Let me out! Let me out!

@JudyEv (340200)
Rockingham, Australia
January 22, 2023 5:08pm CST
This is what I imagine that dark hen is saying. At the house-sit before the last, we had seven hens to let in and out each day. They were extremely tame and you could easily pick them up and give them a cuddle. At the last house-sit, there were six young chickens, two older ones sitting on eggs and two older ones just getting fat. These last two were very funny to watch when we’d let them out each morning. They seemed absolutely terrified of us and would do a lap of the yard then fly out the gate. You can see the darker one kicking up the dust as she goes. The one in front is one of the younger ones, wondering what all the fuss is about and thinking maybe she should hurry up a bit.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
22 Jan 23
It makes me wonder why the two older hens are afraid of people.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340200)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jan 23
We would just go slowly and quietly into the yard but it was the same mad scuttle every day.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
23 Jan 23
@JudyEv That's really weird...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340200)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jan 23
@DaddyEvil They must have been traumatised at some point.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
23 Jan 23
That's so funny, they're on the run all right.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340200)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jan 23
@RubyHawk They are really as wild as March hares.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340200)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jan 23
They were absolutely crazy. I don't know what made them that way.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
23 Jan 23
@JudyEv They look like they are on the run for their lives.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (112875)
• El Paso, Texas
23 Jan 23
I see a rooster and a hen but neither one of them is white
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (112875)
• El Paso, Texas
23 Jan 23
She must be after that worm, the first one there will get it
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340200)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jan 23
Sorry. The darker one at the top of the photo is the mad one. I've corrected the text but they are both hens. Here is the white one that gets so flustered.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340200)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jan 23
@rebelann She is in a hurry, isn't she?
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Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (50979)
• Canada
22 Jan 23
They are both very pretty looking hens. When my parents raised hens, they were just the boring white ones, and they were all kept on the second floor of the barn in the chicken coop, and never saw the outside except through the windows, which is sad.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340200)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jan 23
That is a shame to see them cooped up too much. The caged birds we see worry me too as some have very tiny cages.
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Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (50979)
• Canada
23 Jan 23
@JudyEv I agree, it isn't right to keep them cooped up. We only kept chickens for a few months during the winter time, and it was too cold to let them run wild and we had too many. Different times, different ways.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340200)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jan 23
@Juliaacv Exactly. Some of our farming and animal husbandry methods were a bit iffy too I guess but everyone in the district used the same practices. As you say, different times, different ways.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25805)
• United States
23 Jan 23
I wonder if those two chickens in the picture might have some idea that they will be human dinners someday and that's why they run.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340200)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jan 23
It could be. Certainly the darker one is very frightened.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (106361)
• Marion, Ohio
23 Jan 23
Maybe the 2 older ones have heard about stew pots
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popciclecold
@popciclecold (38745)
• United States
23 Jan 23
Lol.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (106361)
• Marion, Ohio
23 Jan 23
@JudyEv They might have heard about those too
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340200)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jan 23
That could be. They would need stew pots or even better would be slow cookers.
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (160696)
• United States
23 Jan 23
My grandmother had some tame ones and some not so tame. Including a mean rooster.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340200)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jan 23
The roosters can get very aggressive.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (180805)
• United States
23 Jan 23
They think that the people are out to get them...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340200)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jan 23
It would certainly seem like that's the case.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471421)
• Switzerland
23 Jan 23
I see how in a hurry the dark hen is, the younger one seems so peaceful.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340200)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jan 23
The six younger ones are nowhere near as flighty. I hope they don't pick up the vibes from the other two.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471421)
• Switzerland
24 Jan 23
@JudyEv I hope they will keep quiet for some more days.
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Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 Jan 23
Those chickens look like a wonderful future dinner.
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Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 Jan 23
@JudyEv Tough as I’m not good tasting, or tough in that she is not going down without a fight?
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340200)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jan 23
@moffittjc Tough as in tough to eat. She'd only be good for boiling.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340200)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jan 23
The old girl might be pretty tough.
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Kharla Jolly
@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
22 Jan 23
My grandma had chickens and we loved to round them up, for the night. It was important to put them inside, Grandma had fox and weasels that would feast on a stray chicken.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340200)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jan 23
Foxes would have these in no time if they weren't penned at night. But you couldn't round up the two mad ones. You had to wait till they went into the shed in the yard and then just shut the gate.
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Kharla Jolly
@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
23 Jan 23
@JudyEv Grandma had foxes, they came in a night for food.
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Hanni Harel
@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
23 Jan 23
@JudyEv Maybe they are afraid of you because they do not know you.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340200)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jan 23
That could be so but they are certainly scared of something.
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Hanni Harel
@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
24 Jan 23
@JudyEv Maybe someone or something has threatened them and they cannot tell you what it is.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (178843)
• United States
23 Jan 23
lol You made me smile.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340200)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jan 23
Haha - I'm glad of that. My job is done, as they say.
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Faye
@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
23 Jan 23
How funny! I didn't know chickens would allow for picking up and a cuddle. That's cool. A cool pet, and with the price of eggs, a pet that could supply free eggs. I want a chicken. lol
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340200)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jan 23
@FayeHazel They would wait for him at the garden gate then follow him over to their pen. He really fell in love with them.
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340200)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jan 23
At a previous house-sit, we were eggs to the dog just to get rid of them. Here is a photo of the quiet ones going home to bed with Vince.
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Faye
@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
23 Jan 23
@JudyEv Oh wow! I can't even imagine lol. Here 18 eggs are around 7-8$. Aw that's a cool photo, it looks like they're very happily following Vince.
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (89873)
• Arvada, Colorado
23 Jan 23
Ha what a funny photo Judy
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (89873)
• Arvada, Colorado
25 Jan 23
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340200)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jan 23
The two of them would run as if their lives depended on it.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (139742)
• Roseburg, Oregon
23 Jan 23
Maybe the older ones wanted their owner and the younger one did not care.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340200)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jan 23
It's my guess that they are the same with anyone who appears.
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DB
@dgobucks226 (35615)
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23 Jan 23
Seems their kind of thinking whoa... human alert!!! Stay out of my pen
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340200)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jan 23
They certainly don't like humans.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
23 Jan 23
Such a funny photo. I love this one. They are happy to be out.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340200)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jan 23
They liked getting out each morning and would spend most of their time under the trees in the shade.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
24 Jan 23
@JudyEv How nice. This is such a great catch here.
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M Cheung
@Beestring (14561)
• Hong Kong
23 Jan 23
That's a good photo. Very funny.:)
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340200)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jan 23
She is really pushing up the dust! Poor thing. They seemed absolutely petrified of us.
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Trebor Ika
@Treborika (17697)
• Mombasa, Kenya
23 Jan 23
All the best in your next house sit
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340200)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jan 23
Thanks very much. We might have another one in February.