My husband says I must really love my three girls as I was sitting out in a chair, watching them, eating an apple when my Leghorn came over, hopped in my lap to see what I had, (she's the most nosy, curious girl of the three), and she pecked at my apple and took it out of my hand. All I could do is chuckle. I said "Blondie, if you want it that badly, you can have it. Of course the other two had to come see what she had - so much for that Gala! Husband said "You shouldn't let her take that, she'll think she can take other food from you." I told him that my girls can have whatever is safe for them to eat, and the apple is good for them. He just shook his head. He can't get use to the idea I scramble an egg and mix in oatmeal and pulverized egg shells for them.
My husband just completed putting some new wire fencing around our coop and run - it had to have much smaller gauge as the wild birds were getting in and eating all the chicken feed. After he was done, all three had to "inspect" the wire, Jane, one of my Amerucanas, pecked at it as if to see what it was. She's the one who would run into the chicken yard and chase the wild birds out of the fee if she saw them. She's also the one who will run, flapping her wings to chase blackbirds out of the yard when they come to eat the birdseed under the wild bird feeder. Samantha, our other Amerucans, is shy and will just sit quietly and watch the activity, but is first in line for the mealworms.
Like the bumper sticker says, "My pets make my breakfast" - gotta get one of those!!
