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Post by seminolewind on Mar 15, 2019 10:59:21 GMT -5
A few of my Polish got old, like 10 and 11 years old. They seemed to develop the same habits. On both, their eyesight went so I don't move the bowls. My Princess now hears the crack being put in the bowl and makes a bee line. Then I watch her bob lower and lower til she hits the food. Same with the water. So I keep the bowls full. Lately I've seen her make a dust bath out of shavings and actually peck at the ground. Behaviors that occasionally pop up. The other day I put her out with my psycho Houdan and a silkie and they did well together.
What quirks do other people have with their really elderly?
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Post by dawg53 on Mar 15, 2019 12:12:49 GMT -5
My 10 year old hens would attempt to fly to me (touch and goes like planes aboard a Navy aircraft carrier) from the bottom of our yard up to the house when I'd rattle a bag of crack.
It was a barrel of laughs watching them trying to fly lol. Of course the younger birds could fly about 2 feet of the ground, except the Hamburgs and Leghorns...they could fly much higher.
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Post by seminolewind on Mar 16, 2019 10:57:46 GMT -5
It's fun when they come running!
I love watching touch and goes. Must be great to see it on a carrier.
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Post by dawg53 on Mar 16, 2019 11:04:37 GMT -5
It's fun when they come running! I love watching touch and goes. Must be great to see it on a carrier. Here you go! |
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Post by seminolewind on Mar 19, 2019 10:13:12 GMT -5
Really cool!
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Post by seminolewind on Mar 29, 2019 11:12:27 GMT -5
Princess Fluffy Britches , my 11 year old Polish hen, blind , and "nods" her head at the food and water bowls lower and lower until she hits food or water. Well yesterday she laid an egg!!!!! What a girl!
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Post by maryellen on Mar 29, 2019 16:14:21 GMT -5
My house blind hen laid a blue egg last week. First one in 2 years.
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Post by seminolewind on Mar 30, 2019 22:43:34 GMT -5
I had an Americuana that laid one blue egg a year. I got one egg a year from her.
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