My chicken after she’s been dust bathing, or when it rains.
The dust bathing brings in an earthy note to her natural birdy scent. She just smells like a little nature spirit might, if such things were real.
When it rains, she’s usually under cover (though sometimes she gets out into it), but she’s picks to the petrichor aroma of rain and soil. She’ll carry that scent all evening usually, so when she comes inside and is nestled up next to me, there’s the normal bird smell, but also that rich aroma that a gentle rain brings, that usually fades quickly.
Mind you, I also love her normal smell, that almost dusty book, nose tickling smell of bird, colored with the mild earthiness and slight tang that’s all chicken.
Luckily, she doesn’t mind being sniffed occasionally :)
My chicken after she’s been dust bathing, or when it rains.
The dust bathing brings in an earthy note to her natural birdy scent. She just smells like a little nature spirit might, if such things were real.
When it rains, she’s usually under cover (though sometimes she gets out into it), but she’s picks to the petrichor aroma of rain and soil. She’ll carry that scent all evening usually, so when she comes inside and is nestled up next to me, there’s the normal bird smell, but also that rich aroma that a gentle rain brings, that usually fades quickly.
Mind you, I also love her normal smell, that almost dusty book, nose tickling smell of bird, colored with the mild earthiness and slight tang that’s all chicken.
Luckily, she doesn’t mind being sniffed occasionally :)
Now i want to sniff your chicken. She sounds delightful.
She really is :)
Bird sniffers unite!