Ribh's D'Coopage

[Ribh]

It’s a good thing you have solid roosts and mostly light girls! I still need to beef up the roosts in Mr Marans tractor. I had no idea how heavy five or six standard sized birds could be when I built it!

It is! I won't be getting any more big beefy girls I don't think. I am really enjoying my Littlies.

 

[Ribh]

Oooh! Sounds fun... I bet you were more creative than I was, I have to wonder, if it was anonymous would @rjohns39 be able to tell who’s who from our responses? It could be a fun new game! Guess who is trying to sell baby vultures and eaglets on BYC

I obviously took this waaay too seriously! Baby vultures & eaglets? Oh. My. So happy to know people who think like this!

 

[Ribh]

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Goldie wants to know how everybody is doing!

Thanks, Goldie. Everybody is doing fine here. So happy to hear from you & that even though you got stuff done you are back to work ~ & free ranging again is awesome!

 

[Ribh]

So, I thought I would share some pictures of our dangerous wildlife... at least if you ask my somewhat hysterical chickens that have been alarming since 4am. View attachment 2149950
They grow up so quickly! Daddy goose (front left) almost attacked our truck yesterday hissing and snaking his neck like crazy while mama goose herded the littles down the bank and into the pond.
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And here they were stalking a helpless doe too immersed in eating my grass to notice them, until I opened the trailer window for the picture.
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They no longer flee frantically when they spot me spying on them, but retreated gracefully, setting off the 5th round of Chicken alarms in three hours! Of course, to not alarm all this wildlife with my intrusions, I have left the chickens in their tractors while having coffee and seething about the incessant alarming at obnoxious hours. Well, I left the blue bucket of happiness next to the meat tractor with the littles in it for convenience and early (haha!) feeding this morning... and these ones are “flyers”; or at least they think they are! They are launching themselves at the bucket and flying to the height the 2’ high meat tractor will allow them and smack into the hardware cloth If they stay this food motivated they won’t keep “flying” much longer!

These are great! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Ribh]

Let's here it for the Rocks! They.....well......well, they ROCK!

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Beautiful girl!

 

[Ribh]

Good evening everyone

Hi Sue!

 

[Ribh]

I swear this lot are quite mad.
Some wild bird in the far, far distance sounded the alarm & every bird I own turned tail & fled into the coop.
But Marlow saunters around their perimeter & all they do is watch him. Not a cackle out of the lot of them!

 

[rjohns39]

Good evening folks

 

[BY Bob]

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Goldie wants to know how everybody is doing!

Just look at that face! Hi Goldie!

Everybody is good here!

 

[BY Bob]

Well, my flock started with 4 Australorps 10 weeks ago! I adore them as does my husband! At about the 1 month mark, chicken math struck...I added 2 Cuckoo Marians, and 2 Easter eggers! So...now we have 8! Lol! The "big" girls are out in the coop while the "little" girls are in for maybe 2 more weeks. Oh, did I mention one of the little girls is a Roo?! Oh dear!

They are adorable. Your coop looks pretty nice in the background as well. Thanks for sharing the pics.