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Another windy day but temperatures have gone slightly warmer (10 in the morning, 20 during the day). Three eggs today but all were a bit strange .
There was a lot of quarrelling and bickering between the chickens and for the first time, Théo actually went after Gaston (who ran away honking with fright).
My partner gave them some party food- the remains of the raviolis with a shredded chicken thigh our elder neighbour gave us . It was quite a success - cannibalism doesn't hurt chicken ethics. Meat is meat !
On this subject, my stepmother came for lunch today ; she told us as a child she had been terrorized by her mother's hens, because she had been unable to stop them from killing and eating the baby rabbits.
At night we had another roosting drama session. It's the third time that Blanche goes past the other ex-batts to attack the younger chickens that roost on the highest bar. I had to go catch her, which is quite a hassle because the roost is very high and she was just above Théo, so that I had to put my face right next to him to catch her. Since we're not on very good terms, he wasn't happy about it and started growling, but I quickly put her lower on their ladder and closed the coop so they were in the dark and she didn't try again.
I will have to eventually let them sort it out, but last time I didn't intervene, she actually threw Gastounet to the floor, and he was so scared he tried to go roost in Piou-piou's nest in the wall, which is about a third of his size .
Chicken drama...
Dustbathing: big girls inside the netting, four younger outside.
Théo doing a war dance before attacking Léa behind him
Merle and the first fallen leaves- autumn vibes.
They love the black radishes and turnips leaves.
But of course Gastounet prefers the chicken forbidden zone, kale, salads and broccoli's leaves
Piou-piou .
There was a lot of quarrelling and bickering between the chickens and for the first time, Théo actually went after Gaston (who ran away honking with fright).
My partner gave them some party food- the remains of the raviolis with a shredded chicken thigh our elder neighbour gave us . It was quite a success - cannibalism doesn't hurt chicken ethics. Meat is meat !
On this subject, my stepmother came for lunch today ; she told us as a child she had been terrorized by her mother's hens, because she had been unable to stop them from killing and eating the baby rabbits.
At night we had another roosting drama session. It's the third time that Blanche goes past the other ex-batts to attack the younger chickens that roost on the highest bar. I had to go catch her, which is quite a hassle because the roost is very high and she was just above Théo, so that I had to put my face right next to him to catch her. Since we're not on very good terms, he wasn't happy about it and started growling, but I quickly put her lower on their ladder and closed the coop so they were in the dark and she didn't try again.
I will have to eventually let them sort it out, but last time I didn't intervene, she actually threw Gastounet to the floor, and he was so scared he tried to go roost in Piou-piou's nest in the wall, which is about a third of his size .
Chicken drama...
Dustbathing: big girls inside the netting, four younger outside.
Théo doing a war dance before attacking Léa behind him
Piou-piou .