Ribh's D'Coopage

[RoyalChick]

FORMING THE CUDDLE PUDDLE.
When I went to check on my girls, everyone was where they should be. They hadn't been. The evidence was everywhere to be seen but...
Hepzibah & Luna decided to enjoy the sun @ my feet.
Lavender & Alpia considered joining them.

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Lavender did.
Alpia didn't.
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Soda came along & plonked herself in the middle of everybody.
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If anybody is Alpha hen amongst my lot it is Soda. She is a huge, buxom girl & this arrangement did not make anyone else happy! The cuddle burst apart like a wet bubble.​

Those are the most wonderful pictures - they make you want to jump in and join them!

 

[BY Bob]

They are ~ but they are a bit out of control just now. They have got very demanding. They know if the noise exceeds a certain level I'll arrive to check all is well ~ so they up the anti when they want me. Last night they thought I was too slow in coming to tuck them in for the night so they upped the noise level. It wasn't ugly. They weren't squabbling. They were just very loud. I arrived & everyone promptly subsided into sleepy burblings & hunkered down on their roost. They make no noise when they want out of their run!

Sounds like they are training you and you are rewarding bad behavior on their part.

 

[BY Bob]

Soda is the biggest girl in my flock. Not quite as fluffy as Lavender but she's right up there in the hefty meat department. If Lavender or Soda is in a nesting box there really isn't room in there for anyone else.

Or so one would think.

Morrigu thought otherwise.
That is one insane hen.
She is the smallest of my silver Campines ~ not much bigger than a bantam really~ & this crazy bird decided she wanted to lay in the box Soda was amply occupying. Nothing deterred by Soda's ample rump, I caught Morrigu scrabbling in underneath her in order to lay her egg. As chooks stand to lay I have no idea how she actually accomplished this but her egg was certainly there when I went fishing. ​

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Those Campines sure are ingenious when they need to be. Clever birds!

 

[rjohns39]

Good evening folks

 

[Grammy60]

Good evening everyone time to relax

 

[Ribh]

Those are the most wonderful pictures - they make you want to jump in and join them!

Thank you. I felt so lucky to get the pictures I did.

 

[Ribh]

Sounds like they are training you and you are rewarding bad behavior on their part.

You know I have to check though. What if I didn't & something happened?

 

[Ribh]

Those Campines sure are ingenious when they need to be. Clever birds!

They are very clever! ☺ They may be loopy but they are so much fun!

 

[Ribh]

I've been wanting to try this pattern for a while but I wanted to use some hand dyed yarn & that proved rather difficult in the middle of a pandemic. I eventually got one skein to work with ~ not enough for a full shawl but enough for a small scarf. I think it came up rather pretty. Still have to tidy up my ends but we're done.

 

[MaryJanet]

I've been wanting to try this pattern for a while but I wanted to use some hand dyed yarn & that proved rather difficult in the middle of a pandemic. I eventually got one skein to work with ~ not enough for a full shawl but enough for a small scarf. I think it came up rather pretty. Still have to tidy up my ends but we're done.
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I love the little darker touches! And it's a lovely pattern.