Betsy says Barack for President!

I have wanted to do a T shirt with a picture of my lovely and very savvy hen Betsy McGoo and the phrase Barack, Barack, Barack for President! for awhile. I haven't done it yet so this will have to do for now.

Dust bath time...

Meet Betsy (the black one), Hazel (black and white) and Ginger (the reddish one.)These pictures were taken in May of this year. Amber at Berlin's Whimsy (see link in daily reads list on sidebar) did a post about her chickens getting clean in the dirt. I thought I would share these. If you were to come across chickens having their dust baths and had never seen them before you might worry. You might think they had been poisoned or gone insane. It can be a little disturbing until you realize they are blissed out. Ginger and Hazel are now living on a farm in Blue River. Ginger turned out to be a rooster and Hazel grew to be about twice as big as Betsy. Betsy is small and these things were Amazons compared to her. They insisted on trying to get under her to roost at night. It was funny to watch, but Betsy quickly grew tired of it. They learned to fear her. When Ginger started crowing, we had to find a new home for him. Since Hazel and Betsy did not get on together and as Hazel was devoted to Ginger we found a home for them in the country. Betsy is back to being an only chicken which she actually seems to enjoy. I spend a lot of time each day after work with her as I work in the garden or in my studio. I would like to try to get another banty to keep her company and share body heat during the winter.

explanation of what next posting of pictures are...

The next post (Random pictures of my backyard) includes: the flower boxes on the deck, Betsy McGoo, view from deck towards the back, view of the deck from patio, and Tabitha asleep on the rail above the deck...