What Hens Love to Do! What they Live for!

[HorseFeathers]

Happy chickens!

 

[Lunachick]

I can watch chickens scratch around all day! Nice flock you have.

 

[Tutter]

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I'm glad to hear that.

Here it's a given that berry bushes, wood/boards etc. harbor snakes, often rattlers. I've had, through my life, both dogs and cats bitten. (And people struck at.) They've survived, but it's worse than it could be, because they tend to stick their muzzles in places, so are often bitten in the region of the head.

LOL! Yes, those bones do taste better when marinated well!

 

[Portia]

Tutter,
She seems to think so. You should see the black. limp things she pulls out and goes to town consuming. She loves those things, and guards them like they are diamonds. We can always tell when she's hiding one in her mouth to bury because she has a very distinctive walk

 

[Tutter]

Is your avatar the dog we are talking about? Regardless, I called dh over the first day I saw it, just to ooooo and ahhh about what a beautiful animal she is!

I had a dog once who looked similar, but not as white. I don't think he would have let chickens play in leaves without getting involved somehow, though. Burying his special things, that he did!

 

[Portia]

Nah, the avatar is my precious Portia that passed away at age 14 back in 2006. She was a dear, sweet thing that helped me through myriad disturbances in my life. She was also an alpha dog extraordinaire who would have hunted every chicken til there were no more; she kept our previous yard free of all groundhogs and any other vermin that crossed the property line.
My current bone buring companion, Junebug, is a shepard, beagle mix who just likes to herd the flock around the yard when she feels it's appropriate. I also have a retired greyhound who is king of the couch potatoes & has absolutely zero prey drive. All of my dogs are, and always have been special needs rescues that were either up for euthanizing or returned due to behavior concerns in their previous home(s). Junebug was an emaciated stray at the humane society...she is, to say the least, no longer emaciated!
For fun, here's a pic of Junebug helping build the coop

And Hank showing everyone what retirement really means