Personality

My dog Middy had pups. It has been great to see their personalities. Just like the chickens we have, who are so individual. Jamima the chicken likes to peck on the water bucket. I don’t know why, she must think its fun. Has browns, the chicken is really uppity and likes to get on top of the coop and say ‘hi’ to me.

Champers, the chicken squawked at me a lot the other day. That was until I picked up her and held her for a while then she felt better. We have put out some hay for them to play with. Their combs and waddles are getting redder, a sign they will soon be ready to lay eggs. Toast and Sunny are both pretty shy chickens. They all scream when I go to pet them. I am always careful with them and pet them on their backs; I’m not hurting them in the least bit. But after all they are chickens. They are now used to the watering can I bring into their coop area, before they used to run away from that.

Back to the pups, who are a lot like their mother. One boy licks us and puts his paw on us to hold is there while he licks our chins. Just like his mother. They all hold our fingers tightly with their front paws; their mother does that as well. Middy holds our hands so we will keep scratching her chest. Another boy lifts his head up when I pet him, like his father does. Our white girl pup is so spunky. It’s fun to play with her. She has such a great personality.

I really didn’t think the chickens would be that different. When you see photos of them in a row, a whole bunch of them together, they seem to all be the same. At the same time I have named them after food and I don’t place my animals in the same place as people. I take care of them and love them. I am raising the chickens for eggs and when they are older I do plan to roast them up with some potatoes. It’s not any different from how tons of farmers take care of things and live.

The chickens have an area to themselves, where they can eat drink, walk around and rest. They also have a perch they like to sleep on at night.

The pups are still in the whelping box with their mother. Their eyes are open and they are figuring out who has been holding them this whole time. They can also see better to get fed now, not that they were lacking before. In all it’s been a pleasure to get to know all of these creatures and their personalities, they are all packed with that.