sally vicious

I should have named her sid vicious. Sally, the runt of the flock has turned into "The Evil One" as we like to refer to her. In the last week or two, instead of running away when you try to pet her, she has taken to turning around to confront you with her sharp little beak. Today she took a peck out of my arm and when I had to go inside their run to do stuff, she viciously attacked my pants. She is clearly the top chicken since I see her chasing the other two around.

I remember another lady who had posted to the mailing list saying her rhode island red chicken was getting aggressive as well so I emailed her to ask what she ended up doing. Her response was: "I think we were the ones that got "trained." We've learned how to move around her, pick her up from behind, etc. I'll often bring a treat in and throw it away from me."

Hmm. That doesn't bode well. C suggests that the next she pecks at us that we peck back to show her who's boss.

San mateo county fair

So I dragged C to the San Mateo county fair expressly for the purpose of seeing the livestock exhibits. (And he admitted he enjoyed far more than he thought). In addition to the large cows, pigs, and incredibly freaking looking turkeys, we of course found chickens!

This one C referred to as the "Russian"


Also there was a stark contrast between the fat, immovable meat chickens versus the normal egg laying varieties. Here are the meat chickens that would be going up for auction.

Sunbathing

This is a really weird pose that Sunny likes to be in when sunbathing on the deck. Not sure why her feathers are all ruffled but it makes her look very alien and scary.