Hardy just couldn't believe it! He was in with the beautiful big Girls! Within seconds, he was circling one of the big Girls with his wing dropped. It was less than 2 minutes, and already he was courting the Ladies:
He had so many beauties to choose from. He was one very happy rooster.
But, this was no time to act like a love struck teenager. He had to act like a rooster. He gathered the Ladies around him, and promised to protect them. One of the big Girls tried to disrespect him, and unfortunately, Hardy had to give her a good swift kick. He knew it wasn't nice to kick the girls, but he couldn't let anyone disrespect him.
He immediately got to work, scratching and looking for good things for the Ladies. After a little while, he wandered around checking out the yard.
In the meantime, over in the kids run, the humanlady had removed the divider that seperated the kids from the Texans. There are 2 Texans- a Buff Orp and a little mystery chicken that is probably some sort of game hen. The humans were positive the little game hen is a girl, but they still were not convinced if the Buff was male or female. Hardy found one of them attractive, because he used to do his little dance. It looked like he was dancing for the Buff. Time would tell.
The mystery chick was a little nervous. She likes to hide under her buddy Buff. She let the humanlady pet her, and pick her up, but she always put up a little fuss when being picked up. Now they had access to the full run, and she was torn between exploring, and hiding behid the Buff.
BB and Sweetie couldn't care less that the Texans were sharing space. McScreamy was thinking " Hmmm, 2 more girls for me". Laurel was NOT accepting. Even though the Texans were sweet, and would never challenge anyone, Laurel thought it to be her job to put the Texans in their place. She wasn't giving them much peace.
In the Ladies pen, there was peace and serenity. The big Girls and Ladies were excited to have a man around again. They did like Hardy, and he was already proving to be thoughtful and sweet. The way they were acting so comfortable, you'd have never believed Hardy was a newcomer to the flock.
Then, it started to get dark. The humans were busy -humanguy was cooking a late dinner ( luckily no one realized it was BBQ chicken) and humanlady was getting the little silkies and frizzles settled into their new coop. Finally, the humanlady noticed it was getting darkish, and her thoughts turned to Hardy.
Hardy had been in the coop earlier in the day, but he was a bit confused. He didn't realize he was going to live with the Ladies( not that he minded). He was running back and forth along the fence that seperates the two runs. He was looking at his coop, trying to figure out how to get through the fence and into the coop before it got any darker.
Two of the big Girls were trying to help him. They were running up to him, trying to get him to follow them into their coop. Poor Hardy was just very confused though.
The humanlady came to the rescue. She stood by the door holding the flashlight. That didn't work, so she put the flashlight in the doorway, and proceeded to chase , or guide Hardy towards the cop door. The two girls kept runing out trying to help. Finally, though, Hardy realized where the door was , and he wandered in. The humanlady thought he was brave- the coop door was in a very dark corner, where trees blocked the light, making it a lot darker than the rest of the run.
Hardy climbed up the ramp, and settled on the roost. Yes, he was happy!!