misty donkey herder on Nostr: I spent a timeless hour hanging out with Ninja etc. in the garden. She likes it when ...

I spent a timeless hour hanging out with Ninja etc. in the garden. She likes it when I pull stuff up so she can scratch through the fresh dirt, and she also really appreciates the company. She and Bey are still on high alert for that Cooper’s hawk, but eventually they relaxed enough to preen for a while.
Ninja’s the top ranked hen and easily the most self-sufficient of the whole flock. But now she’s in Mom Mode, and it’s really heartwarming how willing she is to relax around me and ask me for help with the chicks.
And Beyoncé! He seems content to be near Ninja without pecking the chicks. Much. I’m willing to admit that my best boy is a mean little shit, but he’s been living like an outcast for half a year now, since he lost the crown to Presley. Presley won’t tolerate Bey at all anymore, and Bey has taken to hanging out with Ninja. He’s very tentative and quiet, which is the opposite of his personality when he was flock king, and a mellowing of his alternating panic and bravado after he lost his crown. They’re doing a good job watching each other’s sixes. I’d hoped he would bond with the Sicilians, but he only wanted to fight them to make himself feel better. Ninja would murder him in a fight, and he knows it, so he’s actually working with another chicken for the first time in his life. #chickens