Sunday, October 22, 2017

Pollo, The Chicken Kitten

About 6 weeks ago, a tiny kitten joined our flock.  I found her walking with the flock, trying to snuggle with the hens.  They didn't want her to snuggle but they didn't mind her hanging out with them.  
She sleeps in the coop and stays with the flock all day.  She's quite a wild little kitten and I can only touch her when she's eating. 

I've named her Pollo, which means "chicken" in Spanish, since she seems to think she's a chicken.  She has her own little pen in the coop where she eats and sleeps at night.  She shares their water and explores during the day but always stays close to the flock.  When the rooster sound their alarm (warning of danger... real or imagined) she runs for cover along with the rest of the flock.  
 The chickens have trained her (with pecks on the head) to respect them.  She knows they're not toys or playmates.



She's such a pretty girl and we've put her in charge of pest control. 

2 comments:

  1. I love this little chicken kitty, Yay for Pollo - looks like she picked herself a good home!

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    1. Thank you :) We love her too. We recently had her spayed and she was so happy to see her chickens again once she'd recovered.

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