What did you do with your flock today?

[Smokerbill]

When I'm done with lunch I'm going to town after a few things. If I get a haircut will all the kids know me or think a stranger has taken over?

It's time for me to do the same thing and pull out my clippers to trim my head and facial hair back down to 1/4" or so. My chickens never reacted to me differently no matter what I'm wearing, so I doubt the new shorn look will upset them.

 

[kurby22]

Looks like Penelope is up to her old tricks. Last Wednesday she laid 3 eggs in 24 hours! The last one had a very thin shell - which is hardly a surprise - and cracked on impact with the floor. Yep, after a period of laying in the nest box, she's gone back to laying wherever she happens to be standing
She laid two eggs today, one first thing in her coop and the second on my slipper. At least that one had a super-soft, furry landing

I find it somewhat amusing when my chickens lay their eggs just any old place! It's like they're totally oblivious to the fact that the egg is coming and Whoops! I'll just plop it out right here and keep moving! Was very considerate of her to use the slipper to secure it's safety though!

 

[Smokerbill]

I'm getting a few eggs scattered around too. On both the run floors and in the coop. One was underneath the coop yesterday. Had to get down on my hands and knees in poopy wood chips to get it. LOL

I took a dozen clean little brown pullet eggs over to my neighbor today, and she loved them! And my eight girls gave me eight eggs today, too. Seven nice ones and one big one with no shell. I'll be giving eggs to my other neighbor next time.

I didn't let them out to run in the yard last night, but I will tonight. And last night I forgot to close the little door of the coop. Luckily no predators made a visit. I need to rig the door up with a rope so I can open and close it from outside the run at night.

 

[Nomadicus]

I'm getting a few eggs scattered around too. On both the run floors and in the coop. One was underneath the coop yesterday. Had to get down on my hands and knees in poopy wood chips to get it. LOL

I took a dozen clean little brown pullet eggs over to my neighbor today, and she loved them! And my eight girls gave me eight eggs today, too. Seven nice ones and one big one with no shell. I'll be giving eggs to my other neighbor next time.

I didn't let them out to run in the yard last night, but I will tonight. And last night I forgot to close the little door of the coop. Luckily no predators made a visit. I need to rig the door up with a rope so I can open and close it from outside the run at night.

I bought one of the small shrub type plastic rakes to pull eggs out from under places I don't want to crawl in and then make them eat those eggs.

 

[Nomadicus]

I finally wised up and got a chair and a garden hose and sat between their coop and the log pile as the sun started going down and every time those wayward kids made a dash for the pile instead of their coop door I have them a shower. I finally got them all in a coop. I will have to sort them again in the morning because they all went into one coop instead of their on new coop. They will need to stay in their coops separate now until the new runs are finished.

 

[Nomadicus]

The chicken welfare officer may be paying me a visit. I think I've corrupted my pet hen with ice cream. Now she's addicted.

 

[PopoMyers]

Fun morning here. Transplanted my poor papaya into a new pot. Don't think I'll ever get fruit, but I'm attached to the thing now View attachment 3595151Then I moved the oldest baby peas out to the integration pen. They're so bewildered by it!View attachment 3595153Momma Java is very curious about the babies.View attachment 3595156
And daddy Baristas just wants the human to go away!View attachment 3595157Hes molting but his poor feathers are more about his fear of humans. He's doing Soo much better though. Now he paces when I'm there, where as before he'd rocket off the ceiling and walls. His poor crest is completely shattered from it. But think he's far enough along that when his new feathers come in, they'll stay in good condition. Wish I could get a full sun picture of him...his colors are beautiful.

You could have a male papaya tree. No fruit. Pretty tree, though. I once started a couple trees from seed for my sister, and both ended up being male. She pulled them out.

 

[PopoMyers]

One of my roosters is quick and efficient like that and right after he’s done he makes a loud yell like “I’m awesome” and then walks away…it’s very meathead at the gym lifting weights

Mine lifts weights multiple times, then does his loud announcement.

 

[PopoMyers]

Special day!!! Heard some chirping that sounded younger than my chicks.... could it be broody momster on the roof clutch has hatched???!!! Yep.View attachment 3595193
After getting full on attacked by that momster, I was able to get food and water up to her. Babies were not going to come down yet, or, if they did it would lead to injury or worse. It is a hard living up here and most moms don't get large hatches. She has the benefit of.... well, a chicken servant.View attachment 3595186
She calmed quickly with a bite to eat and assembled her clutch.
Now, it is time for @kurby22 's favorite game...!

Is she a feral?

 

[PopoMyers]

Built the gate up in my garden. They keep flying over the gate and making themselves at home with the endless snacks.View attachment 3596025
Her face *nothing to see here*
Still gave them a watermelon treat.

We had to fence them out of my garden. They would excavate the dirt out if the raised beds and have lots of snacks.