Yesterday I emptied and cleaned the pig’s paddling pool and gave their whole pen a hose out. They were very helpful the entire time in a pushy piggy kind of way. 
It was such a lovely sunny day that I felt bad for the peahens locked up in their enclosure, so I let them out. With gentle dignity they tip toed out into the barn. 
I went on to skirting Mama’s fleece. Pulling off all the dirty edges, and getting it ready for shipping. There is so MUCH wool on one sheep. 
I was working away thinking how the wind was catching some of the smaller bits of wool and maybe the sparrows would use it for their nests, when I heard a shushing sound from the barn behind me. A sound like, I don’t know, like twenty old working men rubbing their dried and worn hands together. Hands that have never seen lotion. 
I popped my head around the corner of the barn and The Duke of Kupa had transformed.
He had spread his juvenile tail feathers and was attempting to wow the ladies. As I watched he vibrated and shook the feathers causing them to rub on each other (that sound) and then he kind of hissed invitingly. 
The girls were decidedly underwhelmed. He shook and stomped and shushed some more and they wandered off to look at the pigs. I am not kidding they actually jumped into the pig sty and I had to shoo them back out.
By then Kupa had this panicked look on his face. He had found the button to put the tail up but could not find the one to drop it back down again. Like when you are playing with the children’s transformers, you know it all folds back into place but HOW! And his feet were not behaving they kept dancing up and down in some kind of jig. His eyes kept swerving from trance to terror but after a period of great interest from the little chicks in their baby cage, he worked it out, and with a great sigh he allowed each feather to settle back into place and he was a our laid back Kupa once again. By then Tui and Pania had taken themselves back into their enclosure to talk clothes. So I shut the door on them and Kupa went out into the fields to check on things and practice his Coltrane. Thank you, Bill. 
Maybe next time Kupa.
Good morning. The sun is up, the lamb milk is warming and I need to get busy. You all have a lovely day. Tomorrow I am packing up Minty and Meadow and the little chicks and TonTon and we are off to the old folks home again. I think the lambs might need a wee clean up though. I like the idea of the old people watching the animals grow.
Have fun.
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
83 responses to “Kupa woos the ladies! A must see!”
He seems to know what to do, even if he hasn’t read the manual…
http://rosemary-drisdelle.suite101.com/the-peacock-courtship-dance-a37258
but perhaps like many a young man, he hasn’t yet developed the refinement of technique?
🙂
thank you for the link sarah, from what I read there the peahens need another year before they are mature enough so we will have to wait a bit for any results…. he had his little dance right! c
Poor fella – it happens to the best of us. Maybe the girls will like music more.
Morning Bill. At this moment they are all sat in a row on the side of a pen watching the world go by. Waiting for the music to begin! c
I see sunshine in your photos, something I haven’t seen here fore a while! Good evening farmy
Fowl and fuzz both beautiful :-D.
Poor Kupa, I feel so sorry for him but hats off to him for trying, he is so beautiful indeed
Kupa is so beautiful. I don’t know how the ladies managed to resist. 🙂
I was waiting for this my friend! Doesn’t he just look stunning!!! Too bad the females were picky today 😉
He is just a beauty!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Too adorable as usual! 🙂 I can’t BELIEVE you get that much wool from one sheep. Holy moly!
It is a big fleece, in fact they all are, it will be interesting to see what the spinner says about it.. c
Phenomenal…the natural drives fascinate and titillate all but the peahens. Oh well, Kupa, there’s still more Spring to be had. I think the girls are playing hard to get.
Also i think they may be a wee bit young yet, he may have to wait a year.. but thats OK, there is enough going on around here! c
Oh, curses: I have missed so much! Peahens? Kupa is well served indeed….I love the thought that a young buck of a peacock might not know how to put the whole glorious display away afterwards, Celi. Wonderful post.
Oh the ceremony! I would have enjoyed that show! I did think of you this week when at the hospital with my dad. They have a volunteer program bringing dogs into the patient rooms. My dad was visited by a precious chocolate lab. I thought of Celi and her old codgers! 🙂 Have a wonderful day tomorrow! Debra
how wonderful that your dad had a dog visit. Did they stay long. What did the dog do?.. c
I’m so glad you captured Kupa’s display and aired it publicly! 🙂 Silly school girls.
they are young! (laughter!).. c
Kupa! You rock, dude! Surely this is a rite of passage, like…like…the adolescent male in speedos at Bondi who gets excited as the nubile bikini babes exit the surf and then, as you say, doesn’t now how to fold his Transformer back from a robot into a car.. 😉
Oh that is too naughty for this time in the morning, sorry Celi… 😉 xxx
Celia I know you gave me the option to delete this comment in case it may raise some eyebrows but I LAUGHED out loud and I absolutely trust our readers! They will laugh too! have an awesome day! c
Kupa has gotten the juices going of your readers, judging from their replies.
Can the peahens be far behind?
A year behind ronnie.. (sad!) The poor Duke of Kupa has a long wait! c
This was so funny, it brightened up my day. The girls are so elegant, real ladies and obviously not cradle-snatchers. Kupa’s display is pretty impressive, for a young lad.