Speckles has become very much my girl. From such a shy start she has become quite attached to me. Her routine first thing in the morning and last thing in the evening is set like clockwork.
She will always jump on to the inner gate when I open the outer gate. I never need to worry that she will jump outside the gate. I simply turn my shoulder towards her and she jumps on.
Tonight I thought I would try to capture this on camera. Photographing her on the gate is easy because she will stay there until I turn my shoulder towards her.
Speckles jumps on to the inner gate
Her comb is magnificent
She jumps to my shoulder and I take a selfie but I am blind as to what I am going to get. I hold the camera to where I think she is and click.
Speckles jumps on to my shoulder
You can tell she is on my shoulder as she is just under the roof of the run
I reach into the store cabinet for some sunflower hearts and stoop down so that Speckles can jump down safely as I throw out the seeds.
The girls scratch together for the seeds
They continue to scratch after the seeds have gone
This is the bedtime routine and we go through the same routine first thing in the morning with a handful of corn.
Just occasionally Speckles has jumped from my shoulder to the shelf in the store cabinet and attempted to help herself to the seeds until I lifted her down. Maybe that is a future photo opportunity. Her little habit is very endearing. She is such a sweetie.
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She certainly loves you. She is a very good looking hen.
I think she is stunning and of course endearing and she has a comb that would shame a cockerel.
I love a big comb. I love it even more when it flops over or gets a wrinkle in it.
If Leghorns where not such wild chickens, I’d have a big flock of them for their big, over sized combs.
Of course I have my pair of leghorns with their floppy combs but Speckles upright comb is even bigger than theirs. I actually prefer the look of an upright comb but all their combs are cute in their own way.