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**Jeroen van Tol** @TheDutchChief@mstdn.social · 1h

Jeroen van Tol @TheDutchChief@mstdn.social

Onze jachthond Pien
#beagle #chickensofmastodon #dogsofmastodon

**Cathy Manhire** @Lady_Jingly@mastodon.social · 3h

Cathy Manhire @Lady_Jingly@mastodon.social

I have a multi talented chicken

A picture of 3 eggs in a row of very different sizes, the largest on the left and smallest on the right, all pale turquoise in colour on a speckled brown kitchen worktop.

#chickens #chickensofmastodon #chickensofthefediverse

**Ari No Spoons Jackson** @arisummerland@beige.party · 14h

14h

Ari No Spoons Jackson @arisummerland@beige.party

Cinnamon Sugar is getting more tame and more interested in the other girls by the day. Today I was able to let her sit on my legs (rather than holding her tight like a football) and she was making cute little sounds rather than screaming like I was going to kill her. Such progress! So sweet.

#FediverseChook #ChickensOfMastodon #Chickens

**Jill Veldhuis** @PurpleJillybeans@kind.social · 2d

Jill Veldhuis @PurpleJillybeans@kind.social

Buffy came up to the deck to wish you all a lovely #Hensday.

A Buff Orpington hen scratching in a pile of sunflower seed shells on a wooden deck, photographed through a dirty window.

#Chickens #ChickensOfMastodon

**Vanalope** @Vanalope@socel.net · 5d

Vanalope @Vanalope@socel.net

How it started, how it's going. The chicks are 3 weeks old tomorrow and at this stage feel pretty confident they're all females.

Caught them today in a rare moment of chill repose. One is totally under the heat plate and not visible.

3 day old fluffy yellow French Wheaten Marans chicks spill out from under their brooder heat plate to get some water from their orange cupped automatic waterer.

3 weeks old now. 5 of the chicks give me stink eye from under their brooder heat plate. Showing their tan and reddish adult feathers on wings and breasts.

#chickens #ChickensOfMastodon #Marans

**~meoralis~** @meoralis@pixelfed.social · 5d

~meoralis~ @meoralis@pixelfed.social

And it seems to me you lived your life like a #chicken in the #wind

#hen #hens #Faverolles #Huhn #Hühner #Lachshuhn #ChickensOfMastodon #BackyardChickens #ChickensOfPixelFed #windig #windy

A ground-level, medium shot shows three light-coloured Faverolles chickens with mottled brown and white plumage, appearing ruffled by the wind. Their feathers are somewhat tousled and slightly lifted, indicating a breeze. They stand on a patch of earth with sparse green grass, facing slightly away from the viewer and towards the left. They have feathery legs and small red combs. Behind them, a wooden chicken run with wire mesh sides and a black coop inside is visible. The ground of the coop is covered in wood shavings. In the background, a wire fence encloses the area, and a light-coloured shed is partially visible on the right. The overall lighting suggests it is daytime.

#windy

**Ari No Spoons Jackson** @arisummerland@beige.party · 6d

Ari No Spoons Jackson @arisummerland@beige.party

Welcoming Cinnamon Sugar back home today.

She is one of the babies that my youngest hen hatched from "borrowed"* eggs last year.

She's been up at the farm since early August 2024. Since the farmer doesn't want to keep her because she doesn't prefer breeding hens with her feather colors, we got her back!

She is another light blue egg layer. Can't wait to integrate her into the flock in a couple of weeks. Right now she's in isolation, and I'm planning to work with her on taming her down a little bit. She's very wild.

She got her primaries clipped today and only screamed a little bit bc we were inside and the cat was curious about her. She screamed a lot at my dogs when we were outside. Poor thing.

Chickens are very unwelcoming to new flock members. I'm not sure her adopted mom will remember her? But we'll just take it day by day at this point. I'll make sure that everyone's well before I move her containment into the main run. It's a process!

* I say "borrowed" because we don't have a rooster, so no fertile eggs. We hatch out a dozen or more hatching eggs from my farmer friend's flock every year, depending on how many of my girls go broody. Then, most of those chickens go back to the farmer or they go to people who want chicks.

I'm already starting to encourage my girls to consider sitting. I put wooden eggs in the nest box last week and somebody has been moving them around! So, signs are good that I will have somebody who wants to sit fairly soon. Demand for chicks is really high this year.

I know, I should've named her Nicole.

#FediverseChook #ChickensOfTheFediverse
#ChickensOfMastodon

A close-up of me holding a white and red pullet with a small red comb and a light blue ear patch. I'm mostly cut out of the picture, but I'm wearing a light gray T-shirt and I'm holding her on my left side so she is facing to the left in the photograph. She looks very apprehensive and wide eyed.

**Aerliss** @Aerliss@mastodon.social · 6d

Aerliss @Aerliss@mastodon.social

Madeleine asked to go in the hospital pen, and then settled herself down for bed. She says it's been too bloody cold outside this week**. She had a little cry for her sisters to come back, as they've gone out to the coop, but that lasted about 6 seconds. She's probably thinking "stuff 'em. I'm too old for this weather".

It's not going to be that cold tonight, but chickens can't read weather reports...
#chickensofmastodon

A medium sized dog crate, sitting on top of another, larger dog crate. The bottom of the crate is lined with straw and there is a chicken feeder and water bowl at the front. At the back is a brown hen, settled down in the straw and ready for a snooze.

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**Pollinators** @Pollinators@epicure.social · Mar 20

Mar 20

Pollinators @Pollinators@epicure.social

@colinpurrington The coop is a great home. The chickens gotta love the mural. Thank you for sharing the project. #chickensofmastodon, #chickens.

**Ari No Spoons Jackson** @arisummerland@beige.party · Mar 19 *

Mar 19 *

Ari No Spoons Jackson @arisummerland@beige.party

New hashtag inspiration thanks to:
@frogglin

My name is Cookie Dough,
But you can call me...

#FediverseChook

#ChickensOfMastodon #Chickens
#ChickensOfTheFediverse

A white chicken stands on the ground surrounded by straw and leaves, with a yellow crate partially visible in the background. Another white chicken is seen in the background. The setting appears to be an outdoor area.

**~meoralis~** @meoralis@pixelfed.social · Mar 14

Mar 14

~meoralis~ @meoralis@pixelfed.social

The #chickens enjoying some quark

(and yes, bird tongues are weird)

#chicken #hen #hens #Faverolles #Huhn #Hühner #Lachshuhn #ChickensOfMastodon #BackyardChickens #ChickensOfPixelFed #QuarkMachtStark

A close-up shot of two Faverolles chicken hens, with pale plumage and reddish-brown markings on their backs. They have prominent orange eyes and red combs, and light-coloured beaks, smeared with quark. The chickens are standing close together, looking slightly upwards. In front of them is a glimpse of a pottery dish containing chopped fruit in the bottom left corner. The chickens are in a coop, and the image is taken from a slightly elevated angle.

#quarkmachtstark

**~meoralis~** @meoralis@pixelfed.social · Mar 13

Mar 13

~meoralis~ @meoralis@pixelfed.social

#FotoVorschlag: Paket // parcel

Darf ich vorstellen, meine neue Praktikantin ... Stella letzten November, als wir sie wegen blutig gepickter Beine einige Tage separieren mussten // Introducing my new intern ... In November, we had to keep Stella separate for a few days to recover from pecking injuries on her feet

#chickens #BackyardChickens #ChickensOfPixelFed #ChickensOfMastodon #Huhn #Hühner #hen #hens #Lachshuhn

A slightly angled shot of a room with light-coloured laminate flooring. A large, open cardboard box sits in the centre of the room, with the top flaps folded outwards. Inside the box, the white head of a chicken is visible. To the right of the box, a white chest of drawers stands against the wall. A potted plant is placed on top of the drawers. A floor-length window is visible in the background with the roller shutters down. The walls are white and a doorway is visible on the left side of the image. The flooring has a light wood grain pattern.

#lachshuhn

**Ari No Spoons Jackson** @arisummerland@beige.party · Mar 11

Mar 11

Ari No Spoons Jackson @arisummerland@beige.party

NATURE! #ChickensOfMastodon

I did confirm that it is a red tail hawk's nest.

They don't normally come after chickens because they are usually smaller than my chickens, but I am going to put netting up over my run anyway. I need to do that to keep the sparrows out.

I've seen the hawk parents flying around with snakes and things in their talons. So they're going for smaller prey right now.

Hey, if they keep down the mouse population? I am all for them being here.

**~meoralis~** @meoralis@pixelfed.social · Mar 10

Mar 10

~meoralis~ @meoralis@pixelfed.social

Put your feet up in the air! Henna is having a spa day in the fresh new dirt

#chicken #chickens #hen #hens #Faverolles #Huhn #Hühner #Lachshuhn #ChickensOfMastodon #BackyardChickens #ChickensOfPixelFed #DustBath #DustBathing #Sandbad #Sandbaden

A close-up, outdoor shot shows a fluffy Faverolles hen dust bathing in a shallow, circular depression of dry earth. The chicken is a light cream colour with patches of pale brown. She is lying on her back with one feathered foot in the air and her head tucked in. Next to her you can see the tail of another Faverolles hen named Toffi. A dark grey border, a wooden beam, and chicken mesh from the chicken run are visible at the top of the image. It is a sunny day.

#sandbaden

**Andrew Lewis Workshop** @LewisWorkshop@mastodon.online · Mar 8

Mar 8

Andrew Lewis Workshop @LewisWorkshop@mastodon.online

Bok bok, feather mucker.

#chickensofmastodon #chickens

**~meoralis~** @meoralis@pixelfed.social · Feb 26

Feb 26

~meoralis~ @meoralis@pixelfed.social

News from the fluff brigade! Well, with today's rain they look more like a drowned rat brigade. What a shame after yesterday's synchronized #preening session.

Plus, I made our very first homegrown #EggSalad last week! So good

#chicken #chickens #hen #hens #Faverolles #Huhn #Hühner #Lachshuhn #ChickensOfMastodon #BackyardChickens #ChickensOfPixelFed

A close-up shot of a light-colored Faverolles hen, with white and tan feathers that appear wet from the rain. She features a prominent red comb. The hen is looking directly at the camera with a slightly inquisitive expression. The background is slightly blurred and shows other chickens and their coop.

A low-angle shot of a Faverolles hen with light brown and white feathers, featuring a prominent red comb. The chicken is standing on wood shavings, with other chickens visible in the background. The hen has a yellow tag on her leg, which means this is Toffi. She is all wet from the rain.

A medium shot of a light-colored Faverolles hen with tan and white feathers, wet from the rain, featuring a red comb, standing on wood shavings. The chicken is positioned near a dark green bowl filled with leafy greens.

A close-up shot of three light-colored Faverolles chickens with tan and white feathers, preening their feathers on a patch of grass. The chickens are facing different directions, which makes it look like synchronized grooming. The background is slightly blurred and shows more grass and a hint of sunlight.

#chickensofpixelfed

**Ari No Spoons Jackson** @arisummerland@beige.party · Feb 25

Feb 25

Ari No Spoons Jackson @arisummerland@beige.party

Chickens are SO WEIRD.

#ChickensOfMastodon

**Ari No Spoons Jackson** @arisummerland@beige.party · Feb 22

Feb 22

Ari No Spoons Jackson @arisummerland@beige.party

Today I got to see the babies that we hatched in July. The roosters are gorgeous! I'm sad that I can't keep a rooster in town. But it looks like I will get one of the hens back who is a blue egg layer. I can't wait to welcome her back into our flock (slowly and carefullyover time, because chickens are horrible at integrating new birds).

This, I can't even believe it, is one of the babies that we hatched out last summer. He is a gorgeous, long tailed, multicolored barred rooster. His head is yellow, his neck feathers are brown and white, he's got red patches on his wings and he has a silver long tail. He is standing in a dirt floored pen with corrugated metal and wood walls. There is a branch for perching in front of him and a long yellow nylon rope hanging down at the side of the photo that holds their feeder. I think he was one of my chipmunk-striped babies.

#ChickensOfMastodon

**~meoralis~** @meoralis@pixelfed.social · Feb 18

Feb 18

~meoralis~ @meoralis@pixelfed.social

The snowshoe crew had a visitor on Sunday! A #robin was trying to steal some #chicken snacks from the coop (and survived!).

Usually it's a gang of cheeky sparrows, a robin was a new guest.

Plus more #chickens in the #snow, favourite snacks (pears, apples, bananas, and carrot peelings) and mysterious dinosaur tracks!

#ChickensOfMastodon #BackyardChickens #Faverolles #Lachshuhn #hen #hens #ChickensOfPixelFed