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Update as of Wednesday evening: Fifi (the wounded one) has now returned to the flock!
It's fascinating to me-- after the hawk attack and two weeks' rehab, she's missing a bunch of feathers, and her neck is purple/blue (Blu-Kote), and, most importantly, she's unsteady on her feet. I'm not sure if it's just from being in the kennel in the office or if the injury messed with her inner ear or something, but she stumbles a bit. The funny thing is, the stumbling and subsequent wing-flapping make her look cray cray and that is totally working for her. She's right back in to her place in the pecking order.
Granted she got some admonitory pecks from Cleo (#1) and Mitzi (#2), but as far as the others, nah. The second tier, Maya and Mia, were ready to try their luck, and Fifi, even as disheveled and tipsy as she was, TOTALLY intimidated them. Her place is secure.
There was much jostling at roosting time; the newbies (G3, not M&M) are making a play for one of the favored perches and it's causing an uproar. I can't wait to see who ended up where.
I'm so happy that Fifi made it and is accepted again that I'm babbling, but luckily, other chicken people seem to get it.
It's fascinating to me-- after the hawk attack and two weeks' rehab, she's missing a bunch of feathers, and her neck is purple/blue (Blu-Kote), and, most importantly, she's unsteady on her feet. I'm not sure if it's just from being in the kennel in the office or if the injury messed with her inner ear or something, but she stumbles a bit. The funny thing is, the stumbling and subsequent wing-flapping make her look cray cray and that is totally working for her. She's right back in to her place in the pecking order.
Granted she got some admonitory pecks from Cleo (#1) and Mitzi (#2), but as far as the others, nah. The second tier, Maya and Mia, were ready to try their luck, and Fifi, even as disheveled and tipsy as she was, TOTALLY intimidated them. Her place is secure.
There was much jostling at roosting time; the newbies (G3, not M&M) are making a play for one of the favored perches and it's causing an uproar. I can't wait to see who ended up where.
I'm so happy that Fifi made it and is accepted again that I'm babbling, but luckily, other chicken people seem to get it.
