When one pet hurts another....

Our Dear Sweet Whiny Penny has passed away. The kids and I went to town and when we came home we noticed the chickens had gotten out. Our Mother Hen Abby The Chicken Licker had licked Whiny Penny to death.  She almost ran Harrie & Genuine to death. This tragedy was absolutely not Abbys’ fault. I felt so bad for the kids to have one loved pet hurt another beloved pet. We now double check things. Abby still loves her chickens and wants to mother them. We still love her as much as we always have.

Hunter the boy who named Whiny Penny was given a new chick to name.  Guess what he named her…. “Whiny Penny the 2^nd”.

Tears for our chickens and Love for our Chicken Licker,

Ling Ling & Crutch

Abby The Chicken Licker

Abby is 9 years old mix sweet heart.

She loves  to licks the chickens every chance she gets.

Abby corals them into the pen, funniest thing I have ever seen.

She thinks the chickens are hers.

She has really taken to the Roster.

The Roster has really taken to her.

Rooster Lovin' Dogs & Clean Chickens,

Ling Ling & Crutch

She's a He...Oppssie!!!

Are you wanting a Chicken? Make sure you know what you are getting.

One of the local places to get hairy legged chicken (Feather Legged Chickens) is in Norge, Oklahoma (Southwest of Chickasha) at the Norge Feed Store. In May I took the short drive to Norge.

When you go to this feed store you almost always are interrupting a very "DEEP" conversation being had by “the men”. One fella will always step away from this, no dough interesting, informative & make me jealous I can’t be in, it conversation. I told him I wanted a hairy legged hen. He reached in a box of 17 or so chicks and pulls one out saying he "thinks" this one is a hen. This hen is orange and golden. I say ok and pay $2.50 for Harrie-It. The kind man puts her in a box and we take her home.
After a few days I hear this strange noise coming from the room we had our chicks in. She is on top of the feeder trying to crow!!!!.... What she's a he.

                                                                                             

I guess she I mean he will be called Harrie now. I really only want Hens...I am sure we are going to have to give him away. 

Looking for a Happy Home for HIM!!!

Ling Ling & Crutch

Did I bring home The Devil Chicken???

The answer is YES I do think so. Harrie-It has turned out to be a problem child. She has decided she does not like Whiney Penny. Every chance she gets she attacks her. Harrie-It shreds the paper in the bottom of the box we keep the chicks in, keeps everyone away from the food and water, puffs up to look big and tons of other things that are Devilish in nature. As the nightmare of a story is unfolded to Ling Ling she laughs and said that is the literal “Pecking Order” taking place. Ling gave me some stuff called ROOSTER BOOSTER PICK-NO-MORE COVER-UP LOTION to put on the bullied chicks head.

                                                                                 

ROOSTER BOOSTER  is an amazing product. When the chicks get it in their mouth it has an awful taste. They try to wipe it off on the ground. After The Devil Chicken (AKA: Harrie-It) got a mouth full a few times it curbed her hatred for Whiny Penny.

Cute Devil Chickens & Rooster Boostering,

Ling Ling & Crutch

Meet The Crutch Chicks

On April 23rd we were gifted 2 chicks that were used in the church petting zoo for Easter. The chicks were about 1 week old. A Crutch kid named one that day Genuine. The other went nameless for weeks until a neighborhood kiddo came over. He named her Whiny Penny. What a great name. We told him in honor of her getting a name, he could have her first eggs.

As of today they are approximately 7 weeks old. They are two peas in a pod. They stay close to each other and act in sync with each other. They are starting to fly. They even seem to recognize my voice.

Harrie-It came from the Norge Feed Store on May 17, 2011.
So named due to the feathers on her legs. Hairy leg chickens can come in all breeds. I just love them. Harrie-It is a big ol' baby. If the other two chicks move out of sight she gets very upset and loud. She likes to keep the other two in check.

Updates on the little darlings will come as the chicks grow and lay eggs. This is all very exciting. We hope we are relaying how cool it is to be a "Chicken Farmer" !

Chicks for gifts and cool names,

Ling Ling & Crutch