Ribh's D'Coopage

[Ribh]

@Ribh I just want to reassure you that you are not the only one with bonkers chickens.

First Dotty goes and Minnie watches

Then Minnie follows

And it was so much fun they go back to the beginning

Honestly they are nuts - they did this over and over before getting bored and going outside to plague Maggie.

They are so cute! Nutty maybe, but definitely cute!

 

[drstratton]

It becomes more appealing every day. Sadly I am close enough to retirement that I do not want to take on more debt and an even up swap for my small house seems unlikely.

I also fear winding up as a true farmer with sheep and goats and pigs. @Kris5902 is a warning to me of what can come from moving to the farm. I am kidding Kris.

Mrs BY Bob loves all animals and sees them as fun, just as your child sees a dog as nothing but fun. And just like a child who promises to take care of a dog, she too would wind up leaving them in my care. Just like the chickens. Not that the chickens turned out bad..........

Chicken tax
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The more property one has the more work there is, so that's definitely a huge consideration! We were ready to be finished with homesteading...to travel and not have anymore animals...then Covid! So, we are back to chickens, pigs and we added rabbits this year! The work is all done by us...without help, which is how it's always been...this is not how we envisioned our retirement! Maybe, if I had never experienced this life I wouldn't whine about it so much now! That being said, I am truly thankful for what we have and the level of self sufficiency that provides!

 

[Ribh]

They really are bonkers right now!

Tell me about it!

 

[drstratton]

It has been very interesting ~ if slightly traumatic. My flock has never been particularly violent, but violence is being done over broodiness. Wrold has gone Alpia too, blaming her for me removing Wrold. Half the flock is now laying under the stairs. But there's only ever room for 1 hen @ a time there.

I started to laugh, but decided that I just couldn't...these girls, they are just so entertaining for us...hopefully for you too and not just frustrating...

 

[Ribh]

Chicken tax
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Stunning!

 

[drstratton]

@Ribh I just want to reassure you that you are not the only one with bonkers chickens.

First Dotty goes and Minnie watches

Then Minnie follows

And it was so much fun they go back to the beginning

Honestly they are nuts - they did this over and over before getting bored and going outside to plague Maggie.

How much fun is that.... it!!!

 

[Ribh]

I would bet there are votes for Tsuki as well. What about Maggie?

Low on the totem pole ime.

 

[Ribh]

My theory may be wrong. I can't find any photo of Daisy, the greatest hen ever, with that kind of stare. Her comb is just too jaunty for her to look intense.

I think this is the meanest face I can find.
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Aww. So lovely!

 

[Ribh]

@Ribh I just want to reassure you that you are not the only one with bonkers chickens.

First Dotty goes and Minnie watches

Then Minnie follows

And it was so much fun they go back to the beginning

Honestly they are nuts - they did this over and over before getting bored and going outside to plague Maggie.

Oh, @RoyalChick ! I just knew I wasn't the only one with slightly bonkers chickens!

 

[micstrachan]

A little vid...

Aww, so sweet! She looks rather calm.