Ended Wattle I Do Without You?—2025 Valentine's Day Contest Series

[Turd bird]

Oh, I love the name! I bet he's a big music fan, right? Handsome rooster.

thank you

 

[BDutch]

I love my oldest tiny Dutch Ini mini. Whenever she got into an adventure she talks to me after coming home.
She is also the ultimate mother /grandmother of the flock and my best broody.

So sweet. Not a grumpy old lady at all.

FYI: I keep track on the chickens ages in the app Anymal. Ini mini is 10+ yo.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

I love my oldest tiny Dutch Ini mini. Whenever she got into an adventure she talks to me after coming home.
She is also the ultimate mother /grandmother of the flock and my best broody.
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So sweet. Not a grumpy old lady at all.

FYI: I keep track on the chickens ages in the app Anymal. Ini mini is 10+ yo. View attachment 4043490

What a sweet girl!

I'll have to look that app up! Thanks for sharing!

 

[The Good Grumble]

“ Fforest is my flock's most popular roo, and he has a splendid set of wattles”

I’m a sucker for a grand set of wattles! He’s adorable!

I can’t edit but here’s my pic @Lacy Duckwing he shakes his wattles at me when I say “shake it baby, shake it” lol he’s become a bit of a celebrity in the neighborhood and at the vets office. He attracts allllll the girls.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

I can’t edit but here’s my pic @Lacy Duckwing he shakes his wattles at me when I say “shake it baby, shake it” lol he’s become a bit of a celebrity in the neighborhood and at the vets office. He attracts allllll the girls.

Thank you for letting me know. We'll make a note in the spreadsheet.

Oh, I love his waddles! I can see why he's known for them.

 

[1stflockMama]

This is my Cookie! She is the sweetest hen on the block! She is a little clumsy and sometimes trips as she runs to get cuddles and hair cuts! She is learning to walk on a leash, and for some odd reason smells like popcorn!

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

This is my Cookie! She is the sweetest hen on the block! She is a little clumsy and sometimes trips as she runs to get cuddles and hair cuts! She is learning to walk on a leash, and for some odd reason smells like popcorn!

That picture with her wearing the bow is absolutely adorable!

 

[1stflockMama]

That picture with her wearing the bow is absolutely adorable!

Thank you, I stole it from my baby

 

[MotherofOrpies]

Here is my 7 year old hen „Kreischi“, means screamy in german,she is a cross between Araucana and Javanese Bantam chicken , she was an only baby chicken, was raised by the leading hen for 3 months, since she didn’t have any other other baby chicks to play with, she screamed, a lot! On the other hand, since she was raised by the leading hen, any other chicken which looked at her sideways incurred the wrath of her „mother“ , so she thinks she is a very big chicken, even though she is the smallest one in my flock, she got into a fight 2 years ago with the now leading hen. Who ist almost 3 times her size, Kreischi won , she had lots of bloody holes in her head, but was ok after 3 days, the leading hen ( back then 9 years old) took 2 month to recover from her fight. Kreischi later had a blocked crop, and didn’t eat for days, I feared she would starve, I went to the vet with her, she said she was too weak for an operation, so I took her home and treated her as before ( fresh pineapple juice, which, I think, kept her alive, of course massaged the crop every chance I got) and MCP drops ( which the vet prescribed) to help regulate her digestive system, so , amazingly, she is still there, my hubby said she is to mean to die she is also a survivor! I got 6 hatching eggs, which were transported a couple 100 km within Hungary, then they sat there in the heat for 5 days, then I drove almost a 1000 km home and put them in a brooder, only she hatched . And, she knows her name, exactly, when the whole flock is chilling in the sun, and I call her name, she is the only one who will come to me but, she is not a cuddly chicken , please don’t touch she is not a very nice chicken and likes mobbing all the other chickens ( who still remember her mom) except the new hen, Shirin, who didn’t know her mom, and showed her very fast that she is not the boss

 

[Chicken_Obsesser]

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This is my girl Whispa, she passed on Valentine’s Day. She was a real sweetheart but after her rooster died she was never the same and 2months later she passed peacefully in her sleep to go and join her husband on Valentine’s Day

I'm so sorry for your loss...she was beautiful!!