I said we don't 'rassle steer at this ranch but we do herd chickens.
One of my sons took in some baby chicks that needed a home. We didn't know anything about raising chickens, and I admit I had designs on eating them! Their original names given by my oldest son of Soup and Noodle were not by accident. But they are safe now. They are pets.
Nugget the rooster is quite the character and takes good care of his harem. Originally there were two roosters, but one met with a visiting dog's mouth. We were actually really sad and my son - as their protector - felt terrible like he let them down. I think it made him kinder and gentler. I should mention he was 17 when it happened, and kinder gentler teenagers are always a good thing.
I just noticed this picture looks like two of the chickens are headless - funny.
The girls have not started to lay eggs yet but you can be sure I will be cooking them up when they do! (The eggs, not the girls). So we have become recreational country chicken'ers since I can't call us urban chicken raisers which is all the rage right now. I'm really an urban gal (I grew up in California) living rurally, and chickens are pretty common in these parts. So our pets aren't even trendy or chic.
The girls have not started to lay eggs yet but you can be sure I will be cooking them up when they do! (The eggs, not the girls). So we have become recreational country chicken'ers since I can't call us urban chicken raisers which is all the rage right now. I'm really an urban gal (I grew up in California) living rurally, and chickens are pretty common in these parts. So our pets aren't even trendy or chic.
The Duckens. It used to be Klous & Clyde, but we think it's now Klous & Clydette. They love each other. They may belong to the kids, but I find myself worrying about the ducks just like any other pet. And we needed ducks and chickens like we needed a hole in the head.
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they look pretty chic to me...so cute!
ReplyDeleteChick and Chic, so I think you are correct!
DeletePretty cool...those two, lovely!
DeleteLove your chickens. But roosters are really roosters. A couple of years ago we bought five baby chicks. The feed store said that one out of a hundred were boys. Right! Try two out of five. I felt SO sorry for those hens. They didn't have a chance and the dumb roosters would crow at all hours not just at dawn. Well needless to say, coyotes, foxes and dogs got 'em all to our dismay. But we did get a few eggs.
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Love it!!! They are beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful chickens. Such a fun pet to have - we love ours since we can give all the table scraps and minimize waste, get garden fertilizer, and eggs. Win win...
ReplyDeleteSome day, I'd like to have chickens. I'd especially like to have bicycle riding chickens, like you do. Id appreciate it if you'd let me know where you got your bicycle riding chickens as this is a species that I've not seen previously. I feel that the exercise and fresh air would be really good for them and, if you ever tire of them, you could sell them to the circus. Also, I've noticed that you don't make your chickens wear helmets while riding (or was the photo taken while you were in the house getting the helmets?)is this okay?...Although, I guess that the chickens without heads probably don't NEED helmets, right? xo
ReplyDeleteI think I'm in love with all of them. Not sure how it would work with our labraweinie..he tries to eat birds, mice and anything else...but they sure are darling!
ReplyDeleteCame across this site and I continue to LOL so hard that I peed in my pants!! My cheeks are bursting, my stomach hurts and sore, my mouth won't stop long enough to close to even get a breath!
ReplyDeleteI do love those chickens and ducks!! I have had both and ended up having to take my ducks to a river in town(I live in the hill country, Texas) because the ducks decorated my patio constantly and I just wasn't fond of the color or the odor of their paint brand they used. My neighbors dog came over for the chicken buffet and needless to say, left full. I love having the fresh eggs to cook with and do miss em. I plan on getting more chickens this summer since my neighbors moved.
I had a duck I named "Poncho" and when I went to check on him, well, he had a group session going on, so I guess he wasn't missing me anymore.
If I could find them "bike chickens" down here in Texas, I would have to buy them cause riding and dropping a few is multi talented here and I reckon I could get a pretty penny for their eggs, but they are probably only in the California area.
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Sandra
Sadly, just yesterday one of the ducks died. We don't know what happened, but when my son went to put them away he found the other sitting keeping watch by his dead friend. So the kids are already plotting to get more in the spring. We live in Minnesota and every spring new ducks only cost a few dollars.
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