This wee chick, hatched and raised by Mrs Flowers, came out for her first walk today. Meet Violet. 
She was endlessly stalked by the cats. They scared her up into the top of a pine tree at one point then they circled the base of the tree like tigers. Boo found her, and she was rescued so the cats spent the day happily sleeping in the garage while Mrs Flowers took her baby,Violet, for a walk.
They spent most of the day hanging out with the Turkeys and Geraldine.
If Violet survives this next dangerous period of her life she will be a lovely wee peafowl. Uncaged has its dangers.
But I think she will be alright. She is a very good flyer already and Nanny Boo is never far behind to send those pesky cats up their own trees. The bad ones can spend time in Coventry sleeping in the abandoned hay baler. 
Poppy is incorrigible.
Today we are taking poles and signs and putting up the “No Shooting” notices down by the creek that is really a ditch – we are getting very close to pheasant hunting season and I do not want men with guns on my property or close to it. Not with all these birds!
I hope you have a lovely day.
Love celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
24 responses to “Violet comes out to play”
Just beautiful: Mother and child. Nice name it has got: Violet. Very nice. And such a nice birdie too. The mother looks huge – but in the same way so beautiful and majestic too. Oh, the cats, that stalkers… What a story. – Reminds me a bit of the musical West Side Story where the two gangs circuit each other until to the dangerous and bitter peak.
Life is so fragile, so special and so endangered. Wee chick. Bless her/him. Good Boo…
Geraldine looks like a very strict teacher. Hehe..
Would Poppy maybe want to be a cow sometimes? – Good shot though, like it: Bull, cow, cow – pig in a row. – It’s a good pic to see the differences: Lady Astor looks so small!
Such nice pics of Violet et al 🙂 Another day on the Farmy… herding cats who have designs on parading peahens, a perambulating Poppy and dutiful Boo with their best interest at heart.
I don’t want men with guns on our property ever. I posted our place three weeks ago!
Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com
Violet and Mrs. Flowers look precious out for their walkabout. Maybe Poppy thinks she’s a cow. Or the grass is greener…silly girl.
look at Mrs. Flowers… so proud, and rightly so! we have a different farm here… my “Boo Nanny” is a “Bug” (Pug & Boston Terrier mix) named Suggs, and he guards guniea pigs. Nonetheless, he could take a lesson from Boo.
lovely Violet!
“No Shooting” notices don’t have much effect here….I keep denouncing the USA’s gun laws but they seem to extend to our part of the Vendee…:)
Love the snap where they are in step 🙂
Do your pigs never bother your birds, or do they not cross paths? Years ago I had great big Plymouth Rock hens attacked by two of my yearling pigs. They had all been sharing spaces at will for months, and apparently ignoring each other, so it was totally unexpected. It was awful 😦
The piglets chase the birds for sport, but in the winter the birds will tuck in with Sheila, I don’t know – I am sure if they were hungry they would eat one.. not so far though.. c