Showing love...or anger?

Yesterday pip (my rooster) bit my sister's hand and she hand to ultimately yank her hand off because Pip wont let go. And she had this bruise and a triangular beak mark. And today, he bit me a little bit too.

now, the only reasons that I can think of right now are:
1. He was angry.
2. He is a hormonal aggressive rooster.
3. He bit my sister's finger because he tried to bite at her ring.
4. He was showing his extreme love for us.
5. He is a crazy rooster.

Now, what could be the correct answer to that??

And as for Micro, she is rolling in sawdust, basking under the winter sun in bliss, and NOT LAYING ANY EGG!

I feel like those moms who demand grandchildren.

Cookdookooooooo!!!

Seriously, I have no idea why Pip screams all day and all night sometimes. is he feeling cold? but i cover up their house at night. Is he bored? or hormonal? I have no idea. But my neighbour hates it (remember the one who hates their guts and wishes they would die?) and i hate her, so no matter how much Pip screams and shouts i will still love him and support him with all my heart.

I just wish Micro would start laying again! Nevertheless, i love them. <3
And also, they like to pose for the camera! :D

xoxo

Happy birthday *achhoooo!!*

Mike and Pip's first birthday was okay...I didnt know what special to do. I just gave them a cuddle :)

Next day i find Micro sneezing (poor thing, her whole body, tiny as it is, shook) and Pip was coughing and both of them were wheezing, and were lethargic. I figured they have a cold (the constant rain and its late october now) so I googled my ass off, researched like crazy and concluded that they have CRD (Chronic Respiratory Disorder) where all the above symptoms are characterised.

Best medicine for it is Tetracycline or duramycin or Oxytetracycline. U can use erythromycin too. I obviously dont know much about it, so its best to ask the experts... Why arent there enough chickens doctors here, i dont know! :/ ugh!

Today i held Pip and Mike one by one while dad opened up their tiny mouth and pused erythromycin syrup for babies down their throat using a syringe without a needle. Pip hated it at first but then finding it sweet to taste, gulped it down like a good boy. Micro, on the other hand, scratched me (and i could not even man handle her, she is so tiny!) and when dad pushed the medicine down her throat she started gasping, sneezing, and was pretty much mad at us.

Apart from the meds, i made sure that they were as dry as possible, and warm. I gave them warm water and brandy (which they enjoy ;) haha) and also their food consisted of puffed rice, garlic, ginger, chillies and so on. It tends to keep them warm. I plan to do this the whole winter...i hope they stay healthy!
There is nothing more awful than having your babies fall sick!

They are getting better...Pip wasnt calling for the past two days, but today i heard a faint coodookoo and I was so happy!

Babies, i tell you... <3

xoxoxo

Three more days!

In three more days, Micro and Pip will turn one year old!! I can't believe a year has passed! I feel like a parent who's baby just turned one. Correction; Fraternal twins!

Gosh, its been a hell of a journey- from their first night with us to their poopoo cleaning to egg laying to whatnot. AND I LOVE THEM SOOOOOO MUCH!!!

What special thing do i do for them on their birthday? hmm..

Back when their poop amount was manageable. Those were the good ol' days..

And now, when i wish there were Chicken Diapers available in the market.

Happy birthday, dear babies!! <3 I love you.

Italiano!

I did a bit of research (you know how Google makes us want to know more) and turns out, Leghorn chickens are originally from Italy.

Mike and Pip might not know but their ancestors used to run on Italian pastures and peck on Italian worms and seeds.

Ignorance is bliss, so I am not telling them anything about this.

xoxo



That goes for pipette.

Yellow alert!!

Micro and Pipette are dead scared of the color yellow. How did we find out?
Well one day we tried feeding them a few petals of a yellow marigold flower...and I kid you not, if my chickens were human, you would totally hear a shriek. And then they both ran far far away grom the harmless petals...

Then one day we tried feeding them food with some turmeric. The two needed time to bond with the food that day, unlike other days where they just gobble up the yummy parts.

Another day, my friend presented them with a yellow ribbon, thinking that they might play with it or something. Instead you could see the two of them hyperventilating and running about with sheer terror.

They were yellow when they were babies...I wonder why the colour scared them!

When they were babies, i would hold them in my hand, and it was winter so I usually wore this yellow sweater. Were they scared even then or did I classically condition them??

The post egg-laying break

Last time Micro laid an egg was on the 3rd of September...and today is the 8th of September...I have a feeling she is going to lay whenever she feels like. The egg on the 3rd was a birthday gift, i suppose!

She is still a baby...just 10 months old. So no pressure...

Lay as and when you like! :)

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Pip, on the other hand, is shedding feathers or whatever you call it. His big bunch of tail feathers has now ended up with just 3 of them hanging onto him (which is a very funny sight)...and i guess soon enough he'll have newer prettier feathers! Right now, there are feathers lying around everywhere. Some i take , make a wish and blow it into the wind, some i keep with the agenda of making a quill, and some i have to dispose because they are too dirty.

I wonder how and why he is so nice, clean and well maintained, whereas Micro is a dirty lump of feathers. She is so...blah! Probably because she knows that there is no way in hell that Pip is going to meet another sexy hen. So why bother?

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p.s- Micro is very pretty, just by the way <3