Vince &The Chickens

Mostly since we got our first chickens, I’ve been the one enamored with them.  Vince loves the bantams!  He keeps a chair out by their run so he can watch them.  Yesterday evening I wasn’t sure where he was and found him with his chair inside their pen, with my camera taking pictures . . of the chickens!  On the right is Otis, the goofy Sultan rooster.  Tiffany, the little brown Silkie is in the middle, and Thelma, who just might turn out to be another rooster, on the left.  Louise isn’t in this picture but she’s a smaller version of Thelma.

Otis is so funny.  Watching him walk is funny.  Watching him shake his head is funny.  And, oh boy . . does Otis love to hear himself crow.  It’s almost noon when I’m writing this and Otis is out there crowing his little heart out.  Thank goodness his voice isn’t very loud or, even as far as we are from neighbors, we might have some complaints.  Look at those feet!  I suppose it’s part of his mating dance but he walks up to the other chicks and does some kind of tap dance.  It sounds like little mini drum beats.  He’s definitely not what I would call cute but we have more fun watching him.  Cheap entertainment to be sure!

Vince’s favorite chicken ever is Roscoe.  He’s the cutest little rooster . . not terribly friendly but definitely not aggressive.   He’s a bantam but I’m not sure what kind.

He’s so cute and so dainty and always so clean looking.  Vince is always bring special treats for Roscoe, and of all the pictures he took yesterday, most of them were of Roscoe.

I think Roscoe knows he’s the favorite!  Something else that’s funny – when it rains . . you know . . those two times per year that it rains in central Texas . . the other chickens all run inside the coops.  The bantams stand right outside in it and love it!  Isn’t that funny?