Ribh's D'Coopage

[LozzyR]

I saw a post on FB yesterday, a place I normally avoid, but I thought this one was worth passing on. A guy had 1/2 a dozen of his chickens stolen out of his back yard. We all know what Aussie chook pens tend to look like so hardly the most secure arrangement but there's a run on people asking for chickens & it seems if they can't buy them they're prepared to steal them.

The idiocy of some people boggles my mind. Out here, as we head into Autumn, most chickens are starting their molt & going off the lay, so nicking hens is just not terribly bright apart from anything else. So keep an eye on your girls everyone! It's getting madder out there.

That’s exactly the reason I bought a second dog crate. Did it say where?

 

[LozzyR]

Policeman, "have you noticed anyone in the neighborhood that built a small building that has Bakawks coming out of it recently?"

It's not like they are silent! People will notice.

Unless they’re planning on eating them.

 

[LozzyR]

Yesterday I got a called from a friend that her sister had a silkie that she needed a home for. She wanted to know if I wanted her, of course I said yes!!

Her name is Sugar, she's about 4 months old. She appears to be slightly frizzled. I have no idea what color she is. She is a dark gray near her skin and goes almost white at the tips. There appears to be black specks all along the feathers too. Almost like barring, but broken.

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Rex has been doing wonderful with his training!! The neighbor girl is holding Sugar, while Anna and Rex watch Scooby just out of frame.

I accidentally got crumbles instead of pellets last week and my big girls don't like them. So I found out if I spread it out like a buffet and then let the hose run a bit and wet it down, they eat it like it's gold!!

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I'm thankful that I get to have the extra chicken time, I just wish it want due to a pandemic.

Is she going to be ok, being introduced on her own? (Hello Stanley, BTW! )

 

[Ribh]

That’s exactly the reason I bought a second dog crate. Did it say where?

Sorry, no. I didn't get that information.

 

[LozzyR]

Sorry, no. I didn't get that information.

Hubby suggested we could put them in the garage. I said they can sleep in the bathroom, three to a crate. If anyone wants my chickens, they have to come through me first!

 

[Shadrach]

Hubby suggested we could put them in the garage. I said they can sleep in the bathroom, three to a crate. If anyone wants my chickens, they have to come through me first!

Not that it's likely to happen here but I have suggested the dogs stay out at night. Not much chance of that happening with the hysterical tarts.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

On a happier note: My regular supplier will notify me when she has some more Campines. It will be close to 12 months before they are ready [obviously] but I've put my hand up for the when.

I also got to spend some time with my girls yesterday ~ finally! The Big Girls were in the run & I managed to smuggle my cup of mealworms into the coop un~noticed so the Littlies could have first dibs. Out of the pairings there always seems to be one a little braver than the other. Of the Wyandottes, Alpia has decided I'm ok. She has figured out if she eats from my hand she has a good chance of getting some food before the Big Girls notice. She was one of the 1st to take mealworms from my hand. Wrold is very timid but she is absolute bottom & still gets a lot of pecking ~ not badly but enough to frighten her off the food. Separating the girls gives her a chance to relax & eat in relative peace. The Araucanas are quite bold & once they realised treats were on offer they had no hesitation! The Campines, naturally, were far more cautious. Morrigu, who I think will always be pretty wild, would dart in, snatch & bolt. Medh & Aoife would not take from my hand ~ but that's ok. They realised good things were on offer & hung round to grab what they could.

My Biggies knew what was up as soon as they saw my Blue & White tea cup!
I was mobbed.

And Lavender roosted properly last night instead of hogging a nesting box so her balance & new feathers must be better.

Any chance of a photo of Lavender‘s beeoootiful new plumage Ribh?

Not that it's likely to happen here but I have suggested the dogs stay out at night. Not much chance of that happening with the hysterical tarts.

I’m glad I have 3 large noisy dogs to deter the chicken rustlers. If I hear a ruckus I’ll be sending the girls out to nibble on some ankles!

 

[pspatbyc]

Exactly! That's how people have done it for centuries.

Finally a use for third class Mail

 

[pspatbyc]

I’m so over the whole selfish, self-absorbed, individualistic Westerner thing. It’s been bugging me for a while now, I’ve just been thinking I’m becoming a cranky old woman but lately it’s beginning to really get me down. Whether it’s appalling motorists who tail-gate and have the ‘must get in front’ mentality, people who breed chickens to be little egg factories and don’t care what happens to them after a certain age or those who panic-buy Ventolin because it apparently helps you breathe better if you get Coronavirus, I’m increasingly dismayed by people’s mind-boggling selfishness.

And then I see behaviour that (somewhat) restores my faith in humanity. Today my husband was doing a long bike-ride on a quiet country road when he got hit by a car. It could have been a lot worse, he ended up with cuts and bruises and no breaks but it was a hit-and-run. There was a witness, who stopped and checked he was ok and the lady behind him stopped as well (she called me). The 1st Responders were Rural Fire Service who checked him out thoroughly. He was taken to the nearest hospital where the staff were great, and a couple of hours later the police had been given the name and address of a suspect. There is a strong probability that the driver was drunk and will probably get off with a slap on the wrist, but everyone else today was amazing. My husband said he hoped the guy was drunk because if he wasn’t, it means he deliberately hit him.

So I know that there are good people around, sometimes it just feels really hard to see them.

So glad he's okay :O

 

[pspatbyc]

They told us this morning at the drug store that people are using TP in place of masks. They are wrapping it around their heads. These people need to take a special test.

LOL - A bunch of real S*** Heads