A Bird Update and Randomness

Remember the featherbrained peacock that was trying to drink ice? Well, today he got to drink from the pool again.

It was hot. We've been very warm this winter, and I'm even thinking about shedding my coat because it was so warm. The human says it's been hard on us mammals, but she's happy that her old drake, Quackers, is having a mild winter. She's planning a big party for his 13th birthday in May.

Is it me or does she look like a vulture perched up there on that nasty stanchion torture chamber?

Really, I don't think the human will ever get me to go in that thing with a vulture waiting.

The human split all of us goats up into different groups. She has some of us with the different boys, and I'm still in the barnyard. She did however, mess up. There are some geese on my side of the barnyard.

Some of them are on the other side where they belong.

I think she really needs to remove these honkers from my side of the barnyard.

It's that time of week when we link up to Farmgirl Friday.

Placebacks!

Doesn't the little white hen look happy on the nest?

Well, somebody wants her nest back.

She did not hesitate to let that hen know she called "placebacks" before she went to get a drink.

She did not want that little crested hen anywhere near her nest, but the little white hen says, "I was just keeping them warm for you."

She checked all of her eggs.

Then she settles down into her nest.

If dirty looks were spit, that hen would be a wet hen!

All better.

Maybe the white hen should build her own nest and lay her own eggs.

Dancing

I'm not sure if Annie was doing the vogue or not when she had her picture taken showing off her fancy new collar. Some of us here are great dancers. Angel is a hip hop dancer. I think I've seen Pistol practicing the jitterbug. It's hard to capture dancing in a picture, especially some of those fast dances.

We do have one dancer here that has just started his dancing. For the last week, he has been hiding in the corner practicing his moves. Really, he's off by himself just dancing up a storm.

He's got the wing action and the fancy footwork, but those tail feathers are pretty short. They don't even reach past the tallest part of the support tail feathers. I don't know who he thinks that is going to impress.

I guess he does have some nice colors, but he's not even dancing for anyone. All the girls are on the other side of the pen. If one of the chickens is unfortunate enough to look for bugs near him, he's on the offensive chasing her away.

Poor girls don't even notice him; they just want to find a good bug. Does she look like she's about to swoon with infatuation? I don't think so.

It's easy to imagine he will be a very handsome guy when he has the long feathers to go with his fancy dance moves. Today, he finally decided that his moves were perfected, and he actually came out of the corner to dance for one of the peahens. She still didn't look too impressed.