Wow, a tufted frizzle I think!
Red Rosie, the Rescued Chicken
OMG!!! Red Rosie laid an egg!!! I have now had her for 9 days and no sign of eggs, not that it mattered - that isn't why I rescued her. But today, I went out to give her the cottage cheese blend that she loves, and there was an empty broken shell in her cage. She must have laid it and broke it and eaten it, but holy cow! I never expected her to start laying. She must be feeling better...
Yay Rosie!
wow that is awesome. She loves her new home for sure.
Yay Rosie!!!!!!!!
How eggciting! :-)
Oh, Claire, the CF has imparted powers to you...
I think it was the CF's way of saying thank you to me, for taking on Red Rosie in her darkest hour. :-)
Smiling on CMoxon, heading towards Brigidlily... taynors, get ready!!!
HEY! Who drew that target on my back!?!?!!!
Snicker...
baaaaaaaawwwwkk....bawk bawk bawk bawk.....bawk bawk brigidlily bawk bawk....
(Yup, I hear them coming for you...!)
woot when will you get them?
we're just trying to bwak friendly
come and watch us cluck and play
we're the scratch generation
and we got clucking to say...
Ooooh, do you guys bring back memories
Hey Taynors Sue...There are some birdies right here in Urbana needing a home...and more closeby, and some guy has Peachicks...including white ones!!
Jealous here! White peachicks? Any peachicks??? OMG
Only 2,450 miles and 36hrs to Urbana! Yea, right!
Need to find a White breeder round here.....
Cheryl ~ Pea
Yeah he does...Meat whethers, does, and shows...He has a beautiful Buck for sale right now... Wish I could get him to start my herd.. he is precious!!
I dont have fence yet Cheryl, but you can bet your bippies when I do, there will be birds in it!!
you mean the one iwth a big billy goat beard ? wow that would be awesome. LOL :) he really does have some nice looking goats !
so where are these birds Dusty ?
been so busy this last week just aint got time to for much, but next week will be more settled.
white peachicks, better not mention them to Geo LOL you know how he loves his peafowls ! LOL :)
Some are here in Urbana, and some are down in Middletown...
Noooo, That is the $20,000 one.. you aint gittin that one... this is a young guy.. only 8 months old...He is to die for, and sooooooo sweet!!
He bought him for $5000, but after he proved out and was shown he is now worth more.. He was offered the 20K for him last year...
You get this one and a couple does yer in bizniss!!
he IS very handsome.
Claire... we need new pics of Red Rosie!!!!
I had a couple of great Red Rosie experiences today.
#1. Rosie does what I am calling the "football shuffle" sometimes. When I leave her out on the back porch, she just wanders around on the porch. She doesn't go off into the grass much. If I come out of the back door onto the porch, she drums her feet really quickly, like a football shuffle move. I don't know why she does this. She also does it on the grass sometimes when I am with her, but you can't hear it as distinctly as when she does it on the porch. Just sounds like a little drummer. She looks down at her feet when she does it. Does anyone else have a chicken that does this, and why do they do it?
#2. I went out into the veg garden to dig some potatoes. I carried her with me and put her down where I was digging. She kept scratching as I dug. When I would get some potatoes and put them in the bucket, she would look in the bucket and then keep scratching. Then I went over to look at the zucchini. She didn't want to be alone at the potato rows I guess, because she made a bee-line after me whenever I moved in there. She just stayed right with me. Then I went to leave the veg garden and I said "Come on Rosie, let's go" and she followed me out and back to the porch. I thought that was awfully cute and kind of funny. I haven't had her that long so I am surprised that she would do that.
I will take more pics tomorrow if I remember.
Right now I have a pipped egg....
PIPPED?
YES!!! I have a pip and a very noisy chick inside an egg!
Awwwwwwwwwww Claire!!! You are now officially a Rosie Mommie!!!
I think she is doing a jig to tell you she is happy to see you!!! You have a new *pup* to follow you now...How absolutely wonderful!!!
She was looking in the bucket to see if you, silly human that you are, may have perhaps missed a bug delicacy that she might want...LOL
You dig, she will scratch to help you...I do hope I get a lovely lil hen to be my yard pal too...you are truly blessed!! Better start thinking of Pet Quarters for her for the winter... she is NOT going to be happy away from you ...;-))
Congrats on the Pipper!!! Get the camera!!!!
Hmmmmmm... Wonder if Rosie would like some babies to Mother???
OK it's a very bad pic because I took it really fast so that I didn't drop the humidity much (but it goes up again super fast in the RCom20) and the pip is right about in the centre of the picture on the top part of the brown egg. The chick is peeping quite a lot and I can hear it tapping too.
I SEE IT!!!! How Eggciting!!!!! I WAS going to bed, but now I have to wait to see this one!! LOL
But it will take hours and hours, right?
If SHE (Thinking Pullet here) is that loud and vociferous, maybe not....could only be a couple if she is really strong and determined...You KNOW you are not going to be able to sleep with that baby coming... LOL
Here is a better picture, through the lid, pip is slightly left on brown egg in picture.
Don't worry if "she" stops and goes quiet for a while--they sometimes need to rest for a while, even hours and then suddenly pop out. Of course, some just pop out without resting. You are about to learn what real addiction is.
She sure is Cat!! I feel like a new Great Granny again!! I can't wait to see this lil GAL....WHOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!