A life in the country / chicken post. One of the chooks, Punky, had been missing, but we found her nesting someplace strange again last night, so no longer missing.

It is interesting to note the differences between the two birds. Pyo was raised by us, in our house. Punky was raised in a small cage with other adult hens. I expected Punky to be more “wild” and aggressive having had no human contact but it is Pyo that is much more outgoing and pecks at Punky.

Pyo stays up as late as we do and will chirp loudly unless I let him/her into the futon with me. Punky finds someplace quiet and off the ground to perch once it gets dark outside. Pyo stays in the futon until I get up. Punky was up bright and early with the sun chirping loudly into my ear.

When it comes to other aspects of “wild”, though, Pyo is more like a chicken. She scratches at the dirt and baths in the sand, she is an excellent hunter and will run/fly across the room to snag a small moth that no one else notices. We took them to the field today for their free time and Punky pretty much sat still and dumbfounded (understandable as he/she had never been out of the cage before) while Pyo was all over the place stuffing herself with grasshoppers and frogs.

Hopefully Punky gets with the program soon – for her own sake. I asked Mona which she would like to eat first and she said Punky because she was raised by chickens and is not as nice. And as for Pyo, she at least keep him until he is big and we have finished/tired of playing with him.