I do have some chicken stories. A couple weeks ago, I bought some really good coffee, made it, then put a couple spoonfuls of triple chocolate ice cream in it, then put some whipped cream on the top,. As I was looking over my masterpiece, getting ready to enjoy it, Alice flew up on my lap, stuck her whole head in the mug, pulled her head out, totally covered with chocolate and whipped cream. And then to add insult to injury, she flew back up on my lap, and wiped her face and beak on my pants.
They simply don't understand what "bad chicken means". If I tell them they are beautiful, and I love them, they will sit on my lap, stare in my face, and almost purr at me. If they are eating the wall, or harassing the cat and I say "stop that, bad chicken"
, they just look at me like I'm nuts. There is no such thing as a" bad chicken". Then they'll ignore me for 5 minutes, then forgive me.
]
A spoiled chicken friend
It does sound so chicken.
I was taking with a falconer once and he claimed that birds are totally selfish and all emotion. Meaning they will love you desperately and be furious with you at the same time if they can't have things the way they want them.
He was talking about raptors...but I think there is an element of that in chickens too. You are wonderful if you give them what they want, but it is just inexplicable to them that you might not let them have things their way.
They've never had a crisis of confidence. My son once said that he thought they thought were little people. I said no, they thought we were just big chickens. Today they were going after the mouse that lives under our couch. It was the funniest thing I had ever seen, when I saw one chicken running around with a mouse in her mouth, and the long gray tail hanging out of her beak. And her sister running 80 miles an hour after trying to take it away from her.
I don't think I want the latte any more after the mouse breath..
It really is inexplicable to them that they don't get their way all the time. Once they bond with you, they just expect you to give them everything they want. But they only stay mad at you for a few minutes.
OH Catsy & Elle: Just wait until I tell my wife you ladies were calling her a chicken...LOL. The description is perfect. Haystack
OOOHHHH! I'm telling!
Since we're not allowed to have roosters, I show them pictures of roosters. They really don't pay any attention. But if I show them a picture of a hen with eggs, they just become fascinated. They will peck at the eggs, then her feet, then look at her eyes.
Claire is so sweet when we change her bandage. Her skin has almost totally grown back. While my husband or my son are holding her, and I'm washing and cleaning her wound, if we talk to her, she just relaxes and curls up her feet and closes her eyes. She makes this sweet little crying sound if I hurt her. Birds are totally emotional.
:0)
These story's had me laughing so hard, thank you! We're counting the hours until we pick up our chicks!
Annie
They are so sweet and fluffy and cute when they are babies. But they also have this little ridge on their forehead, which makes them look like baby Klingons. But they will probably have more personality than any other pet you can have,. My Great Dane was the only one that surpassed them. They simply give me so much joy.