Great, now I have to actually stay off my work computer for personal reasons and set a good example for @Pastel the Rooster and others.
Okay, I really won't be on here until I get my own computer.
Thanks for calling me out, @ChicoryBlue !:D
How dare you interrupt royalty doing their duties - especially such a personal duty as that!!!! Sheesh, Bob, hooman servants should know better - royalty don't have THOSE kinds of pictures out there!!! :lau :lau :lau
I will say, though, her colour is great for camouflaging in the nest...
I was thinking that I loved that she is still there in spirit with her offspring.
@rural mouse Is there any chance you could get a couple of her daughter's eggs to hatch? I know it won't be the same, as the ones you hatch will only be 25% Thing.....but I love her independence and her top...
Hmmm, they are both looking the same way - is there a window off to their right (our left)? Was there someone/something outside? Was there a noise from the servant's quarters or something? Interesting that they are both 'glancing' in the same direction.
I also find it odd that ALL are facing...
It's the way of the chicken. Protects them when they are most vulnerable - at night, stationary & half asleep. Safety in numbers, my dear, safety in numbers.
Ever notice, with a big group like that - the head hen is rarely on the outside of the group (or, if on an 'end', it is an 'end' that...
Be careful with the horse nippers. The spur can be somewhat brittle with that type of a strong tool - it can split the spur (which is a hard coating with thick quick/core in the center.
Ha, ha, ha...I see what you did there...file 'drawn out', 🤭
Seriously, though, it only takes 4-5 'strokes'...
Okay, all, I won't be on here for a bit. Hubby's old computer (very old) now won't open this site because it thinks it is bad security wise (really, it just can't update security because it is so old). I snuck on today through my work computer (I'm on vaca today), but will have to refrain...
For what it is worth, from the photos, all looked okay except for Bernie's nail on the twisted toe. See how it is starting to curl a bit? Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. Pick her up off the roost after dark, bundle her up like a bunting....and take a human nail file to the nail. (You can...
@rural mouse
OMG: I just love the stage of the 2 'littles' - Still all cute fuzz except for the wings, where you start to get a sense of their true coloring (and watching them flit, fly, and fly-hop!) Gosh, I'm so besotted!!! :love :love :love :love :love :love with them.
And that...