{"id":545,"date":"2013-02-10T23:02:01","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T07:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ducksandclucks.com\/blog\/?p=545"},"modified":"2013-02-10T23:06:33","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T07:06:33","slug":"happy-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ducksandclucks.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/10\/happy-valentines-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbk_share\"><div class=\"fcbk_like\"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/ducksandclucks.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/10\/happy-valentines-day\/\" layout=\"button_count\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" share=\"false\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>In honor of Valentine&#8217;s Day, I wanted to share a little bit of what I love about each and every one of my Valentines.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8352\/8437808628_edc2f81dd9.jpg\" alt=\"malley\" \/><br \/>\nO&#8217;Malley is my dependable guy. We talk every single day, and he&#8217;d sit on my lap for hours if I had time. He is sweet, sensitive and affectionate. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8186\/8436260019_16949c46e1.jpg\" alt=\"petunia\" \/><br \/>\nPetunia is a sweet, quiet girl who is never any trouble. She&#8217;s getting older and while she has never been too friendly, she lets me pick her up to help her up to her perch at night, and she&#8217;ll eat treats out of my hand.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8079\/8437354566_7283400608.jpg\" alt=\"lenora\" \/><br \/>\nLenora Bea is our newest scovy girl. She loves to talk sass and I love to join in. Although she&#8217;s not too fond of being held, she&#8217;s trusting and will sit next to me in the yard.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8378\/8435174322_6be02484f6.jpg\" alt=\"olivia\" \/><br \/>\nLittle Olivia is our oldest hen. She has to be over 10-years-old now. She has cataracts and is a little slower than the other hens, but she holds her own and loves her life. She&#8217;s a talkative, friendly girl and a bright light in the yard.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8072\/8436260069_11331a027b.jpg\" alt=\"olly astro\" \/><br \/>\nOlly Astro is cute and chatty. She can be friendly when she wants to, but only on her terms. She&#8217;ll run the full length of the yard to get a treat from me, and she is a good conversationalist.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8234\/8437610064_64716113a9.jpg\" alt=\"lester \" \/><br \/>\nSweet guy Lester Leroy may be handicapped, but he doesn&#8217;t let that stop him. He is very independent and self-sufficient, even if he does need a little help to get to the aviary and back. He is a very good friend to his girl Danny.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8238\/8437342754_c4fbc56521.jpg\" alt=\"simon\" \/><br \/>\nOh my Simon. He has been with me for years and years, from New York to San Francisco and Seattle. He is nearing 17-years-old and slowing down now, but he&#8217;s always as sweet as can be. He is super affectionate and shares love everywhere he goes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8471\/8437482462_1a5e62d003.jpg\" alt=\"miles\" \/><br \/>\nMiles is a comical character and a bit bossy, but he&#8217;s a loyal friend and a good guy to Danny girl. I love that he tolerates me picking him up, and fluffing his super soft feathers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8363\/8436665245_dc4f9aa1fc.jpg\" alt=\"carol\" \/><br \/>\nCarol is by far my most challenging Valentine. She is noisy, bossy and a bully. She&#8217;s had me up at dawn almost every day for over a year now, but I still love her dearly. She&#8217;s smart, and demanding, and I respect her for it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8360\/8437140354_7c3c699f69.jpg\" alt=\"cindy\" \/><br \/>\nCindy Buttons is my lap chicken. She can be a bit of a terror, chasing and attacking ducks. But most of the time she is just a sporty, playful, friendly girl who will visit and sit with me in the yard.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8517\/8436692617_3cbca90890.jpg\" alt=\"lionel\" \/><br \/>\nLionel is probably my most handsome Valentine. Unfortunately he is not very people-friendly, but he does do well with the routine here, and he will let me lift him up and around into his part of the aviary each day. It&#8217;s too bad he&#8217;s not friendly because he&#8217;s huggably cute.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8229\/8436400049_6e190b0257.jpg\" alt=\"ruby\" \/><br \/>\nLionel&#8217;s new partner in crime is the super cute magpie girl Ruby. She is full of energy and life, and enjoys her boys, Lionel and Miles. Because Miles has a bum leg, Lionel is really the only one who can keep up with her, and he tags along everywhere she goes like a lost puppy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8043\/8438527709_43f5200107.jpg\" alt=\"danny\" \/><br \/>\nLast but not least is our sweet handicapped girl Danny. She has a friendly spirit and will walk right to me for help each day. I pick her up and help her from the aviary to her pen. She is loyal to her buddy Lester, but also likes to talk with Miles. <\/p>\n<p>As Danny girl says, all the rescues here hope you have a super sweet Valentine&#8217;s Day! <\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbk_share\"><div class=\"fcbk_like\"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/ducksandclucks.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/10\/happy-valentines-day\/\" layout=\"button_count\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" share=\"false\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of Valentine&#8217;s Day, I wanted to share a little bit of what I love about each and every one of my Valentines. O&#8217;Malley is my dependable guy. 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