A toilet trained chicken? And
two new girls added to our brood. Hmm what do you call a collection of
chickens?
So the moment Jarvis woke up
today he asked "Dad, blue duck". And then repeated the statement over
and over. Translation: "Is Granddad coming over soon, so we can go and buy
a blue chicken?". Jarvis always calls my Dad, well Dad, I guess cause I
do. Justin is always Daddy. The obsession with getting a blue chicken has been
strong for ages.
Lucky for the both of us Dad
got here by ten am. But not so lucky for Jarvis when we got to the farm, they
had thousands of chickens with so many different breeds, but no blue chickens. In
the end Jarvis went into this enclosure and played for ages, then he lent down
and kissed the black and white girl. So I knew she was the one for us. As
Jarvis was leaving the enclosure with his new chicken, the big white girl with
the black necklace followed Jarvis out, and then went and sat on Jarvis's feet. So
she choose Jarvis. I forgot to ask what breed of chicken these two girls are.
Does anyone know?
And to the toilet trained
chicken comment. Pav, a our White Leghorn has been coming inside the house and
using Tira's kitty litter to poo in. WT? Plus Tira has now slept all afternoon in the box we bought the chicken home. Yes the world is strange. Or maybe just my world.
Our new white girl is huge, she is only six months old and look at her next to Pav and Om!
The dark girl is a Wyandotte not sure about the big white one.
ReplyDeleteHmm, not sure that I am happy about Pav using the litter. It is there and only used on wet days. Tira does not like to go outside when it is wet. Now I am having to clean it out all of the times. I try to put as much poo as possible on the veggie patch. But, yes, my world is a world of poo.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! So awesome that she's using the kitty litter, one less chook to clean up after!
ReplyDeleteWill have to either turn to google research or call the farm. Next thing is to name the new girls
ReplyDeleteNo so awesome cleaning out kitty litter. Bloody chook, Pav poos in the kitty litter, picks on the cat, and try to eat the cat food. Does this chook think she is a cat?
ReplyDeleteA Plymouth Rock (speckly) and a Light Sussex. The Light Sussex are HUGE birds and both are very beautiful. I miss our chickens. Hopefully we'll have more soon. x
ReplyDeleteSo chubby girl is a Sussex. In the two weeks we have had her she seems to have gotten even bigger! Where as our little Rock, I am nervous she is not eating much, she is tiny. I am so glad we have our chickens, Jarvis loves them so much. Plus it teaching him about being responsible. Are you thinking of getting more? If so what sort?
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