Isn’t Aunty Del a lovely looking cow. I think she is pregnant because little Carlos IV the wee bull pays no attention to her at all. When I come home from Australia I will bring her back to the home farm for training as a House Cow.
At the West Barn I have established a small flock. These are Hugo’s chooks.
They spend a good deal of their time trying to steal the pigs food. Every evening I bring over the fruit and vegetables – (we have to keep our pregnant mothers and their paramours healthy) .
Under the watchful eye of Hugos flock I add a scoop of alfalfa pellets and a scoop of my own mix of grain ( local: wheat, corn, barley and oats) , and a spoon of seaweed and DE (diatomacious earth) to each bowl with a couple of eggs.
Then the Poppy and Manu are fed. Along with a big flake of good alfalfa hay that they will devour in the night.
So here is my chicken question: (The mystery bird.) Jake had a surprise gift from the hatchery a few months ago. We are not sure if he is a she or not but he/ she (below) is named Lester. Anyway Lester had a rough time of it in with all Jakes uppity chickens. They are all one of a kind and he was the odd one out so in true neanderthol bullying fashion (picking on anything that does not promote the best of the predominant species) he got picked on.
So Jake brought Lester across to the West Barn where at the very least he can get away from the bullies. And Hugo’s flock are all a bunch of muts so they don’t care. His feathers are starting to grow back . But I still have no idea what kind of bird he is. Any ideas?
I hope you have a lovely day.
If you are not sure what to make for dinner just pop over to yesterdays post! There are tons of ideas over there. Once again The Fellowship comes through!
Oh and good news – yesterday I found three indentations in Sheila’s big king sized straw bed. The twins have been sleeping with her! Not too close yet, but only inches away. Molly and Sheila are both in heat and this has certainly helped. So just before the really cold weather descends my Home Farm Mini Pig Herd has begun to unite. Thank goodness.
Love celi
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46 responses to “A mystery bird”
What a beautiful bird Lester is. I have noticed that even the wild animals who are normally solitary will share body heat on the coldest nights. We especially see this with male squirrels. All bets are off on who is the cock of the walk on the bitter cold nights – I often see four or five males leaving a nest in the mornings. It’s all about survival.
And if it turns out that Lester is a female, her name could be morphed to Lestella. Love, love, love, Gayle
I give my chooks DE as well and all of them….cats, dog and chooks —–have seaweed as well……a good dollop of seaweed liquid in all their waters, and chooks and dog get a spoonful on their food. It does everyone a lot of good. No idea what your ring-in might be, but it’s a very pretty bird.
Oh, I know C. I was just kidding! 🙂 I wouldn’t do that to the poor people either! What ever he/she is he/she is quite a unique bird! Mystery bird is right!
Your mystery bird reminds me of the chickens I saw running around the wildlife preserve in Nepal. No idea of the correct name but the colours are lovely. Happy spooning in the Sheila crib!
Chickens! They are so picky about their friends. Glad to hear the girls are starting to take to Sheila, and vice versa. Auntie Del is a lovely cow!
So nice to imagine the pigs getting closer for the cold weather.
You l know me, I love chooks. And Lester looks very handsome .. No idea of the breed though
Lester – or Leslie – is gorgeous! One year we had Rhode Island Red hens and White Cochin hens… they never mixed. They didn’t fight or pick on each other – they just kind of ignored each other. Each breed would gather together – separate from the other breed – at roosting time.. The Rhode Island Reds were the smartest – by far! But the Rhode Island Reds picked on the smallest… I used to feel so sorry for her.
You are so right….could go either way at this point….but I’m thinking hen….maybe. At this point if it were a young roo, I think you’d have heard his sweet melody by now.
I thought so to, he/she is big bird and very friendly. We will know i think when the tail recovers.. c
I saw a post on Facebook and thought of you. It said if you put a few bottles of saltwater floating in an outdoor water trough…the water won’t freeze. I’m no scientist, I can’t fathom how cold it gets there, and I don’t believe everything I see on online but I thought of you hauling water and I thought maybe it’s worth a try? At the very least it might make a good picture 😊
You can’t help but like Lester. Are those feathery leggings? Glad there’s a safe zone. Chickens can be such bullies among themselves.
Yes – VERY feathery. Lester lives in an old fashioned hay feeder – I call it The Manger – every time I come in he is hanging out there in the warm out of harms way! he is a sweet boy. c
Maybe Lester is a reincarnated Flamenco or Samba dancer. Some chickens are really endearing somehow 🙂