Well, the chickens are finally earning their keep. Tsipy started laying about 2 weeks ago, and Emmy began about 5 days ago. Here's a picture of the eggs we haven't eaten yet:
Buffy II, Penny, or the otherwise unnamed chicken we sometimes call Spaghetti, is still in stress mode and hasn't laid another egg. It probably doesn't help that she obtained a mystery injury that detached part of her comb from her head. She has healed now and we keep telling her it was just a flesh wound, but she isn't buying it.
Right before they started laying, the chickens stopped running away and started to do this squatting thing, letting me pet them and arching their back ends up, kind of like a cat. At first I was delighted, thinking, "My chickens are so sweet- they love the scratches and rubs!" Then I did a little research and found out that they think I'm trying to have sex with them. Fantastic. I just spent two weeks getting my chickens all riled up. I think I need to take a shower.
Right before they started laying, the chickens stopped running away and started to do this squatting thing, letting me pet them and arching their back ends up, kind of like a cat. At first I was delighted, thinking, "My chickens are so sweet- they love the scratches and rubs!" Then I did a little research and found out that they think I'm trying to have sex with them. Fantastic. I just spent two weeks getting my chickens all riled up. I think I need to take a shower.
eeeewwwww... chicken sex. eggs, on the other hand, are yummy.
Posted by: MoMo | September 10, 2008 at 09:00 PM
Spaghetti is a FABULOUS name!!
Posted by: Alison-Mountain Momma | September 11, 2008 at 05:50 AM
Uh, sweetie? It's the same for cats. It's called the lordosis response. How do *I* know this? I had the pleasure and privilege of teaching a sociology course titled "Sex and Society" to [adjective] undergraduates for a decade. Many many years ago. No, it wasn't a lab course.
Posted by: Meredith Gould | September 11, 2008 at 06:36 AM
...still...a little bit of bestiality is a small price to pay for yummy farm fresh eggs!
Posted by: holy famoley | September 12, 2008 at 05:24 AM