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Today in the garden

BattleKat

BattleKat

Wise Old Thumper
Bunnies first

Eli trying to open the food box
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Lola on top of the food box
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Rambo saying hello
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chooks!

Angry Larry
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Gio
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Fatty
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taking a nap
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Wondering what the hell I'm doing
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fatty and cluckles definitely planning something!
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And one where the focus was all wrong but something I like about it
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Fatty's going through a change from a hen to a cockerel (happens to around 1 in 10,000 apparently) and was very ill last week, we thought we were going to lose her, so it was so nice to see her perked up today!
 
Lovely photos..... and I also learnt something new (I didn't know hens could change into cockerels :shock:).
 
Buns are gorgeous, almost goes without saying!
So shiny :love::love:

But those hen pics are amazing!
We had chooks when I was a child on the farm.
I now look after the hens as part of my volunteer role & I still love them.
Glad Fatty is OK, had not heard of this happening before.
I will share this info with other hen enthusiasts at the shelter :)
Interesting but scary for you & not too flash for poor Fatty.
I wonder if her relationship will change with the rest of the flock when she has become a he?
Do report back!!
 
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Lovely pics! :love::love: I've always wanted chickens

I have to also point out that we have the same container for our bunny foods xD
 
KB said:
Buns are gorgeous, almost goes without saying!
So shiny :love::love:

But those hen pics are amazing!
We had chooks when I was a child on the farm.
I now look after the hens as part of my volunteer role & I still love them.
Glad Fatty is OK, had not heard of this happening before.
I will share this info with other hen enthusiasts at the shelter :)
Interesting but scary for you & not too flash for poor Fatty.
I wonder if her relationship will change with the rest of the flock when she has become a he?
Do report back!!
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Well first she stopped laying eggs, then her comb and wattles grew a lot, then she started humping the other chickens (this has calmed down a bit now) and now she's trying to crow (she does all the right movements but no noise comes out) and is growing little spurs!
I really hope she doesn't start crowing because I just know our neighbours will get funny about it and I'd absolutely hate to have to rehome her. :cry:

Supposedly it happens when one ovary gets damaged. When the second one kicks in to action it can give them a surge of testosterone causing them to change gender! Will report back if there are any other changes. :)
 
BattleKat said:
Well first she stopped laying eggs, then her comb and wattles grew a lot, then she started humping the other chickens (this has calmed down a bit now) and now she's trying to crow (she does all the right movements but no noise comes out) and is growing little spurs!
I really hope she doesn't start crowing because I just know our neighbours will get funny about it and I'd absolutely hate to have to rehome her. :cry:

Supposedly it happens when one ovary gets damaged. When the second one kicks in to action it can give them a surge of testosterone causing them to change gender! Will report back if there are any other changes. :)
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Fascinating!
Do you have any idea how her ovary was damaged?
I will follow Fatty's story with interest. (I am such a geek:oops:)
 
KB said:
Fascinating!
Do you have any idea how her ovary was damaged?
I will follow Fatty's story with interest. (I am such a geek:oops:)
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We think it might have been when my 3 year old nephew caught her (he came proudly marching up the garden holding her, and couldn't give us an answer when asked how on earth he managed to catch a chicken) because I'm fairly sure she stopped laying eggs the day after that. Never thought to tell him not to pick up the chickens because I never thought he'd manage it.:(

Here's a pic
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I feel awful in retrospect that I took a photo before asking him to put her down :oops:

I mean, it could have been something else but that seems a bit too coincidental.
 
Hard to know I guess for sure but yes I can see your concern.
He has quite a grip on her! At 3yrs old I was still pretty scared of hens :lol:
I'd help Mum feed them & they would stand on my feet.
I'd be in my jandals & I can still remember the feeling of their feet on my toes, I hated it.
At least it sounds like Fatty is on the mend all be it in a slightly different guise. :)
 
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