Synopsis of chicken news for the week to October 18th
Thank you
@knoturavggrl for last week's synopsis which can be found
here.
@BY Bob
The big news from FBA this week has been the integration of the little Polish super-models. Their
first introduction was on Saturday. All went well, but at night it was clear that they are
not yet besties.
The pattern
repeated the following night, but there is some
progress, and tomorrow is
a very big day.
Everyone got a
check up from Dr. Bob.
And he remembered Phyllis
the party girl.
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@ChicoryBlue
There is a difficult situation developing with regard to the lovely Hazel who is being harassed by the young cockerel Shehnai and now picked on by the young pullets. It is distressing and Chicory is maintaining her calm astonishingly well while others here are offering sound advice (while
@RoyalChick stands by in horror at what may be coming her way as Mr. Chips grows).
As they say on the news 'THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORY' ......
Here is the situation
last Saturday, and thinking on
Sunday.
Some
advice from
@bgmathteach.
And some
perspective from
@ChicoryBlue on what is causing the difficult dynamics.
An
idea from
@Ponypoor.
And more
thoughts from
@rural mouse.
By Monday poor Hazel had
withdrawn from the situation entirely and
setting up a separate space for her and some of the BOs may be necessary.
@rural mouse shared some
relevant experience.
The Hazel saga has
many moving parts.
Now on to the
planning stage.
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@featherhead007
Had a scare when
Dakota went missing, happily she has now
returned, but sounds like she may
have a hidden nest.
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@Ikslo
Brought leftovers, and the poor pups got
mobbed.
And integration of
Dusty is going well, though it is possible he was kept in
less than ideal conditions and needs to get used to a better life.
Is experiencing a broody hen for the first time in a
less than convenient spot.
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@Ponypoor
Oh no - Reenie trod on one of the Silkies - amazingly the little one is fine, I'm not sure we can say the same for Pony's heart!
And we learned that Kelly has
Sweeney Todd somewhere in her family tree! Now that they have been to the barber, they are able to see well enough to escape when Kelly tries to catch them. No good deed goes unpunished!
Kelly is getting on top of the wheezy chickens -
Patches is the latest to be afflicted, and hopefully they will all soon be well again.
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@RoyalChick
Has a
honker.
She also fears that Cookie may have
feathers in place of brains.
Tassels read her chicks a bed-time story, and then
left them in their brooder box so she could reclaim her favorite roost spot.
Finally the Littles
figured it out (well mainly), and in the middle of the muddle, somehow
a chicken got a name.
RC also took a wander down
memory lane.
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@rural mouse
Treated us all to some
clown car videos.
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@SimpleJenn
Has found a home for Delft's chicks,
their move went smoothly.
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Days of the week
Caturday
@BY Bob brought us
wild water, and
@Ikslo shared
jungle kitty.
@Grandma The Chicken brought us
a throwback Caturday.
@rural mouse contributed
a late Caturday.
@Pebbles25 posted a
great Caurday picture on Wednesday (I seriously cannot keep up!).
@GregnLety at least seems aware that his adorable
Caturday picture was a day early.
Pony Sunday
@kattabelly introduced us to their
'ducks'.
@Marie2020 posted something that was not really about ponies (or 'ducks') but is
well worth watching.
Mugshot Monday.
@kattabelly posted a simply stunning
mugshot and some
Zebra boys they swapped.
@Ikslo got
Lacy to pose.
@Ponypoor shared several
mugs - including the recently shorn.
@RoyalChick posted a picture of a very large crop with a
goofy mug attached.
@knoturavggrl has joined
@notabitail in day of the week confusion, but posted some
lovely mugs.
Two-fer Tuesday.
@RoyalChick had some
twofers.
@rural mouse had
mathematically suspect twofers.
@Grandma The Chicken had a twofer that was also
a first for Raven, and now Raven is up to
three.
@BY Bob shared the two
new ladies.
Wattles Wednesday.
@SimpleJenn shared some
great wattles.
@kattabelly had some
windy wattles.
@rural mouse showed some
very pretty wattles.
@featherhead007 as always, brought us
magnificent wattles.
Thirsty Thursday.
@kattabelly has chickens who appreciate
the finest wild water.
@Ponypoor beats that with
manure water!
@rural mouse serves
rubber water.
Fluffy Butt Friday.
@BY Bob shared some
Polish fluffy butts - though in all honesty there is more fluff on their heads than their butts.
@SimpleJenn was able to show us what
a real fluffy butt looks like.
@notabitail posted a
fluffy butt picture on a Friday (which has now got me all confused).