OutlawedSpirit
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- Apr 12, 2016
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So I have come to a realization today that hit me in an odd sort of way. Chicken is a punk. Let me explain a little.
I had Chicken out with me while I was talking to my wife, who was getting ready for work. We were in the bathroom, and I was holding Chicken in front of the mirror and I realized how scruffy she looks. You'd think, between both of my ekkies, that Tiki would be the scruffier of the two, since he is blind and almost 30 years old, but no, he looks really good. Especially considering two years ago, his chest was completely plucked bald, he is in excellent feather, his tail is gorgeous, his flight feathers all lie perfectly when his wings are folded back.
Chicken, on the other hand, looks like she's been fighting in a back alley behind a bar. That's when I realize, she pretty much has, because she's a punk. Maybe she would be in perfect feather if she didn't roll around the bottom of her cage trying to kill the rattle ball that "invades" her cage every so often, or didn't fall off of her foraging toy when she gets frustrated that she can't get the last pellet out of it and tries to shake it to death like a dog does a toy.
Like I could picture her with a little leather vest and a bunch of chains, and brass knuckles, and it's a little scary. I see all these pictures of these other ekkie hens in perfect feather that could be the prom queens of the bird world, while Chicken is out skipping class and smoking in the parking lot.
I had Chicken out with me while I was talking to my wife, who was getting ready for work. We were in the bathroom, and I was holding Chicken in front of the mirror and I realized how scruffy she looks. You'd think, between both of my ekkies, that Tiki would be the scruffier of the two, since he is blind and almost 30 years old, but no, he looks really good. Especially considering two years ago, his chest was completely plucked bald, he is in excellent feather, his tail is gorgeous, his flight feathers all lie perfectly when his wings are folded back.
Chicken, on the other hand, looks like she's been fighting in a back alley behind a bar. That's when I realize, she pretty much has, because she's a punk. Maybe she would be in perfect feather if she didn't roll around the bottom of her cage trying to kill the rattle ball that "invades" her cage every so often, or didn't fall off of her foraging toy when she gets frustrated that she can't get the last pellet out of it and tries to shake it to death like a dog does a toy.
Like I could picture her with a little leather vest and a bunch of chains, and brass knuckles, and it's a little scary. I see all these pictures of these other ekkie hens in perfect feather that could be the prom queens of the bird world, while Chicken is out skipping class and smoking in the parking lot.
