Comments on: And that’s why we call her Durf http://www.houseofcranks.com/journal/2009/01/and-thats-why-we-call-her-durf/ Pacific Northwest Crank Museum, Research Institute and Experimental Farm Sun, 04 Apr 2010 05:57:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Cam http://www.houseofcranks.com/journal/2009/01/and-thats-why-we-call-her-durf/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Cam Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:23:32 +0000 http://www.houseofcranks.com/journal/?p=63#comment-70 It's hard to believe the breed would've survived this long if Durf weren't at least a little bit unusual. I mean, it certainly seems like she's just barely smart enough to eat. For weeks, I'd feed the chicks treats and Durf would be confused. The other two chicks would be chowing down, and she'd be totally unclear about what all the commotion was about. You'd see her wandering around the other two chicks, picking woodchips up out of the bedding and putting them down again. Things went something like this: Cam: "Here you guys go. Have some carrot greens." Miss Thing: Oh, a treat! nom nom nom. Trouble: TREAT! nom nom TREAT!!!! nom nom nom MINE!! Durf: I haz a woodchip? Iz... wha? As a chick, Durf didn't seem to have a good sense of how big she was or how much space she could fit into. She's certainly unusual in that she's a bully; usually they're the ones more likely to be bullied. It looks very much like she's just not smart enough to notice much of anything beyond chicken politics, and is thus undistracted by curiosity. It’s hard to believe the breed would’ve survived this long if Durf weren’t at least a little bit unusual. I mean, it certainly seems like she’s just barely smart enough to eat. For weeks, I’d feed the chicks treats and Durf would be confused. The other two chicks would be chowing down, and she’d be totally unclear about what all the commotion was about. You’d see her wandering around the other two chicks, picking woodchips up out of the bedding and putting them down again. Things went something like this:

Cam: “Here you guys go. Have some carrot greens.”
Miss Thing: Oh, a treat! nom nom nom.
Trouble: TREAT! nom nom TREAT!!!! nom nom nom MINE!!
Durf: I haz a woodchip? Iz… wha?

As a chick, Durf didn’t seem to have a good sense of how big she was or how much space she could fit into.

She’s certainly unusual in that she’s a bully; usually they’re the ones more likely to be bullied. It looks very much like she’s just not smart enough to notice much of anything beyond chicken politics, and is thus undistracted by curiosity.

]]> By: cissa http://www.houseofcranks.com/journal/2009/01/and-thats-why-we-call-her-durf/comment-page-1/#comment-69 cissa Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:34:57 +0000 http://www.houseofcranks.com/journal/?p=63#comment-69 Ye gods- that IS dumb! Is this typical of the Orpingtons, or is Durf just a "special" hen (if you know!)? Ye gods- that IS dumb! Is this typical of the Orpingtons, or is Durf just a “special” hen (if you know!)?

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