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.

Proud little Doc

Doc has always been very sweet, and is now very happy that there are more Orpingtons on the block than just her and Richie. Of course, I don't think she knows about Tif's chickens, but if she did I am sure she would be pleased!

Dancing chickens

This video is quite old, but I just found it. It is from September of 2007! I really want to put music to it, but I am not sure how.

I was originally trying to get a video of Julia flying up, but when I watched it I realized what was going on in the background. I think there is a name for that dance....I don't know what it is... (and don't say "the chicken dance")...

Scrap Time!

Today we had a nice Sunday dinner, so naturally we had a lot of scraps to give out the chickens. They love scraps and were running all around trying to get the best ones.

Header Pics

Many people who have seen my new header don' t like it that they can not see the pictures very clearly. I meant it to be black and white because it matches my header. These are the pictures that are currently on my header. Jed
Richie

J.K.

Me, wow my eyes look weird!

Doc

A Doc Wednesday

Here are some pictures of Doc. We got eight eggs today! That is a lot for the winter season, as they do not lay as many at this time of the year. Lets hope they keep up the good work.

Pearl and Doc

That would be Pearl.And this is Doc.

Preening 101

You may wonder how chickens keep their feathers so clean. There is actually a lot of work involved. In their free time(they have a lot!) most of the time chickens preen. All birds do it to keep bugs out of their feathers, and keeping them smooth and soft.

They just run their beaks over each feather, therefore cleaning it.


Here is Doc modeling his finished product.

Survivor steps up

I don't get many pictures of Survivor, but today she just felt like posing, apparently. Today one of the Auracaunas(I don't know if it was Survivor) laid such a large egg it didn't fit in the egg carton. We knew the egg was from an Auracauna because it was blue. Auracaunas are the only breed of chicken that lays blue eggs. Just a little background chicken info for you.
Another classic picture of Doc.

Rockin' Doc!

These pictures are from winter break too. I caught Doc in a very photogenic time apparently, because all my shots of him that day were quite splendid! Here are a small collection of that day's gallery:

Dr. Cute

Here is a very cute picture of Doc. My mom got a new camera for Christmas, and I was trying it out out make sure it worked. I wouldn't want to have her use it and it not work. That would just be too awful. So I tryed it out, and to my surprise it worked. Well, I had to know! Here is Doc:

Gotta Love 'em, but they'll ruin your Jeans

In my years of keeping chickens, I have noticed this saying applies to most every day in the chicken business. I was taking food out to them, and I noticed they were in prime picture mode. So I went in, oblivious to the fact that I had my best jeans on. As you may guess when I came out, my jeans were in a worse state than when I entered. Doc was very nice and consented to not jump on me as five other chickens did.
Pearl thought about it for awhile and then jumped.:(
J.K. again A word to the wise: Chickens and Jeans should not mix!

Doc!

Doc is very strange. Yes, I say it about every chicken, but it is true! Here is a short clip that I find rather funny!

And as a sidenote: a special Happy Birthday to my Grandpa!

Group Shot

Pearl, Richie, Jed, Jasper and Jed posing.

Doc and I

This picture is a bit old, but it is still neat! It looks like it was about this time last year that it was taken. Doc looks the same! Me, on the other hand...

Jump on it! Jump on it! Jump on it!

Here are pictures of Charles and Doc attempting to escape from our aviary.They were successful, but I had them rounded up in no time!

Doc didn't make it out the first time, but she did the second time.

What's up, Doc?

The great chicken, Doc. She is really Dr. Seuss, but Doc is much friendlier. You would never guess that she and Richie were siblings(its true)! Doc is a very cute and trainable hen.

Chicken Skillz

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I have never posted a video before, but if this one works then there are many other hilarius ones I can post in future! Enjoy!

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!