others try to get in.
Tribe 2 is quite laid back if reluctant by comparison.

 

[drstratton]

My broodies have quit ~ @ least for the time being.
So I thought, don'tcha know, that last evening everybody would be back in the big coop & all one big happy family again.

Medh & Suyin had other ideas.
View attachment 2368059
They refused to go into the big coop to eat.
Whenever I stepped out into the run as I went about my chickeny chores they headed hopefully towards the small coop.
Eventually I gave in. I put fresh water & a tub of food in there for them & in they went as good as gold.

I'm warning you, girls, this is not a long term solution!​

But, but, but why not mom...it's so peaceful in the little coop...

 

[drstratton]

Those two stick together then?
The moulters here are not the slightest bit interested in sharing a coop with anyone. Donk is making optimistic dives for various tree branches. Myth keeps trying for the hedge. Knock goes in and the pecking starts when the others try to get in.
Tribe 2 is quite laid back if reluctant by comparison.

They are hard to figure out sometimes...so many different personalities!

 

[Ribh]

Those two stick together then?
The moulters here are not the slightest bit interested in sharing a coop with anyone. Donk is making optimistic dives for various tree branches. Myth keeps trying for the hedge. Knock goes in and the pecking starts when the others try to get in.
Tribe 2 is quite laid back if reluctant by comparison.

That's the really odd thing; they don't. Medh is a bit of a loner & usually on the fringes of the flock. Suyin usually hangs with her sister, Luna, or the BRs & Lavender. She's a mean bossy hen by nature but is too frail to really hold her own against the big girls just now. Even the bantams can push her off the food. I don't mind giving the pair of them a little time out. Neither is sick so far as I can tell. They just seem to need a little time out from the hustle & bustle of the main flock. Everyone mingled together in the run but when I doled out dinner these 2 made it clear they'd like their non combat zone to continue...

Oh gosh! Your moulters are worse than mine! What a circus!

 

[rjohns39]

Good morning folks I got my first order for chicks next spring today.

 

[Ribh]

Good morning folks I got my first order for chicks next spring today.

Congratulations, Bob! That is really good news.

 

[BY Bob]

Post anything about books @ your peril!

She's not kidding. I'm not sure who started the last one but if feels like it was my fault.

 

[BY Bob]

My broodies have quit ~ @ least for the time being.
So I thought, don'tcha know, that last evening everybody would be back in the big coop & all one big happy family again.

Medh & Suyin had other ideas.
View attachment 2368059
They refused to go into the big coop to eat.
Whenever I stepped out into the run as I went about my chickeny chores they headed hopefully towards the small coop.
Eventually I gave in. I put fresh water & a tub of food in there for them & in they went as good as gold.

I'm warning you, girls, this is not a long term solution!​

And so the training of the human rooster begins.