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Tag: old love birds

  • Cloud of Dust or The Sex Was Good

    RaintreeBlossoms

    I went outside to take pictures of the golden chain tree, Laburnum, and spotted Billy and Imelda, our two old love birds. I dropped to the lawn to take pictures of them, when Kuma-Hime 熊姫 shook, throwing up a cloud of dust or dirt to bathe in.

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    Chickens are dusty creatures. They love taking dust and dirt baths. Hens make sure to teach their chicks how to take dirt baths. So it’s not surprising that chickens smell like dust. Since chickens enjoy dust baths so much, I wonder how chickens cope when living in environments where there is no dust.

    When do chickens shake? After a good dust bath. The hens also give a good shake after sex. Once the rooster hops off them, they’ll stand and give a good shake, as if they’ve had a good thrill.

  • Old Love Birds

    I’ve never seen two old love birds like Billy and Imelda. They’re not exclusive, mind you. Billy continues to cavort with plenty of other hens, but Imelda has a special place in his heart. They spend a lot of time together, and this afternoon when I saw Billy standing in the doorway of one of the doghouses, I went to investigate what he was doing.

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    He was watching out for Imelda, who was in the doghouse to lay an egg. He hovered around her for half an hour or so.

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    He was right next to her when she laid this egg.

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    And afterwards, he followed her around. The two make a touching pair. He is five years old and she is four. For chickens, they are well into middle age.

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    There is more going on in their tiny brains then we realize.