I have six little pullets who are about two months old now, 4 Australorps and 2 Brown Leghorns. They're so lively and funny. It's wonderful to have something so sweet and funny to make me smile. Here's my facebook status update from this morning:
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I witnessed it with my own eyes this morning. The early bird really does get the worm.
The first Australorp out the door this morning found an earthworm on the patio. I don't think I've ever seen such an excited little bird. Must have been her first worm. She picked the worm up and proceeded to run around the patio giving excited little squeals. Of course this attracted the attention of all the other Australorps and the Leghorns and, yes, even Roo who I'm sad to say roused his lazy self to try and steal the worm.
Unfortunately the Australorp was too small to eat the whole worm in one go, so she'd run until no one was near then set it down to take a bite. As soon as she set it down, though, she'd be surrounded by her competitors (or would-be thieves). So, she'd snatch it up and run again, all the while shouting out her excitement.
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