Sunday, June 24, 2007

Horny Hens

You may have read a recent blog entry, “Senor Rooster Arrives”. He arrived via UPS as a surprise gift in a long box. We held him. We carried him as we walked around the yard. When he was officially introduced to the ‘girls’, we stood him alongside their run. His manly chest, large comb and wattles must have struck a cord (or something hormonal) with the girls. They paraded around in a circle, passing in front of him. Queen B led the parade. When she was directly in front of him, she lengthened her neck and lifted her head in a strange chicken salute. After the girls had made 3-4 rounds honoring Senor Rooster, they laid down in front of him in a staggered formation, forming a diagonal line, looking like a platter of four folded soft tacos. Each girl had her right leg extended, her right shoulder and wing dropped as if she were wearing an off-the-shoulder peasant blouse. Each looked over her shoulder at Senor Rooster, whose painted black eyes were looking straight ahead.
Raging hormones make even the sweetest little debutantes turn into hussies. [No photos taken of the initial rendezvous. Photo above on left is Arriauna 'presenting' as Henny makes a tall salute. Photo on right is Hecky voyeuring, Arriauna and Henny 'presenting.']

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I guess it's the same anywhere. The girls prance around....

Anonymous said...

Ahh.......things are spicing up now with a 'rooster in the hen house.' Females.......same everywhere and in every species. All the girls are young, however, I hope 'mom' gives them good training in who really rules the roost........after all, without hens......what???????????? (Same could be said about roosters but not by me.)