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Other topics and Interests => Our Pets, and other friends => Topic started by: LizStreithorst on December 03, 2020, 02:49:07 PM

Title: Miss Chickie.
Post by: LizStreithorst on December 03, 2020, 02:49:07 PM
If it weren't so much of a pain to post pics here I'd have posted about my lone female chick that survived here.  I posted it on on Simply instead because although their photo software isn't up to what it could be, it is still easier than it is here.  Of course nobody cares there because just like here none of them are true country folk.  Just in case anyone here is interested in a "stupid baby chicken"  you can here about it it's there.  I just reread it.  It doesn't cut to the chase until post 14.  http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showthread.php?137459-I-have-a-broody-hen
Title: Re: Miss Chickie.
Post by: Barb on December 03, 2020, 04:53:44 PM
What a cute little chick!!  She will be a wonderful pet for you,  do you have to do anything to keep her safe from dogs or your cat?
Barb
Title: Re: Miss Chickie.
Post by: LizStreithorst on December 03, 2020, 05:14:53 PM
My cat is not interested in new chicks.  I'm very lucky.  I have taught the dogs that going after chicks and chickens is bad.  They are actually afraid of the chickens.  Of course, I know to still be careful.  When I let her go outside it will be in a I will make sure that she is not hurt.
Title: Re: Miss Chickie.
Post by: wsantia1 on December 04, 2020, 08:37:25 AM
I agree with Barb. That chick is a beauty.  |^| |^| |^| |^| |^|
Title: Re: Miss Chickie.
Post by: Ron Sower on December 04, 2020, 11:24:02 AM
...a cute chick, Liz...how old is it now?....
Title: Re: Miss Chickie.
Post by: LizStreithorst on December 04, 2020, 11:41:53 AM
9 days old today.  6 or 7 days when I took the last group of pics. 
Title: Re: Miss Chickie.
Post by: Ron Sower on December 04, 2020, 12:37:46 PM
...them l'il suckers grow fast, don't they?...
Title: Re: Miss Chickie.
Post by: LizStreithorst on December 04, 2020, 12:47:04 PM
It's amazing how fast they grow.  In 7 or 8 months she'll be a big hen and laying eggs!
Title: Re: Miss Chickie.
Post by: LizStreithorst on December 19, 2020, 02:04:58 PM
She is so cute and entertaining right now.  I snapped a pic of her last night nesting in my Peace Lily. 
Title: Re: Miss Chickie.
Post by: Barb on December 19, 2020, 03:05:32 PM
Liz, that is the cutest pet pic you have ever posted.  I love it.  Maybe later on she will lay eggs there too?
Barb
Title: Re: Miss Chickie.
Post by: LizStreithorst on December 19, 2020, 03:25:38 PM
I don't need no partridge in a pear tree.  I have Miss Chickie in a Peace Lily.  A much more suitable Christmas gift than a stupid partridge as far as I'm concerned.
Title: Re: Miss Chickie.
Post by: Ron Sower on December 19, 2020, 06:56:41 PM
...Liz, you have more fun with your little chickies...! |^| |^| |^|
Title: Re: Miss Chickie.
Post by: LizStreithorst on January 11, 2021, 01:20:57 PM
Miss Chickie is not a teenager.  She acts like one, too.  She started roosting on 2 of the 50 wides that aren't filled with water.  I just discovered today that she's been shitting them.  Oh joy.  She no longer roosts in the Peace Lily but she is eating the living daylights out of it's poor leaves.  Today as I was feeding fish lunch and doing small fish chores she started demanding her meal worm treat.  I told her to be patient that she was right after the fish.  What did she do?  She flew in to the meal worm culture and started helping herself!  I spoke to her harshly and covered the box up.  When I finally started picking her worms she got up and started trying to get back in the culture.  I smacked her on the breast.  She did it a second time and I smacked a little harder.  The third time I smacked her hard enough to not try again.  That's the same way I taught Pip not to chase the cat.
Title: Re: Miss Chickie.
Post by: wsantia1 on January 11, 2021, 02:55:27 PM
Quote from: LizStreithorst on January 11, 2021, 01:20:57 PM
Miss Chickie is not a teenager.  She acts like one, too.  She started roosting on 2 of the 50 wides that aren't filled with water.  I just discovered today that she's been shitting them.  Oh joy.  She no longer roosts in the Peace Lily but she is eating the living daylights out of it's poor leaves.  Today as I was feeding fish lunch and doing small fish chores she started demanding her meal worm treat.  I told her to be patient that she was right after the fish.  What did she do?  She flew in to the meal worm culture and started helping herself!  I spoke to her harshly and covered the box up.  When I finally started picking her worms she got up and started trying to get back in the culture.  I smacked her on the breast.  She did it a second time and I smacked a little harder.  The third time I smacked her hard enough to not try again.  That's the same way I taught Pip not to chase the cat.

Ms. Chickie has quite a personality Liz. Are you going to keep her as your house chicken?
Title: Re: Miss Chickie.
Post by: LizStreithorst on January 11, 2021, 04:58:58 PM
No.  I won't mind if she comes to visit but I can't handle all chickens can get in to.  "NO" doesn't work for them.  Plus they shit everywhere.  They can't help it.  They're chickens