A Thing for Red Heads

This is Trisha reporting to you from exciting Cluckingham Palace. We woke up the other morning to hear Farmer B calling us. She usually comes in the evening. So, we quickly hauled our tail feathers to the courtyard to see what she brought us. We all gathered at the palace wall to greet her. She was looking around for something, but we couldn't tell what.  Then, like an alien dropping out of the sky, a red Cinnamon Queen hen stuck her head out of the palace and stood in the threshold of the door. The girls immediately started to gather and gossip. "Where the heck did she come from?", "Was she in there all night?", "How the heck did she get in the palace?" As we pondered how she made it into the Palace, The Earl stood in a frozen state staring at the Cinnamon Queen. The "Red Head" knew she had the Earl in a trance. She slowly stretched her legs and wing feathers and... I swear... she did a slow motion hair flip. The Earl, if you can imagine, had heart bubbles popping all around him while the song "Dream Weaver" played in the background.

The Barred Rock girls, the black and white hens, like being the Earls favorite and immediately took a dislike to the new girl. The red head walked down the ramp and started to explore the courtyard. The Earl saw the perfect opportunity to show off and try to woo her. He slowly stretched out his wing like a geisha fan. He did a few scoots to show her the dance of love. She played coy, cooed and jumped on a hay bail close to Farmer B. The Earl was excited and quickly followed the red head like he was caught in a tractor beam. He crowed and crowed to show her his amazing lung capacity. (Insert eye roll here)  He looked up at the Farmer and seemed to give her a wink, which made Farmer B burst into hysterical laughter.

Lucy, the smallest of the Barred Rocks but not to be underestimated, loves the Earl. She was not happy about the new girl at all. When she saw her opportunity she took it. She jumped on the red head and started a brawl!  We were clucking and squawking, "fight, fight!"  The Earl immediately jumped right in the middle of the fight, broke it up and separated the girls before anyone even got a scratch. Farmer B usually calls the Earl "Soup", but today, gave him accolades for being a good rooster and breaking up the fight. Farmer B tossed us glorious meal worms for his wisdom and bravery. We are getting used to the new girl. She is sweet. The Farmer calls her Bonnie. She said she slipped her in, at night, while we slept. They have been staying in the West wing for the last two weeks. We have already had a few run-ins through the fence with those girls. Farmer B said the Cinnamon Queens were looking for a new palace to call home and we were to be nice to the new girls. Hummm....we thought Farmer B had a better understanding of how pecking orders work. She has a sister, Connie, that will be joining us tomorrow night. It will be interesting to see what the Earl does when he is seeing double. He certainly has a thing for red heads!