tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62433700743566180302024-03-13T04:37:12.838-07:00Feather, Beak & ClawThe idle ramblings of an out of control Chicken obsessive!!!Feather, Beak and Clawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053342798237065882noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243370074356618030.post-49524763365868951172011-07-30T01:50:00.001-07:002011-07-30T02:14:40.108-07:00Crazy week in 'Chickey-Land'<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wow!... What a week!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: small;">I dont even know where to begin.... Of course, I left you all before collecting my new Millies, who have been named 'Lily', 'Tilly' & 'Millhouse'. Although the girlies have not resumed laying after the trauma of being moved to a new house, on the whole they are settling in great... apart from a nasty case of Scaly leg!</span></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">.... and of course, more miniature silkies!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">It seemed 'glad tidings' were the theme of the week when I also, rather 'Jammily', secured two adjacent paddocks just up the road in which I plan to achieve total poultry domination. I have several new trios in mind to embark on a comprehensive breeding program!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">All in all, I haven't even had time to breathe, have mananged to squeeze in a few gasps here and there to avoid total oxygen starvation... I do wonder what next week will bring?! More Chickens I suppose!!!! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Oh, and P.S...... will be smuggling in the odd pony or two!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Feather, Beak and Clawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053342798237065882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243370074356618030.post-72170132413033496522011-07-15T13:43:00.000-07:002011-07-15T13:45:20.767-07:00Crispy Chick Bottoms....<div class="separator" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-KYIi8i_amEvfKjujZ5P8Qzk_0PGlfSdtpBn1Vic8o_-RUplrLKfcFW2MyfYESWix3-1JEZJO2x0JCI0U8OY3SDiBsJ5NbLUCFRaPwhUfoaEbLfvrn3cXMnYqKl62PeEOJhpUpvdKIMQ/s1600/P1010925.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-KYIi8i_amEvfKjujZ5P8Qzk_0PGlfSdtpBn1Vic8o_-RUplrLKfcFW2MyfYESWix3-1JEZJO2x0JCI0U8OY3SDiBsJ5NbLUCFRaPwhUfoaEbLfvrn3cXMnYqKl62PeEOJhpUpvdKIMQ/s320/P1010925.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: #b6d7a8; text-align: center;"></div><div style="background-color: #b6d7a8; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-size: small;"><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /></span></div><div style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: #20124d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, I'm new to all this 'Blogging' Malarchy.... Despite much encouragement from friends and such, I always shied away from it in case nobody bothered to read it!</span></div><div style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: #20124d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: #20124d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Of late though, it's hard to not feel the need to share the madness which is my new 'obsession'. It all started with four run of the mill Bantams which I acquired from my lovely Niece Rosy. Let's just say I fell in love immediately, and for someone who swore blind for years that they hated chickens, this is a real turn up for the books!</span></div><div style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: #20124d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: #20124d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Since the original 'Menage a Cinq', the whole Chickening thing has spiralled out of control into incubating my own hatching eggs and becoming the proud owner of several breeding pairs and Trios. </span></div><div style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: #20124d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: #20124d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, what does this have to do with Crispy Chicks Bottoms? Well, I found myself of a friday evening, submerging the 'nether regions' of a Serama Chick (see photo above) who for some reason had a huge mass of poop welded to his bottom... And this is what I class as entertainment! (I do wonder, just <i>how</i> dull was my life before the chooks came along? I shudder to think!) I found this <i>so</i> satisfying, I proceeded to check all five brooders in the hopes of finding some more poop to obliterate!! Nothing!!</span></div><div style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: #20124d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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