Paris and Vienna up to some trouble

Today, Paris and Vienna decided it would be fun to bother Shadow in her favorite sunny spot. They had seen the cat walking around outside their pen, but had never really met.

Naturally the chickens were pretty curious about this mysterious ball of fur.
Luckily Shadow is very patient and let them walk around her a few times.

I know this face well. Its called the "I was once a happy cat."

Hopefully, I will post pictures of other chickens in the new flock tomorrow.

Last week wonders~

Here is a collection of pictures from last week I forgot to post. This is when we let the older chickens out with the younger ones. It was quite a sight; the chickens, the chicks and Shadow all enjoying the afternoon. That is Doc with the wee ones. Doc and little Dolly.

Summer at last..

I have been looking forward to summer for awhile, but it was still pretty sad to say goodbye to everyone at school. An extra bonus was that I got to see my fifth grade teacher for the first time since, well, fifth grade! Anyway, I woke up early this morning and let all the chickens out.

All the little chicks were blurs half the time because they were flying around being weirdos.

More pics!

Ooooohhh, I love these chicks! They are much friskier than the older one(when they were chicks), but I love them all the same. Plus, they are all extremely photogenic. Especially Aretha, here...
Shadow kept stealing people's chairs....The weirdo...

Here is Lady Bird-The first to drink out of the new watering system.

Shadow saying hello again.

Guardian of the eggs

The chickens sleep well at night because they know their eggs are in good hands.....er, paws. Shadow takes her job very seriously... As you can see.... Actually that is a myth, Shadow is not in charge of the eggs. She doesn't even like eggs! We tried to feed her one that broke, but she didn't eat it. I liked taking these pictures with the cat suspiciously in the background!

More Lemony... and Shadow

Here are some more pictures from Saturday.

Charles and Shadow

Charles is laying down now, she made it through the night.

Shadow was very sweet. Last night the two touched noses and Charles preened Shadow's ear.

Also, Shadow likes moving around Charles's box. Charles doesn't seem to mind.

Black Cat, Red Chicken

Here is another picture from Sunday- I haven't been out ot the coop too much this week. Shadow actually brushed up on Meez, and she let out quite a cluck!

Watch out, J.K.....or Shadow

You would think that J.K. should be on her watch, but actually Shadow is in more trouble. When they were chicks, Shadow often looked at them hungrily. However, she seems to have missed her que because now the chickens are not afraid to take a snap at Shadow once in a while.

Wow, in both these pictures J.K. doesn't move once!

Chickens and cat interactions

For the most part the chickens and the cat don't interact too much. When they were chicks, Shadow would try to hunt them, but now they have grown a bit too much for her liking. Here are a few pictures of chickens and cat doing odd things.

Julia and Shadow walked passed each other seemingly oblivious to the other's appearance. This picture was taken just after the veggie napper incident.

Doc is inside the penn while Shadow is patrolling the outer edges.

It looks like Shadow is getting ready to pounce, but actually she is just eating grass.


Without a trace, Shadow slips out of the picture.

I missed one picture of Shadow and the chickens that I will probably include on my next post. Thanks for reading(and commenting!)!

Our friend Shadow

You may have thought that the chickens were our only pets. We actually have another pet that is a friend of the chickens (or else she wouldn't be on this blog), a cat named Shadow. Here is a few pictures of her with the chickens.

This is when the coop was under construction. Shadow was with us from the beginning!

When they were chicks Shadow showed particular interest in the chickens.
Here she poses with Charles the fluffball!

The full size chickens and Shadow. They are getting a little big for her taste!

Charles Dickens

Charles is one of our wierder chickens and often likes to hog the camera. Here are some photos of her: Charles moves very fast. She is one who will elude capture!
Charles as a chick. I know. Very cute!

Charles and our cat, Shadow, having a pleasant chat. They actually get along good!