I had never, EVER, heard a chicken growl before. Thankfully, Spouse had recently been gifted a second-hand camera that takes short videos, and he got a short take of Nutmeg telling us to back the h*ll off while she was trying to lay an egg. The first noise you hear is actually one of the geese, but the growling... that's all Nutmeg, our little Cubalaya chicken-dog:
She does this every time we go near the coop when she's trying to lay. I love that little firecracker!
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Spouse writes: The eight geese and two dogs foul up the goose pond in about 4.5 days during the summer. The pond filter we have used for t... -
Pic: these ain't "love" bites. 2012/02/06 Update to article: the geese are using these nest boxes, hooray!! Soon it will...
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Of Mice and Various Snakes and new Duck Feed Station
As mentioned in the previous post, our region is experiencing a near-Biblical plague of mice. "It's due to all the moisture we had...
Wait 'til she goes broody.....she'll eat your hand off.
ReplyDeleteWhoa! That was definitely a growl.
ReplyDelete@farm mom - I see a pair of thick leather gloves in my future.
ReplyDeletelol...
ReplyDeleteokay, that is seriously an unexpected hen noise!
That's crazy!
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