Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[pennyJo1960]

ok to early to type or think

 

[Chickielady]

Just made my vanilla custard for us again layered with vanilla
cookies and banana leave off beaten white's of the egg James does not
care for it and I cannot spell it

but was a huge hit the first time

you mean Mer-rang-ie ?

My kids call the beaten egg white MER RANG IE

 

[pennyJo1960]

site is working a bit odd today stroke has taken it's told on the brain

 

[Chickielady]

ok to early to type or think

too early ?
you just wake up ?

Note:

Soft shell or shell less eggs I give to Jack...he picks them up so gently & pops them, then lays them down on the ground & licks them, and eats the shell/membrane last...he loves them !

Jack:

 

[pennyJo1960]

cute very happy look on his face

 

[pennyJo1960]

good to have you around to pick on me again

 

[Chickielady]

Yesterday.I decided to get up & go clean the poop trays in the old coop......so out I go, got my bucket & cat pan spoon, and as I walked out I saw HUGE black wings flipping, under the pen netting......the birds in that pen were all in the coop except the big Willapa Giant Cock, who was chasing this giant black thing around inside the pen................

I dropped my bucket & ran around back....it was a huge, beautiful Raven !
HUGE!
Ever see one up close ?
This is the size of a Canadian Goose, with a broader wingspread !
It was clearly freaking, dagger beak open...flying up into the net & down again...it had obviously popped through a hole, then could not get out.....my Big Willapa Giant chased the Raven back & forth !
Wish I had the camera...anyways I finally got the cock bird in his coop, closed the door, opened all the gates & chased the raven horizontally...out the gate.
The net there is about 5 feet off the ground, so you can see how this bird would be flying low & UP & then hit the net & fall back down (and the Willapa Giant would run over to attack it !)
A profound experience.....and what a gorgeous giant black bird !
Good thing this never happens to @blueducklings my friend who is terrified of big black birds.

 

[pennyJo1960]

What a time to not have the camera but am sure it also had your heart pumping good
I would have had to stop for clean britches

 

[Chickielady]

good to have you around to pick on me again

you are welcome.

 

[Chickielady]

What a time to not have the camera but am sure it also had your heart pumping good
I would have had to stop for clean britches

well, the beak like a 20" butcher knife kinda worried me, but you have to do what you can to save the bird...it was clearly terrified.