The New Egg Times
A newspaper for chickens! Edition 2, Year, 2014
If Chickens Were Human...
Have you ever wondered what your pet would be like as a human? I have. I made a list of each chickens' personalities, as they are chickens. Then I figure out if they would be leaders or followers. Here is an example: Katy Rock Perry-Barred Rock-bossy, cocky, confident, proud, out loud, boasting. Those are Katy's personalities, now if she were a human: cocky, confident, bossy, leader, out loud, proud, boasting. You can take this, and do it with your dogs, or cats, or any other animals you have. If you do it well, you can see who would work well together, and who would be a recipe for DISASTER. For example, if you put 2 bossy leaders together, all they would they do is argue. If you put 2 slackers together, they wouldn't have a clue what to do. If you put 2 followers, a leader, and a slacker, the leader would push they slacker to work, and they would get it done. If you put 3 followers together, they would separate the work out and work together, to get the job done. I have learned this from doing group projects in 4th and 5th grade.
Layma Rockbarred
Layma was a Barred Plymouth Rock, hence the last name. Her name described her. She was lame. She had a swollen hock and hopped around on one leg, she was fast for a lame hen. Unfortunately, the stupid fox killed when she was 5.
JoJo Maran
JoJo was a Cuckoo Maran. She was also killed by the fox, when she was about 1. She was moved to the backyard because she kept getting picked on by the other hens.
Phantom Whitecrown
Phantom was a White Leghorn and was injured, so she got moved to the backyard. She got dirty, so i gave her a bath. She hated it. The fox killed her when she was 3. All of these hens were killed the same day. The stupid fox got into our backyard and our dog was in his crate.
Help with your Chickens
Often people have trouble with their chickens and don't know how to handle it. Down below, you can comment problems you have with your chickens, if you have any chickens or problems, and I will address them here. Now, you don't have to spend your trouble looking through a book! I will keep adding problem/solution paragraphs, until I run out of room. Then I will delete the oldest ones and keep going, that way you won't have to go to a new edition each time you have a problem. Kinda like "Dear Abbey", only this is "Dear Chickenlady".
The New Egg Times
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The Chickens who Inspired
When I thought up The New Egg Times, I didn't just think of it, some young hens inspired it. Katy Rock Perry is a Barred Rock. She is very funny in the way she does what she does. She acts superior to the other hens, and is kind of cocky in a way. She seems to know what she's doing and is on top of the pecking order. Kate Checkie is one of the most beautiful. She's and Exchequer Leghorn, you can find her in the Meyer Hatchery Catalog. In the way some people look like a certain name, animals do to. If you look at a picture of Kate, you can tell she's a Kate. She just looks like one. Silvia Blue is the funniest. She is funny, happy, and cheerful. Her sister, Martha Blue is just as high spirited. Silvia and Martha are both Blue Andalusians. These are the chickens who most inspired The New Egg Times, but Nermal Splash, from the very first article, did contribute a lot especially to one of my stories.
Katy Rock Perry
Katy is a Barred Rock who is named after pop star, Katy Perry! Katy is quite a character and I love her.
Kate Checkie
Kate is a beautiful Exchequer Leghorn who I totally love. She is Daddy's favorite hen. Doesn't she look like a Kate?
All of the chicks
Here is a photo of all the chicks. I need to upload more recent photos from the camera on to the computer.
Silvia Blue
A Blue Andalusian. She is now a beautiful blue gray on her body and a navy blue on her long neck feathers. Silvia is so funny.
Martha Blue
Martha, also a Blue Andalusian, is Silvia's sister, although not as annoying. Martha, like most of her breed, is white, with some gray and black splashes and spots. Not all Blue Andalusians put the blue in it.
Nermal Splash
Nermal is so funny! She is very tame and will come right up to you. She's a Golden Comet and is orange and white. Her nickname is Queenie, even though she's at the bottom of the pecking order, because of her huge comb.
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