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Oh dear! Sounds like you have some integration challenges ahead.
Buddies for Biscuit
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Jaye
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Re: Buddies for Biscuit
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RIP Scooby, AKA Awesome Dog. Too well loved to ever be forgotten. "Sometime in June", 2005 - January 24, 2017.
"Until one has loved an animal, part of one's soul remains unawakened" - Anatole France
"Until one has loved an animal, part of one's soul remains unawakened" - Anatole France
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Jaye
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Re: Buddies for Biscuit
So Biscuit is 6 weeks old as of yesterday and Jan and Dean are two days younger.
It's looking to me like Jan is a male. Jan chest bumped Penelope when she challenged it earlier. I'm doing the next phase of integration today: I opened the gate that separates the little ones from the main run. The only surprise for me was Penelope. I wasn't expecting her to be the aggressor; I was prepared for Memphis, but she couldn't care less about them except when they came too close to whatever she was interested in. There have been a few squawks but it seems like there are no major issues so far. Tonight they go back the safety of their little coop and run. Tomorrow after work they will be in general population again. Anyway, I digress: I wanted to post some pics from today and hopefully get some guesses on gender. From where I'm standing, Jan's comb and wattles look like they are pinking up. :-/
It's looking to me like Jan is a male. Jan chest bumped Penelope when she challenged it earlier. I'm doing the next phase of integration today: I opened the gate that separates the little ones from the main run. The only surprise for me was Penelope. I wasn't expecting her to be the aggressor; I was prepared for Memphis, but she couldn't care less about them except when they came too close to whatever she was interested in. There have been a few squawks but it seems like there are no major issues so far. Tonight they go back the safety of their little coop and run. Tomorrow after work they will be in general population again. Anyway, I digress: I wanted to post some pics from today and hopefully get some guesses on gender. From where I'm standing, Jan's comb and wattles look like they are pinking up. :-/
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RIP Scooby, AKA Awesome Dog. Too well loved to ever be forgotten. "Sometime in June", 2005 - January 24, 2017.
"Until one has loved an animal, part of one's soul remains unawakened" - Anatole France
"Until one has loved an animal, part of one's soul remains unawakened" - Anatole France
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Happy
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Re: Buddies for Biscuit
Aww so cute :)
Jan does look a little suspicious...that tail especially but totally a guess from this eye. From my batch of 6 there's only one that I'm fairly confident is female so 2 outta 3 aint bad
Jan does look a little suspicious...that tail especially but totally a guess from this eye. From my batch of 6 there's only one that I'm fairly confident is female so 2 outta 3 aint bad
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windwalkingwolf
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Re: Buddies for Biscuit
I'm going to squint REALLY hard and hope even harder I didn't give you boys. Gah! Is the silver one Jan, and does he have any brown, red or yellow on him anywhere?
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Jaye
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Re: Buddies for Biscuit
Yep, Jan is the silver/black/white one. I've been squinting really hard lately too, WWW. I don't see any other colouring anywhere on Jan besides the aforementioned colours. :-(
p.s. WWW, you didn't give me boys - I picked them out myself, remember? Oh well. Two girls for every boy, as the song goes.
Happy, you're right, it could have been much worse.
Kenya, I was always pretty sure that at least Biscuit was a girl. That would be awful, though if after all that bird has overcome, she winds up being a "he".
p.s. WWW, you didn't give me boys - I picked them out myself, remember? Oh well. Two girls for every boy, as the song goes.
Happy, you're right, it could have been much worse.
Kenya, I was always pretty sure that at least Biscuit was a girl. That would be awful, though if after all that bird has overcome, she winds up being a "he".
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RIP Scooby, AKA Awesome Dog. Too well loved to ever be forgotten. "Sometime in June", 2005 - January 24, 2017.
"Until one has loved an animal, part of one's soul remains unawakened" - Anatole France
"Until one has loved an animal, part of one's soul remains unawakened" - Anatole France
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baronrenfrew
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Re: Buddies for Biscuit
So this is the first time I read this thread....disgusting! Chickens are not pets! They are farm animals! They should lay eggs with the story ending in the oven with a sprig of rosemary or a stew pot with some carrots! Cute?....hrrumph! You give us all a bad name (and I think my RIR bantams are cuter!)
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Diligently follow the path of two swords as one. Percieve that which the eye cannot see. Seek the truth in all things. Do not engage in useless activity.
The Book of Five Rings, Miyamoto Musashi, Japan's greatest swordsmen
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Jaye
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Re: Buddies for Biscuit
Baron, if your RIR bantams are so much cuter, where is the proof? All I see are pictures of geese.baronrenfrew wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2017 8:18 pmSo this is the first time I read this thread....disgusting! Chickens are not pets! They are farm animals! They should lay eggs with the story ending in the oven with a sprig of rosemary or a stew pot with some carrots! Cute?....hrrumph! You give us all a bad name (and I think my RIR bantams are cuter!)
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RIP Scooby, AKA Awesome Dog. Too well loved to ever be forgotten. "Sometime in June", 2005 - January 24, 2017.
"Until one has loved an animal, part of one's soul remains unawakened" - Anatole France
"Until one has loved an animal, part of one's soul remains unawakened" - Anatole France
Re: Buddies for Biscuit
Yup Baron has some barn blindness going on, can't tell geese from chickens. Put some glasses on boy!
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baronrenfrew
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Re: Buddies for Biscuit
(Egg on face) despite going through two phones and an ipad I have no relevant chick pics.
My geese got lots of pics!
My geese got lots of pics!
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Diligently follow the path of two swords as one. Percieve that which the eye cannot see. Seek the truth in all things. Do not engage in useless activity.
The Book of Five Rings, Miyamoto Musashi, Japan's greatest swordsmen
The Book of Five Rings, Miyamoto Musashi, Japan's greatest swordsmen