#quattle the chimkin

[zephyrrhiesfyrian]

It is time, my friends. It is time, for a chicken update. And hell, we've got lots of updates! :D

Some loaves cuddling together. :3

Nugget (one of the roosters) basks under the warming light.

Snowflake, another one of the roosters. He is a sweet baby. <3

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The fledglings! They're getting so big!

The fledglings finally get to join their big sibs out in the coop! They're big enough that they won't get stepped on now.

Bean, my perfect, blessed child. Please look upon her beauty.

Bean communes with a sister as they escape the baby box.

A legbar goes squoosh under the warming light.

I believe the only confirmed rooster of the fledglings; Roostifer! :D

The legbars' crests are growing in! I believe Fogbar Legbar is the one with the dark crest.

One of the black-feathered fledglings is named Fortress Maximus, but I have yet to determine which one. I'm going to have to go visit again so I can figure out how to tell them apart.

Fogbar Legbar, the swinging wonder chicken.

Hennifer and Quattle.

Snowflake and his boyfriend/girlfriend (we're not sure yet), Pretty Boy. They're always running around together, and my sister's pretty sure Pretty Boy's a rooster too? Eh, regardless, happy pride, have some potentially gay chickens.

Huh. Well, Pretty Boy might not be a rooster, and Hennifer might be. Oh well; we're still gonna call her Hennifer. :P

Nugget says hello.

The children have a watermelon party :D

The fledglings have been released.

Cinnamon panics because the fledglings have been released. "mother help, the children are escaping"

Meet our sweet crossed-beak baby, Morgoth the Destroyer. Due to her condition, my sister has to handfeed her most of the time and because of this, Morgy is very tame and loves to be held and cuddled. She'll come running when you approach the gate.

If you're unaware, crossed-beak (or scissor-beak) is a condition some chickens can be born with wherein their upper and lower jaws are misaligned. I believe it's mainly genetic, but it can be caused by injury as well. It's not always a fatal condition, but it does affect the chicken's ability to eat, which is why Morgy either eats from my sister's hand or is separated from the rest of the flock to eat by herself.

Regardless of her wonky beak though, Morgy is beloved by all of us and she will be cherished forever. <3

And lastly, but certainly not least...

Clutch three has arrived! :D

[zephyrrhiesfyrian]

They've gotten so big now ;-;

Quattle and Hennifer; please note how goddamn massive Hennifer is. She's probably a rooster, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Jeff: ever thought about crime, Quattle?

Quattle: girl, you're gonna get kicked out if you keep this up

Snowflake tries to take a nap and Grub interrupts.

Grub: we can both fit

Snowflake: your butt has its own gravitational pull

Splash, a Bean-lookalike. She is also one of the fledglings

And on the topic of Bean-

She is being guarding by some siblings for some reason. She's fine, just sittin'.

Olive roosting on a cabinet :D

Nugget is very cute, but he is very useless (affectionate).

Nugget, Peanut, and Hennifer, lording over their kingdom like the majestic roosters they are.

Grubloaf.

Bean is cuddled by her sisters (and photobombed by Roostifer's iridescent butt)

Bean and Wave. Wave is so incredibly fluffy >v>

Jeff considers crimes from atop her perch.

Oh no, she's influencing Bean to do crime too (＃°Д°)

Indominus Rex, still looking very much like her ancestors

And now, what I'm sure you're all waiting for-

Morgoth the Destroyer cannot be contained by human means! She roams free!

She follows her mother to the food bag so she gets to eat by herself >v>

My sister said a day or so ago that she pulled up to the house and Morgy had already escaped the pen and come running towards her. Very cute and sweet, but like, girl. There are foxes out here. Please be careful.

Morgy was briefly put in chicken jail to prevent her from escaping the pen, but my sister didn't have the strength to keep her in there because she just looked so sad :C

She wants to be close to mother and the house! Here she is in the garden and being held <3

My sister plans to get her a small coop to keep in the garden and have her and a sister or two in there, closer to the house so she doesn't try to run off.

Morgy is truly the sweetest lil chimkin ever and we all love her <3

I visited the other day and was allowed the honor of petting her. Before Nugget came over and tried to eat my fingers, that is. Goddammit, Nugget.