Peeper

Backyard Poultry

Self-Made Boss

This is Peeper the Barred Plymouth Rock (it was also in my last post). Pecking seemed to be its favorite pastime—most of all at other chickens. It was also one of Puzzle’s favorite hens, which probably accounts for the bossiness. I think this is a pretty good picture, even though Peeper looks like it’s trying to ignore us. You know, it’s very difficult to take a well-posed picture of a chicken, mostly because chickens don’t pose and are constantly on the move! On top of that, almost all the pictures are through chicken wire, since we kept the hens in runs all the time.