Fowl Beasts and Sweetie Birds

[thatpotteryguy]

The snowy weather has been hard on Da Chickz. In addition to the gound being offensively cold and aggressively covered in snow, it's hard to scratch for treats, the Most Important Thing In The World. Layer pellets are OK in a pinch, but it's much better to turn up some weed seeds, or a nest of termites, or best of all some grubs or a great big

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[shalmestere]

Mostly they get hot grain mash (oatmeal, wild rice, cracked wheat, and millet - some fancy-assed pilaf mix that actually tastes like paste) with some dried fruit and sesame seeds thrown in. A couple times I've cooked it in stock.

Frumenty pour chykonys :-)

[msmcknittington]

Maybe you need to hang little motivational posters in the coop -- one of a fried egg and one of a fried chicken.

[alyclepal]

I hate possums. They're the one animal I'd not try to swerve for. They carry the things that cause epm in horses and kill wonderful horses. Intellectually I appreciate that they have a job to do but I'd like to kill them dead if they show up in my territory. Good luck with the things. I love those egg pics:>.

[eleanors_closet]

Cool egg picture! I thought Rhode Island Reds layed brown eggs? My chicken lady has RIR and I get brown eggs from her. But then, I don't raise chickens.