Three Months To Go...

With the new year clicking over, it's nearly official--Pong, our bantam Cochin/Belgian d'Uccle Frizzle mix whom we hatched in 2003 will turn 16 in March, becoming the World's Oldest Chicken! At that time I'll contact Guinness to make it official.

Because she's gotten so frail and our icy winter weather is here, Pong has been living in the dining room for the last few months in an enclosure I made for her--it's just like our springtime brooder boxes, complete with a hardware cloth window. When the dogs are outside Pong gets the run of the house, though. Not that she does a whole lot of running.  Mostly she likes to sit in the sunny spot in the living room, because old ladies do love 'em some sun.

 And mealworms. Here she is irritated with me for interrupting Mealworm Time.

Yup. Busy, mom--can't talk, MEALWORMS.


Pardon the dirty face fluffies, she'd been eating grapes before the mealworms and chickens do not do such things neatly. She also needs a pedicure, because she hasn't been able to scratch around in the dirt as much as she should.

Such a cutie! She's almost 100% blind in her right eye, but gets around just fine.

Hang in there, Pong. March is almost here!