We still have Soo, so no*; the priority now is to try to combine the flocks. It wasn’t possible when there were three roosters, but now it should be–with a certain amount of jockeying for position in the pecking order. If we can manage it, though, keeping them safe will be much easier.
*That said, we are pretty well certain to have a few among Penny’s Army…
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That really wasn’t a ‘Like’, Joe…
I know that one has to expect these things, but Bluddy Ell
Carinthia.xx
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Oh joe, what a horrible series of losses. I’m so very sorry.
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Does that hen often wear a flouncing frock?
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Oh poor Bella
Polecats are horrible merciless killers
I hate them
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So sorry Joe, that is heartbreaking.
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I have just caught up with your poultry report, joe. Congratulations and commiserations and, yes, hope for the future!
Soo xx
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Time for an update on the family, I think.
Penny’s been teaching them well. You may notice that they are not sitting behind her. This is quite an important lesson…
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Lovely, joe. AttaPenny!
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You may have noticed one is about twice the size of the rest, and rather spectacularly coloured. Almost certainly a rooster—note fairly well-developed comb and wattles. Also the almost inevitable Kiki feet…
Say hello to Bran:
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Blimey, yes: those feet! His pedal extremities are enormous;- )
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That first photo is gorgeous, Joe, it has a look of a rather splendid oil painting, somehow.
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You’re not wrong! Detail in the bottom right-hand corner while the attention is mainly on the hoss being fettled/saddled/led out or the improbably glossy bull benevolently accepting a snack of daisies from an even more improbably white-petticoated girlchild…
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Pure serendipity! The glare from the sun on Penny’s plumage was overpowering everything, so I had to reduce the exposure and adjust the white balance in Affinity. Wasrather pleased (and very surprised) at the result.
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Never knock it.
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Blimey, joe, those photies. Stunningly good, imho.
Soo xx
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We may have lost Vicky…
…but I don’t think she’s going to be forgotten. Meet Vicky II, here with big brother Bran:
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“What? I weren’t doin’ nuffink.”
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Blimey, joe, the apple never falls far from the tree, does it?
Soo xx
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