Peep update! Wonky photos...🤦‍♀️

[MontanaMama]

Trying to spend a few minutes each day snuggling the chicks….telling them what good girls they are and using their names so they learn them. Nugget and Polly were especially cuddly this afternoon. This is my process with chickens…it’s not for everybody. My mother in law thinks I’m nuts…she might be right. Even if she’s right, I’ll don’t regret doing it.

[Diamond_Dog]

1. Awww!

Neat pics! Why would anyone think cuddling such adorable little animals would be nuts?

Do they bond with humans?

I’m kinda envious …..

[MontanaMama]

5. Well I have never had a hen

who did not know her name and come when I called her. Some like to snuggle or at least sit in my lap and some prefer not to have more contact than a pet…kinda like people.

[irisblue]

2. 😍😍

[blm]

3. I love this

💗💗💗

[thatcrowwoman]

4. Well, there are way worse things than being "for the birds"

You be you, MontanaMama. You wear them well.😉

My daughter raised chickens in 4-H way back in the last millennium and it was something. They came in the mail and stayed in a big box in the living room with a light bulb to keep them warm while they grew their feathers. My mom thought I was crazy, too.

Daughter had one huge wicked rooster who would sneak up on me when I was pegging out the laundry and try to rake my legs with his spurs. The second time he drew blood I gave him to a co-worker who turned him into chicken dinner for his family. No regrets. Hens don’t need a rooster to lay eggs, but without his protection we did lose some eggs to a king snake and raccoon. A small price to pay for getting shed of that wicked rooster. And those fresh eggs with yolks almost orange, instead of pale yellow…yum.
🕊thatcrowwoman

[MontanaMama]

6. Oh dear. Roosters are their own thing.

I don’t dare have one…plus I live just inside the city limits so they’re not allowed. Your daughter was brave for tangling with them!

[sprinkleeninow]

7. I love it!!! 💝

The animals were created just one notch below the crown of creation: humankind. So, absolutely NO, this interaction with your chicks is sooo beautiful❣

[MontanaMama]

8. Oh my gosh.

You made me cry. Thank you for saying that.

[sprinkleeninow]

19. One day, as we believe, some *human beings* will encounter a truth that man/womankind be good

stewards of the Earth, especially all that is within having breath. Animals are not 'disposable'. Woe unto those who disregard this principal; neglect them, abuse them, abandon them, considering them as nothing of value.

I heard once that they can exist on Earth without us, but not we without them.

[Collimator]

9. Very cute photos.

But I was kind of expecting marshmallow Peeps art. I love Peeps-- not to eat, but when used in quirky art images. I can't always figure out how to post pictures here in DU, but seeing a recreation of a mad scientist's lab with Peeps is such a weird pleasure.

[MontanaMama]

12. I use Post Images to post photos here on DU.

I will patiently wait for your marshmallow peep photos!

[Collimator]

18. Looked up "Post Images" and I don't know if I want to go down that path

But depending on the source, "Copy link address" works from time to time.

Below you will see marshmallow peeps roasting marshmallows--Is it Meta? Or is it some genre of horror?

[MontanaMama]

21. How did you do the fire?

That’s adorable…is that okay to say?

[Collimator]

26. First, my apologies for straying so off topic.

Second, I didn't create this Peep art. It's just that when I saw the thread title, my mind automatically went to this art form. I love the juxtaposition between the literally sweet (and fluffy!) candy and weird, often dark themes. If you like this stuff, there's plenty online--with new content every year around Easter.

Your pictures with real, feathered peeping chicks was truly adorable and I didn't mean to distract from that. Thank you for sharing.

[CaptainTruth]

10. Aww! I always handled my peeps a lot.

As you know, it makes it so much easier to handle them when they're older.

I had one, a Polish rooster, black body & white head, who ended up being a "lap chicken." He would hop onto my lap & snuggle, it was so cute!

[MontanaMama]

13. That's the goal!

They’re so much easier to handle and care for if they are used to their people.

[CaptainTruth]

25. My Polish boy looked like this, he was handsome!

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When you saw him in the sunlight his black feathers had iridescent shades of green & purple & blue, he was beautiful!

Since I moved I don't have chickens anymore, but I will soon!

[MontanaMama]

28. Stop it...

He’s just gorgeous! What a handsome boy.

[rubbersole]

11. Hey, hot chicks ....

...wanna go to a party?

[MontanaMama]

14. They just might!

Still pretty little though…

[rubbersole]

24. I'll keep them away from Matt Gaetz....

Ewwww..delete...delete...delete...

[MontanaMama]

27. Gah!

That’s just plain awful…

Funny though.

[3catwoman3]

15. That looks like a lot of fun.

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I’m fascinated that they learn their names.

My husband’s daughter keeps a few chickens. Her brother has jokingly named them Marsala, Florentine, Kung Pao and Cordon Bleu.

[MontanaMama]

22. That's funny...

We have a four year old hen named Pot Pie. We mostly call her Pie and she comes a running when we call her name.

[MLAA]

16. Two beauties! Great pics 🙂

[niyad]

17. awwwwww

[HubertHeaver]

20. You need to wear eye protection when handling chickens that close.

If they see their reflection in your eye they will peck at it.

[MontanaMama]

23. No way!

They’re on my shoulder and all over me…never had one peck at me…you’re kidding, right?

[HubertHeaver]

30. Not kidding

We had white rock and leghorns straight-run from the hatchery. They would peck at a reflection--on the water-jars, windows or each other. I would not trust them near my eyes.

[MontanaMama]

32. I keep a mirror in my coop in the winter.

The girls love to look at themselves…they might peck a little bit at the mirror but nothing really aggressive. I also put a xylophone out there…it’s colorful and they like pecking at that too…I guess it keeps them from pecking at each other.

[happybird]

29. What type are they?

besides cutie pies?

[MontanaMama]

33. This bunch consists of one Red Star,

a Black Star, a Brown Leghorn and three varieties of Ameraucana…those girls will lay blue/green eggs.

[CousinIT]

31. Awwwww. Very cute!

Real peeps for Easter!