A while back I commented that Rusty’s comb was the same orange colour as her feathers. Well not any more! It’s now a bright red along with her wattles and her face.
Look how red Rusty’s face, comb and wattles are
And can you see that angry glint in her eye. My cute little girl has turned into angry bird.
I gave the girls a bit of time together yesterday afternoon but after a few minutes Rusty and Freckles had to go to chicken jail again. Rusty was being a nightmare.
After a while of the new girls and the bigger girls being together I decided to separate the bigger girls too and try to encourage the new girls to the patio. I sprinkled some seeds on the patio to show them that there are good things here.
Apricot has some seeds on the patio
Apricot was first to the patio but I herded the other girls towards it and they soon found the seeds. I love Apricot’s mixed coloured tail feathers.
The three girls on the patio
Dandelion’s middle tail feather fell out a while ago but she now has a short new tail feather growing in it’s place. This girl has yet to reach her full beauty but she is on her way.
That was all I had time for but I think the new girls confidence on the patio is growing. We will keep taking small steps for now.
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Rusty does look ‘Miss Angry Bird’ now!! :-0 Hopefully she’ll lay any day and become less angry! 🙂 I also think she may be a little jealous of Apricot because she can see an equally stunning girl! 😉 xx
She may be a bit jealous because Apricot is also very friendly with me and as you say stunning. It is funny to see so much anger in such a cute little girl.
Rusty is a goog looking girl, she is making sure she is top girl over the little ones.
She sure is. I call her “top serama” which amuses me because it reminds me of “top banana”.