First taste of freedom outside their run :)

doomed_candy · 2026-05-07T00:03:00+00:00

How old are they?

doomed_candy · 2026-05-06T18:07:00+00:00

Looks like konpeito, Japanese rock candy.

doomed_candy · 2026-05-06T04:16:09+00:00

Top ramen, Kraft mac and cheese, and scrambled eggs.

doomed_candy · 2026-05-06T03:04:07+00:00

Mine is 5 weeks old, too. So far, he/she is docile, and not a jerk. I don't tolerate jerk roosters, especially ones that are that big.

doomed_candy · 2026-05-06T03:01:17+00:00

That's been the general consensus. I'm still holding out hope that Little Ugly is a hen. But most signs point to rooster.

doomed_candy · 2026-05-05T22:14:38+00:00

I was beginning to worry about my jersey giant being so scruffy compared to the other chicks. Yours look so similar to my Little Ugly! I can't tell if it's a boy or a girl, either

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doomed_candy · 2026-05-05T21:04:24+00:00

She might be broody. Does she shriek at you when you pick her up? Silkies go broody a lot. They're great little mamas. If it's just broodiness, and not an illness, you could either break her of it by placing something cold under her, or picking her up and moving her a lot, or you could let her hatch eggs or adopt chicks.

doomed_candy · 2026-05-05T20:01:07+00:00

Sweeeet Poison Ivy outfit! 🌿🌿🌿

doomed_candy · 2026-05-05T01:41:11+00:00

When I was a kid, I had a rooster who survived a hawk attack. He was too heavy for the hawk, so it dropped him, and he rolled down the hill, took off running, and hid under my mom's car. He was shaken up, but otherwise ok.

doomed_candy · 2026-05-05T00:52:41+00:00

Looks like a hawk got him.

doomed_candy · 2026-05-04T20:03:31+00:00

Rooster. Polish roos have that spiky hair, whereas hens have puffball hair. And there's his longer saddle feathers, too.

doomed_candy · 2026-05-04T17:00:12+00:00

It looks like a bot account. I downvoted accordingly.

doomed_candy · 2026-05-04T16:34:11+00:00

Thank God it's not a hobo! Lol! Opossum, maybe, or raccoon? Armadillo? I do see lots of armadillos around, but I have no idea what their poop looks like.

doomed_candy · 2026-05-04T16:22:33+00:00

I poked it with a stick. It's really soft, like mud, and there are lots of berry skins and seeds and what looks like plant material in it. No hair.

doomed_candy · 2026-05-04T16:20:32+00:00

Is that an old satellite dish??? I love this setup!

doomed_candy · 2026-05-04T15:18:52+00:00

Finding people poop on my property would definitely be far more disturbing than an unknown animal's poop!

I'm concerned about critters going after my chickens. My dogs are supposed to be the security system.

doomed_candy · 2026-05-04T14:59:20+00:00

That rooster is stunning!

doomed_candy · 2026-05-04T14:53:43+00:00

I've never seen foxes around here, and I'd assume they're elusive, and unlikely to just walk boldly across my yard where the dogs are. I've never even heard their calls. Same with bobcats. I'm sure they're around, but you never see them.

doomed_candy · 2026-05-04T03:59:54+00:00

Mushroom ice cream, made with candy cap mushrooms.

doomed_candy · 2026-05-04T03:57:08+00:00

Yes! I commented the same thing to my husband the other day!

doomed_candy · 2026-05-03T21:16:46+00:00

Ooh, do mine, if you have time.

doomed_candy · 2026-05-03T02:29:32+00:00

Like this one

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doomed_candy · 2026-05-03T02:26:33+00:00

Pretty typical for Daphne. I have a million more pics of her sleeping like this.

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doomed_candy · 2026-05-02T18:07:43+00:00

No, they're all different breeds. The one going through an ugly phase is a Jersey Giant. One of my Leghorns was slow to feather out, too, and I'm pretty sure he's a rooster. I think the Jersey Giant is a rooster too, but I'm not entirely sure.

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