Does he rule the roost?

He is the alpha bird for sure. I have ducks, chickens, the mean rooster I just posted, and a guinea hen.

Bogart is the boss. He has a sweet lady too. She is his second wife, sadly, thanks to a predator. This is him with Bacall, his first love.

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Thanks for posting the great pictures!

Henry is a mean, mean rooster, and he's just lucky that I find it difficult to kill things.

Bogart generally walks beside me wherever I go, and Henry will not mess with Bogart. However, if he sees me alone, he attacks and has drawn blood on several occasions.

All my critters are free range, but I built a special enclosure just for Henry where he can be incarcerated when he acts up. It's very large, and actually he could easily get out if he had half a brain. The chickens come and go from there, but doofus Henry stays in and crows.

The bump on the bill is characteristic of Chinese geese.

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I love my feathered friends. These are my Cayuga ducks as ducklings, or as I called them, the darklings. I got them because of their beautiful color. We refer to them as the cougars because it's easier to say than Cayuga.

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Well, that does look like one mean rooster, though. Pretty, but feisty.

But he's so handsome that I can't bear to think of getting rid of him.

Plus his girlfriend, the guinea hen, loves him dearly:

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When the guy brought my tractor back from its tune-up, Bogart went for him.

I apologized, and this old country boy just looked at me and drawled, "oh darlin', I been attacked by geese before..." Cracked me up.

What's funny is when Bogart goes after Henry - grabs hold of his tail feathers while Henry runs trying to get away. It's hysterical.

I've tried everything with him and basically just keep my distance lol.

He's a real chicken because he always attacks from behind. The guinea hen is his wing man.

They're both a pain in the butt.

So cool! Thanks for posting pics!

One of the joys of living in the rural south

Well, you sure did remember! The pictures look wonderful!

You are one proud momma, and you should be!

Here's the ladies who lay the delicious eggs:

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They're all so beautiful! Yes, handsome Henry does look like he may have some serious 'tude. Thanks for posting

Here's one of the Cayugas as wee ducklings:

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they must be gorgeous when they're grown up.

they're so soft and cuddly even now.

He helped himself to the day's eggs last week:

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kill a snake one time that had encircled her nest. Nothing that big, but she pecked it to death.

A similar snake to this one tried to eat one of my black ducks a week ago.

Completely wrapped around the silly duck. The duck survived, but if I hadn't seen them in time...

I have a dove nest that I have to guard from time to time because a clever black snake has figured it out.

Your photos are great!

It's all through the magic of the I-phone lol.

I do love my birds.

I may change from ice age technology sometime this year or next year.

I fully understand your love of birds.

Yes, I'm amazed at the quality of the I-phone photos.

But, the birds and the farm are so beautiful...it's hard to go wrong.

Though somehow selfies don't look nearly so good...

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...imagine how difficult they must be for the ducks.

Nothing cuter than a duckling!

I think I was three sheets to the wind when I posted that. Here they are:

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