I went out to the garage to check Miss Carol's nest on Mr. Moon's workbench for her daily egg and this is what I saw.Elvis is standing right by the nest which Carol is hunkered down in in her usual egg-laying position. He's not only standing there, he's in that zoney state that chickens get in when they're on the roost at night. His eyes are open but he let me get extremely up close and personal which he is not usually apt to do. He's not unfriendly, but he doesn't usually let me get THIS close:
There was no telephoto lens involved in this picture.He even let me take a picture of his extremely soft-looking fuzzy buttular area:
And then he let me indulge my fantasy of actually touching the buttular area to see just how soft it is.
It's really soft. Really, really soft.
Which is all very nice but I have never seen a rooster hovering over a hen in the nest. Do any of you know why Elvis might be doing this? Is he going to try and destroy the egg when Carol gets off the nest because she is not part of his flock, even though, as I said, they have been having sexy times together?
Chickens. They constantly amuse, amaze, and surprise me. And they make me learn something new almost every day.
no idea..is he in a rooster gay phase? has he got egg envy? maybe he wants to play mummy.
ReplyDeletepoints to you for fondling a roosters buttular area. Ill add that to my list of things to do before I die!
actually i think maybe he's just waiting for more chook nooky
ReplyDeleteElvis...oh Elvis...what is up with that man? I have never seen a rooster with that state of mind...truly odd behavior...you must let us know what the continuing story beholds...because us other chicken keepers need to know. Our former rooster Ducky...he was a mean old man and I miss him not. He wouldn't get near us or let us near him and with his nasty claws on those chicken feet I didn't want to either...but Mr. Elvis here well he seems real sweet and such a handsome man...perhaps he found some fresh herbs...giving him a bit of a tranquil mellow mood.
ReplyDeleteWhat Ellen said. He has been scratching in your kitchen garden, no? And you know what you caught growing there when you moved in.
ReplyDeleteI know nothing about chickens but I have heard some men say a pregnant woman is almost magical in her beauty-maybe Miss Carol is equally mesmerizing in her egg-laying state?
ReplyDeleteHaha, Kori. You are funny! And probably right. I know nothing about chickens and their male counterparts.
ReplyDeleteScreamish- Nah. I don't think Elvis is going through a gay phase. He has non-gay sex all day long.
ReplyDeleteAnd yeah- you can't believe how soft a chicken's butt is!
And he may well have been waiting for her to get off the nest so he could nail her again. Dang rooster.
Ellen and DTG- I seriously doubt he is mellowed by herbs. Of any sort. Something behavioral was going on. I think.
Kori- I like that theory best although I don't think it's true. About hens. It's definitely true about pregnant women.
Angie M- I don't really know much either but I am learning.
He's had a rooster stroke?
ReplyDeleteElizabeth- If so, he has recovered nicely.
ReplyDeleteSo? Did he maul her to death or peck the egg or anything? How weird. Maybe he's fallen in love and will now be monogomous...
ReplyDeleteSJ- No. I went back in a while later to check and he was standing ON the side of the crate where the nest is but not facing Miss Carol. I said, "Elvis, what the hell are you doing?" and he got pissed and flew off. Then I reached under Carol and got her egg and she pecked me good and then she took off. So who knows? Hank thinks Elvis is trying to convert her to his flock-cult. Hank is pretty smart.
ReplyDeleteYeah. Maybe those were his bedroom eyes.
ReplyDeleteP.S., SJ- No. He is not monogamous. I just saw him nail Miss Bob quite lustfully as I was taking the clothes off the line.
ReplyDeleteI heard Miss Bob was a hussy!!
ReplyDeleteOk, this one and the one before it with the pedicure/expresso/ going into town/ Owen post cracked me up. I have been laughing out loud at your posts lately, they've been so great!!! I love that rooster! This is hilarious! :)
ReplyDeleteThese are excellent photos too, by the way---even the soft butt one! :)))
ReplyDeleteI'd say it has to do with sex.
ReplyDeleteI can totally undestand why you touched his butt too. It does look soft.
My wit fails.
ReplyDeleteI'll just comment on all your posts here.
Plastic surgery--ick.
Hand sanitizer---it burns. I hate the smell of it, because it always reminds me of when Joel was in the NICU.
Give me a hippie over Howard Hughes any day of the week.
Wow... Crazy! You know, he may have sensed a predator or something. I did recently loose 2 rabbits to something that's stalking about in the area, so... He could just be having a chivalrous moment.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see what he does nest... ah, that's next!
this made my night.
ReplyDeleteso funny.
the comments too.
so jealous you got to touch that those soft feathers.
you were brave.
I think he wants her to have his babies. He has that look and if she pecked you when you took her egg...
ReplyDeletePlastic is plastic, the thought of someone putting a needle to my face makes me faint. Believe it or not I hide my eyes when I see a needle within five miles of my arms now, and the idea of becoming an aging barbie with a face full of silicone makes me sick. Why or why do these women do that to themselves? Priscilla Presley did it and that should have sounded the alarm to the inteligent ones in Hollywood. I know, oxymorons.
I love your fascination with his buttular area. Just lovely. And great pictures!
ReplyDeleteNicol- Sometimes I have to remind myself to lighten the fuck up.
ReplyDeleteJill- SOFT!
Nancy C- I think we can say that Howard Hughes was the anti-hippie.
Petit Fleur- He did Miss Bob next!
Bethany- When I pointed out the softness of his butt to Lily the other day and said how much I wanted to touch it, she said, "That's where salmonella comes from." Lily is the pragmatic one.
Allegra- I know! And the thought of having weird substances hanging out in the breastual area makes me feel all woozy. Ick.
Miss Carol always pecks when I go to get her eggs. As do they all. Carol is especially fierce, though.
Mwa- You would be fascinated if you saw it too.
He's been replaced with Zombie Elvis. AAAAAAAAH!
ReplyDeleteInteresting. Elvis is in the house--the hen house.
ReplyDeleteThe buttular area is cool. And I dig that word.
ReplyDeleteLove you!