You mean you can't read their minds...Everyone is pretty much behaving this morning.
Aoife went & laid in the hay bale but got straight back in the run.
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Poor Wrold.
I mistook her wanting to lay for a broody episode & chucked her out of this nice, deep, ,comfy spot. She dropped her egg in the run...well, if she will constantly go broody on me.
How was I to know? She pancaked, swore @ me & bit me...
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They certainly keep you on your toes! 
I lost her a while back. She just suddenly went down hill. I had to lift her out of the coop in the morning. Went inside for some vitamins & she was gone when I got back to her.
Not really a surprise & I didn't say anything because it is such a downer when someone loses a bird. She was one of my older girls [though not ancient by any means] with a nasty personality so the flock as a whole was more relieved than anything else. Mhari was different. 
I'm so sorry that I brought it up! You've been through so much with your girls the last couple of months! Mhari's loss broke everyone's heart!I lost her a while back. She just suddenly went down hill. I had to lift her out of the coop in the morning. Went inside for some vitamins & she was gone when I got back to her.
Poor Wrold. So misunderstood.Everyone is pretty much behaving this morning.
Aoife went & laid in the hay bale but got straight back in the run.
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Poor Wrold.
I mistook her wanting to lay for a broody episode & chucked her out of this nice, deep, ,comfy spot. She dropped her egg in the run...well, if she will constantly go broody on me.
How was I to know? She pancaked, swore @ me & bit me...
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Fire in the sky. That’s what it looks like.
Mine do this too! They are all over and underfoot when I go in the run. And if I have their food containers, they peck at the food containers, and generally swarm me.Good morning folks
Jeannie, when I go in to refill the feeder, I always toss a scoop of feed in the run... My idea of keeping birds from being under foot. It never works, but I keep trying. Once I'm in the coop, they are all over my feet, some stand on the feed bucket... They may take a bite here and there, but mostly stare or glare at me, and they always have a lot to say. I think I'm being cussed out. At least to me it doesn't sound like endearing chatter. Once the feed and water containers are fully filled, they run out to the run and scarf up the feed I threw out there. So my best guess is they are supervising the refill operations and giving their opinions on my effectiveness. I'm so glad they don't write my performance report
What a spectacular sky
Yes. I still haven't got the wormer Shad recommended. Everything is taking such ages to arrive ~ though I don't think it would have helped. There was something deeply wrong with that bird. Some loses are more devastating than others & there's no picking it. My older girls are getting on now & losing any of them would leave a terrible gap in the flock. They are the leaders & stabilisers. They are also plain nice hens. This is a lovely flock right now personality wise but I still have 1 or 2 girls that concern me. I've had them vet checked & nothing's showing soI'm so sorry that I brought it up! You've been through so much with your girls the last couple of months! Mhari's loss broke everyone's heart!
. Replacements are really hard to get just now too with the chicken craze Covid has brought on & I'm fussy about who I buy from & the breeds I get.
That's one of the things that I find so endearing. The way they rush to greet you.It's very funny really. They rush towards me super excited, then try to pretend they aren't interested in me @ all. I have to move slowly to make sure I'm not stepping on anyone as they escort me towards the pen. They do know where we're going. Then they wait while I open it up even though every single one of them has hopped over to get out in the first place!They then line up to take the small jump to get back in & all my good girls wander up expectantly. Aoife & Alpia often come & join me @ the feed bin. Aoife has always been a very brave confident chook. Alpia just knows she is special & gets certain privileges!
They get quite demanding if I've been absent & they think I haven't been spending enough time with them!
This is the way it is with any pets we have in our lives...it's always amazing the depth of attachment we can develop for them! I've mourned every pet I've lost & have been completely devastated by the hole some of those losses left in my life! All we can do is care for them to the best of our abilities!Yes. I still haven't got the wormer Shad recommended. Everything is taking such ages to arrive ~ though I don't think it would have helped. There was something deeply wrong with that bird. Some loses are more devastating than others & there's no picking it. My older girls are getting on now & losing any of them would leave a terrible gap in the flock. They are the leaders & stabilisers. They are also plain nice hens. This is a lovely flock right now personality wise but I still have 1 or 2 girls that concern me. I've had them vet checked & nothing's showing so
so sorry it wasn't a good day, hopefully today is better 
