Pet Photos thread where too much is never enough.

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I promised the woman I adopted the chickens from that I wouldn't feed them chicken. So far I have kept the promise. But sometimes we have way too many eggs, and I cook them eggs. There's something very meta about that.

When I used to keep finches I'd give them a little egg shell.  I imagine it would be good for chickens as well as a mineral source.  Hey, that's an idea.  Maybe I can find some pet bird pictures.  I never ate any of them either.  Also, just to be clear, I'm sure I'd want no part of eating a pet chicken either.  


This was the first aviary I built in 1990.  I kept zebras, nuns, cordon bleu, waxbills and other finches in it.




The same aviary is on the right side of the old gardens shed.  The next two aviaries went on the side closest us in this picture, just above the creek.




A night heron (I think) perched above the creek.




The bird with the bright orange band is the male weaver, the dull looking ones on top are his hens and the larger bird is a mesia.




Close up of the male mesia.




I no longer keep any caged birds but I kept one aviary intact to keep an outdoor bed vermin free.




At the back of one aviary I made this faux rock wall with planting pockets.  Once I started planting the aviaries I began to realize I could simply enhance the garden for the wild birds and do away with the demands of maintaining aviaries.




I may yet get around to keeping chickens.  Yours aren't hard to look at and we eat a few eggs.

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Current picture of Clyde. 

You want to know what cats are demons? lol Because they look all cute and cuddly like that and I want to bury my face in their fur. Apparently cats don't appreciate being suddenly cuddle attacked :p Zero just sits there and takes it like a champ. We joke that he tells himself it's the price to pay to live as spoiled as he does. We say "His name is Zero Dinero cause he aint gots no money so he pays his rent in cuddles."

So you don't think Zero likes being cuddled?  That is funny.  My older dog Heidi loves it and I'm pretty sure the little boy Smoke endures it as an act of submission.