Pet Shop Comp

Last Christmas I posted this photo of Curry scratching

her head standing on one leg upside down.

I visited my local pet shop in May to find that they

were holding a pet photo competition.

The competition theme was: "Is your pet an Angel, Crazy or Devil?"

I instantly submitted the photo of Curry above and was eager to win

a pet shop gift voucher (to buy seed/breakfast supplies for the 2 Happy Hens).

I was the first person to enter the pet photo competition.



Unfortunately Curry's photo never won the competition,

however she did make top of the "Crazy" photo list!!

Chicken Training

My favourite Australian chicken website

http://www.citychicks.com.au/

City Chicks Newsletter June 2012

Chicken Chatter with the City Chicks

Brisbane, Can You Help? We Need Some Calm Chickens for our Chicken Training Camp

Terry Ryan - a world authority on chicken training - is coming to Brisbane this month from 19 June to 21 June and City Chicks is helping out. Terry will be working with a group to teach chickens how to do obstacle courses with a click reward system. It is absolutely fascinating to watch and stops the thought that chickens cannot think (Mind you I have met a few ...)

We have been training a large group of chickens since day old to get ready for this event but some, just like training children, are just not up to par. CAN YOU HELP?!  We need about 12 Isabrown chickens that are around 1 year old that can go to Terry's workshop and be used as training chickens. It means 3 days away from home but will be well looked after. You should be able to watch a bit of the show as well to encourage your chicken's efforts. It will be just like a Saturday soccer morning. They will be banded so can't get misplaced. There is a little bit of homework involved beforehand for the girls but nothing arduous. Venue is at the Mt Gravatt Showgrounds. This is such a cool event and something we are so excited to be involved with.

 

Lift Wings and Laugh

This is the first movie ever taken of the 2 Happy Hens.

In less than 30 seconds Curry did something funny.

You can see Curry in the background lift her wings and do a poo.

I have seen both Happy Hens do the funny action simultaneously,

however I am yet to catch the rare event on film!