Ribh's D'Coopage

[Shadrach]

Chickie was out from under mumma this afternoon.​

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And this is why even my cats don't tangle with an angy curlew.

Daddy in full protective mode.​

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Do the chickens and curlews meet up?

 

[drumstick diva]

daddy sure has long legs

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

I love being round when they go to roost. Mostly they make such gentle, happy sounds & generally there's not much squabbling. Everyone just picks a spot & hops up then they sort of coo @ each other.

I wish my young 'uns would learn to be peaceful.

Alice has started to roost in the new coop again, but for some reason starts off in the nesting box. Edwina and Pepper then wait perched on the branches of the dead Grevillea until it is almost full dark then sneak up the ramp and hop onto the perches. This is Alice's signal to jump up between them and then the fun begins!

Squabble, squabble, squabble, thump, flap, jump, squabble squabble squabble. And so it continues .

Eventually they settle down, but it's not the most relaxing way to go to bed!


The old girls have already settled....

...while the young girls are still faffing about

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Chickie was out from under mumma this afternoon.​

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And this is why even my cats don't tangle with an angy curlew.

Daddy in full protective mode.​

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Great photos Ribh, but it looks like you risked life and limb to get them!

 

[rjohns39]

Good evening folks

Loved all the pictures and stories.

 

[BY Bob]

I've got to admit, I'm getting too old for this crisis stuff. I was out with the chain saw until 4am last night with a few of the others who live on this side of the mountain. We did with the help of two Bobcats get the track down cleared of trees and debris. I'm too tired to sleep now.

Too tired to sleep is a bad place to be. I have made some bad decisions in that state.

 

[BY Bob]

Me too. It is my favorite time. Quiet contented chuckles. And they look so cozy all puffed up in their down and feather PJs. While I am standing outside like an idiot freezing my toes and fingers off. Which is why I need to learn from @BY Bob and get cameras. Oh, I need sound too. Hmmm.

I do not have sound but I have been watching for an old baby monitor at yard sales.

 

[BY Bob]

And now for a chicken of a different sort.
Mama Curlew with her chick.
Can you see it?​

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That is awesome. What a great photo!

 

[BY Bob]

Chickie was out from under mumma this afternoon.​

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And this is why even my cats don't tangle with an angy curlew.

Daddy in full protective mode.​

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That is scary!

 

[BY Bob]

I wish my young 'uns would learn to be peaceful.

Alice has started to roost in the new coop again, but for some reason starts off in the nesting box. Edwina and Pepper then wait perched on the branches of the dead Grevillea until it is almost full dark then sneak up the ramp and hop onto the perches. This is Alice's signal to jump up between them and then the fun begins!

Squabble, squabble, squabble, thump, flap, jump, squabble squabble squabble. And so it continues .

Eventually they settle down, but it's not the most relaxing way to go to bed!


The old girls have already settled....
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...while the young girls are still faffing about
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There's my girl Tsuki! Looking so pretty and peaceful.