#wormbecca

[pangur-and-grim]

my nephew is fascinated by the chickens, and knows them all by name

#Tallgeese #Wormbecca #Milkshake #Brown Chicken

[papricots]

packed a little gift, courtesy of the Ladies!!!!

#they are such givers #i've also become a nut butter witch #so between that and the eggs #i have a constant supply of little gifts for people >:) #chickens #backyard hens #the ladies #wormbecca #anzu

[raisinbrancereal]

FINALLY FOUND THE GIANT RAT ASHES THE REIGN OF VERMIN HAS BEGUN

#wormbecca elden ring

[fluff-and-such]

Had to draw...some hens...

It makes me happy that @pangur-and-grim's Wormbecca kept her long neck into adulthood.

#art #sketch #chickens #pangur and grim #Wormbecca #Anzu #Tallgeese #I drew the cats one time #been meaning to do the bords too

[melonfairyghost]

My brain randomly at 2pm: wormbecca ✨️🐔✨️

Me: okay.

#i just think about her sometimes 🥺 #wormbecca #chickens #tumblr

[gods-no-longer-tread-here]

@pangur-and-grim​​​​  Wormbecca Face...........

#I love you Wormbecca

[letsgostealthelouvre]

I would have uploaded this anyway because I’m a sucker for ancient cats, but I couldn’t post it without tagging @pangur-and-grim with this delightful portrait of Pangur and Wormbecca. 

In addition to being a fun sculpture (though it would probably be billed as “not cute” by animal rating sites for showing a cat about to eat a chicken, and rightly so) the Louvre notes that it’s molded, meaning this was one of a mass-produced line from a mold in an artisan’s workshop about two thousand years ago.  

[ID: A molded-clay sculpture of a cat, crouching on its hind legs, with its front legs wrapped around the body of a chicken who has spread wings and a worried expression. The cat has a narrow face and large, scoop-shaped ears extremely reminiscent of an Oriental Shorthair despite dating from the late Hellenistic period of Middle Egypt.]

#louvre #ancient art #ancient cats #ancient chickens #cat #oriental shorthair #pangur #pangur-and-grim

[pangur-and-grim]

I'm going to give the chickens to my mom for the winter 😬

years ago, I had a coop built on her property in case my guys ever needed to be re-located. she's since put her own birds in it, but it's large enough that there's plenty of room, and she's expanded on it since then, adding a fenced off area for everyone to wander in relative safely.

the problem I'm having is rats. they figured out that my chicken run isn't airtight, and they've been stealing feed and reproducing. it's not fair to my neighbours to be running a rat mill out of my yard, and I also can't do much to prevent them so long as there's a food source (believe me, I've been waging active war against these guys all year, trying all sorts of devious things).

so my plan is to remove the chickens, remove the chicken feed, and turn my yard into Fort Knox. really go to town fixing up my fencing, lay down gravel to interfere with digging, etc. it'll be easy to see if worked or not, because over winter any wandering rats will leave footprints in the snow.

and then in spring, if I've successfully made the rats move on, I can bring my birds back into their upgraded coop + run.

#tallgeese #wormbecca #none of my neighbours have complained #but I also feel like I owe it to them to try to fix this

[pangur-and-grim]

the ladies are going through their fall moult! Wormbecca's new feathers are growing in with bright turquoise iridescence

#wormbecca

[pangur-and-grim]

I ran outside because the chickens were screaming their heads off, and found…. a tiny wild rabbit.

#Tallgeese #wormbecca

[pangur-and-grim]

a fox attacked the chickens this afternoon!

I heard the ladies screaming, so ran outside. Wormbecca was running circles yelling her head off, while Tallgeese just stood there placidly allowing herself to be dragged off. which is at least in character for her.

I chased the fox out of the yard with a shovel, locked Wormy in the coop, and then checked over Tallgeese for injuries. luckily, she doesn’t look to have any broken skin. Tallgeese is moulting at the moment, and is an incredibly fluffy bird, so all the fox managed to get was a mouthful of loose feathers. she has a new bald spot, which will probably be all sad and bruised tomorrow, but no broken bones, no tooth punctures, etc. we got extremely lucky!

I’ve never actually seen a wild fox before, so am hoping this guy is a passerby rather than a permanent resident. in any case, the ladies will be shut in the run for the next couple months - the fox can’t reach them through the chickenwire, and should hopefully learn that all it gets from this yard is an angry 6′2 torontonian with a shovel.

Upstairs George has also been promoted to chicken guardian (he gets to hold my shovel and everything). not sure how smart foxes are, but it can’t hurt.

#tallgeese #wormbecca #I would bet anything that tallgeese stood perfectly still and calm as the fox walked up to her #my poor stupid bird 😭 #I've seriously never seen a fox before! I didnt think they lived in Toronto suburbs

[pangur-and-grim]

Tallgeese is whining bc I didn’t bring them any treats, but still had the nerve to sit there (unforgivable, I will be going straight to hell)

#Tallgeese #Wormbecca

[pangur-and-grim]

i have somehow missed the fact that u have a rabbit for the past couple years i've been following you. what other beasts do you keep hidden in your abode?

I have crabs!

and I have two chickens, who are currently (and perhaps permanently?) living with my parents flock

#isopods #tallgeese #wormbecca

[pangur-and-grim]

chicken photo from my mom!

they're still in their cliques (you can see Wormbecca practically glued to Tallgeese), but they're all getting along & doing chicken activities together

#Wormbecca #Tallgeese #Milkshake #Brown Chicken #it felt very weird at first to be without chickens #because for 3 years I've had to let them out first thing in the morning #and then close them up at sunset #I've had my days structured around chicken care. so now when the sun sets I get this anxious feeling that there's something I should do #it'll be nice to see everyone again when I visit for christmas