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Post by macmex on Sept 21, 2023 11:59:16 GMT -6
Oh my! Pretty Boy did have a close call! That would have been really sad.
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Sept 21, 2023 21:22:28 GMT -6
Ron, Looks to me the cockatiel really does own the place. Lower your pride, man, and own up. You’ve been bamboozled by a cockatiel! Hahaha
I speak from experience. My chickens rule the place.
those bun buns are really pretty. Good job Margaret and Ron! I cannot do prettay bun buns. I’d get too attached. The price of dog food . . . You notice the cockatiel sitting on my head instead on my shoulder. He does own the place. Margaret gets frustrated at him always landing on her head after she gets her hair ready for work in the mornings. One morning she commented, "Why do you think he always lands on top of my head? I don't mind him landing on my shoulder, but landing on my head makes me nuts!"
I replied, "If you were the ruler of the known universe, would your chosen perch be on someone's shoulder?"
Right now, he's in the living room, sitting on the dog's back, saying, "Give me a kiss ... Give me a kiss..."
The dog is like, "Are you serious right now? It's too late at night for this nonsense."
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Post by FrostyTurnip on Oct 28, 2023 11:22:03 GMT -6
More on the topic of feed. Same as the cheap dog food. For convenience, I picked up a bag of egg ration at Atwood’s for the chickens. Yesterday was about day 12 on that feed. The chickens were starving and they were not laying many eggs despite me feeding them sunflower seeds. They were digging deep into the recently moistened soil. They do that when they’re very hungry and when I was outside, they would follow me around for chicken scratch. I always try to listen to them. But yesterday, a couple days ago, we though they moved their egg laying spot when, really, they just weren’t getting enough to lay.
This brand is Ol’ Roy’s. Not good.
I sprang up to Ahrberg’s (Mill) and bought a bag of egg ration and they immediately started gobbling it down.
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Post by rdback on Nov 8, 2023 9:42:24 GMT -6
@frostyturnip Another one of those "made me think of you" moments. lol
(be sure to enlarge)
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Post by FrostyTurnip on Nov 8, 2023 15:16:12 GMT -6
They’re still using the planter box on the front porch to lay eggs. Hardly any poo as long as there’s an egg stuck in their behind. LOL
The bike is on the front porch, too. One hen decided to roost overnight in the egg box. She’s got a lame leg, so maybe she needs to heal and it’s also very safe for her.
To her dismay, I recharge the battery on the bike every few days about midnight. She pops up her head and gives me the old one-eye. Chickens are hilarious.
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Nov 8, 2023 19:06:31 GMT -6
We have 5 acres here, but the chickens hang around us all day long while we're outside shelling okra pods. They remind me of dogs sometimes. They are such homebodies. Home just wouldn't seem like home without them.
Gotta love 'em.
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Jan 26, 2024 12:32:41 GMT -6
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