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if you aren't welcomed home by the discordant screams of a pom-pom headed chicken named Muffin, then what kind of life are you living???
#backyard chickens#chickens#chickenblr#backyard hens#chooks#hens#birblr#buff orpington#birbs#birb#golden laced polish#polish chicken#chimken#she scream
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Frog HATES the paparazzi (me) taking photos of her and her wife
#chickens#hens#good little chickens#backyard chickens#backyard hens#good little chicken#frog the sebright#sebright#bantam#hen#chicken#frog#sebright bantam#backyard hen#laying hen#Gingernut#wives
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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I missed the first part where Polly and Pinecone ran for the door and went - NOPE! FUCK THAT! LOL I wish I would've caught that on camera. Coraline and Daisy (the two Polish hens) never even bothered.
@vera-king-hrfl they're all whole mood for today 🤣
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Our new rooster meets the ladies.
This was always going to be interesting. This lovely boy is a rescue. Apparently, he didn't get along with another rooster at his original place. (He's incredibly vocal and VERY loud, so we suspect that may have been a factor 😂 - he wouldn't have been a good fit in an urban setting.)
Anyway, he's been in quarantine since he arrived because avian flu is still a risk here. He's a pure-bred Black Copper Marans and our plan is to put him with our two Marans girls, who basically ignored him. The White Leghorns & the Cheshires were far more interested, although I suspect they just don't want to share their food.
We wanted a Scots name for him (the one we lost to the weasel was Donald), and we ended up with Malcolm. Maybe, in hindsight, it should be Dougal. He seems to be telling us "Just call me Dougal" every few minutes...
#chickens#hens#hen keeping#backyard hens#rooster#cockerel#Marans#leghorns#cheshire blues#scotland#highlands
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👋hi, i have a question
does veganism forbids eating all of the animal products, without exception?
like for example you can have your own chicken laying eggs, and as far as i know chickens doesn't care much about them, they even break and eat them themselves.
and so i assume eating eggs in such case is forbidden anyway? and why so?
If it is possible and practicable to avoid using any animal product then vegans believe it should be avoided, yes. Backyard eggs are still the result of exploitation. It may not be your exploitation as the owner; but before you even get them they’ve been bred into unhealthy bodies that produce far more eggs than is natural or healthy.
For this reason, many owners and sanctuaries opt for implants to avoid laying, which is a pretty painless procedure and lasts 12 months. Hens implanted reportedly may live longer, which makes sense since they aren’t as likely to suffer from the health defects associated with excessive egg production. If that isn’t an option the eggs can also be fed back to hens, so they can regain some of the calories and protein used to lay it, therefore are benefiting from what they produce rather than us taking it for our own gain. Any excess could potentially be donated to a food bank or used to supplement the feed of other companion animals as well.
This is by no means the biggest animal rights issue, but ultimately, seeking to gain from your relationship with animals when it is more beneficial to the animal if you don’t, is fundamentally exploitative. I’ve written about this in more detail here you’re interested.
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Something you should know about me: I’m obsessed with nail polish & nail care. And it tickles my brain when my backyard hens’ eggs match my nails. 🧠🥚💅🏻
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The funniest part of having a house chicken is working on something and you hear demon gurgling right behind you like a cheap horror movie.
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🌭🥚 Sausage n' Eggs!
Sticker Club #1: March 2023 bonus sticker!
Here's the finished sticker design as thanks for our first montly goal met: 100 pounds of chicken feed! It's our Jill, Paprika, and a couple of Paprika's tan eggs. But who was fertilizing them?!
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh stress mental health anyways look at me new chickens
They are not incorporated with our older hen yet cause she is a little confused and unsure about the situation. But if anyone has any tips about introducing young ones inside a coop/run that would be helpful!
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This is my chicken Paprika. She is about 3 years old. She loves being the top chicken of the pecking order, as you can see from her crest. (Hen's crests get bigger when they are the top of the pecking order) She has very soft feathers.
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11/8.2023 (2) - one baby chicken
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excuse me may she speak to you about your car's extended warranty?
#backyard chickens#chickens#chickenblr#backyard hens#chooks#hens#birblr#birbs#birb#her name is cinder#chimken
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Babushka Frog has beets to sell and she is SO mad at me about it
#chickens#hens#good little chickens#backyard chickens#backyard hens#good little chicken#frog the sebright#sebright#bantam#baroona farm#hen#chicken#frog#sebright bantam#laying hen#backyard hen#babushka
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So, I have chickens.
Do you know how hard it is to get a decent picture of a chicken?
I submit as evidence the following (please excuse the messy coop/run, Spring cleaning is happening):
Polly is the Silkie hen (grey), Coraline is the black Polish hen, and Daisy is the white Polish hen.
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Cassidy & Gloria having a whale of a time after we topped up their pen with fresh bedding.
Cassidy (as in Hopalong, if you know you know) and Gloria (as in I Will Survive) have proven very resilient. They're both making a good recovery after their recent bout with a weasel.
Their coops are fortified and we have plans to relocate them to new, much more robust pens as the weather improves.
The wee box in the photo is their feed station. Mr Pheasident has taught himself to operate the treadle feeder in there, although Cassidy will chase him off despite her injuries, so she's definitely on the mend.
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Falin (and Hildie) in my lap! Falin sat there for a good few minutes, then her nosy sister Hildie joined her!
#falin has become a sweetheart - she jumps on me now#chicken#chickens#backyard chickens#chickenblr#farmcore#pet chicken#Swedish flower hen#Falin the chicken#Hildie the chicken
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