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Nope nope, falsehoods. Don't believe it. That face is too cute for evil deeds. Those bites are just him hugging your fingers with his beak.I am jealous of the tales of affectionate chickens. My gray, having recently passed through mating season, enjoyed making kebabs out of my fingers and howling like a fucking banshee from Hell at every bipedal creature in his vicinity as he asserted dominance over the earth. Then he chased my fucking cat before I wrangled him back into his cage (and suffered more bites) for the damned day. That was every fucking day (except the chasing the cat - that only happened on day 1 - she wised up and stayed away when the bird came down for his morning shit-fest and breakfast). For a week. A long, miserable week.
He's better now, but still not up to cuddles. Because he is an obstinate ass. And an old curmudgeon who's above cuddles at this stage in his life.
ETA: This is his 'scritch my feathers and I will end you' face.
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So, one of my elderly neighbors asked me for some help a few weeks ago, since he knows I'm a "bird person"
Dude bought a dozen chicks, half a dozen ducklings, and for some reason, half a dozen fucking guineafowl.
Idk if any of you know what guineafowl are, but as I recently learned, they're basically more aggressive turkeys. Think of them as the Americas answer to emus. This is what they look like when grown:
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Apparently the feed store told him they'd keep the chickens safe and neglected to include the part where they'd probably fly or roam wherever the fuck they want lol this should be an entertaining summer.
It's been like 2 weeks and the little bastards are already as fat as softballs.
Buy some wildbird seed, strew it on your windowsill or patio. Or take a pinecone, mash peanutbutter into the crevasses, roll it in birdseed and hang outside your window. OR-I love birbs, but I sadly can’t have any of my own. I live in a teeny apartment so I can’t keep chickens or ducks, and I have health issues so I know I wouldn’t be able to give a parrot or songbird a good, happy life.
So I live vicariously through everyone else’s pics and videos. They make me smile
This right here. I always hung a bird feeder outside of my apartment balcony (or patio if I was ground floor) when apartment living. Wild birds are awesome.Buy some wildbird seed, strew it on your windowsill or patio. Or take a pinecone, mash peanutbutter into the crevasses, roll it in birdseed and hang outside your window.
Crows are freaking awesome. They may be scary looking, but they're not shitasses like geese or magpies. I'll take a murder of crows over a flock of geese any day that ends with 'y.'Moved to a different country and finally saw a crow for the first time. Those birds are huge and scary looking
Wait till you see ravens.Moved to a different country and finally saw a crow for the first time. Those birds are huge and scary looking
Looks like a sun conure.View attachment 3230329
Visited a bird park in North Carolina that had a giant enclosure full of those colorful parrot things that you could feed. Probably the closest I’ve been to a bird IRL, they weren’t afraid of people at all and would come land all over your body. Surprisingly only got crapped on once.
This reminds me of the lorikeet exhibit at my local zoo!View attachment 3230329
Visited a bird park in North Carolina that had a giant enclosure full of those colorful parrot things that you could feed. Probably the closest I’ve been to a bird IRL, they weren’t afraid of people at all and would come land all over your body. Surprisingly only got crapped on once.