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It’s Brian from the Orange Grove

The boy is back!
“All Growed Up”

Meet the talking bird from Turkey
The bird who lives on Uncle Spikes Farm
Press links  to take you to  Uncle Spikes Adventures  and  Catch up

Hey Aunty Gill – Happy New Year !
I’m still here . I listened to what you said, and stopped attacking the hoomans. Plus Farmer Spike’s steel boots hurt my bum once or twice, so I guessed you were right and that I should behave more proper like. He seems happy with me now, and the talk of some large pot seems to have abated…
So, I’ve been bossman here over eight months; can you believe that, really?

I know Mrs Fox keeps asking all of us one-by-one to go work at her place, but I’ve resisted coz I kinda like it here in this job. My ladies don’t bend my ear so much now either, and I’ve learned to do ‘my thing’ with more grace, so I guess I’m almost growed up now, you could say.
Oh, and here you are; this is me a couple of days ago – on top of my favourite rock

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It’s mid-winter here, but no snow of course. It just means half the time we have lots of wind and rain, and the rest is quite sunny and warm, which of course helps me look all pretty like.
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Seems ages ago since Farmer Spike grabbed me by the wotsits and removed me from Soup Row. I never realised I was gonna be a bossman at the time, but it’s the best.

Just look at how young and trim I was way back then!

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I might be all growed up and all, but still yer Rooster Nephew of course Aunty Gill.

See ya,
Brian xx

Hiya Brian….
Can’t say I am surprised that you are OK. Always thought you might be more sensible than you look beneath all those feathers! You are looking beautiful by the way ~ in an unsoupy grand sort of way~ so I am so glad you survived Christmas!
It is good to hear you are all growed up  and have finally learnt the rules about how to get on with the chickens. Your winter looks decidedly more colourful than it does here at the moment.
We have only had a little snow! So here is a belated Happy New Year to You! And keep you eye on that fox…
Love Aunty Gill xxxx

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The life of Brian at Uncle Spike’s Farm….

The Talking Bird from Turkey is: ‘Gettin’ the hang of it!…..’

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Chapter 8

Wotcha Aunty Gill  – guess what? I’m still here!!

Mrs Fox hasn’t requested my services, so I’ve had a whole month in my job of Top Rooster. And I’ll tell you what, it’s a pretty Top Job too. Because of Mrs Fox and her constant demands to ‘borrow’ one of us each day, Farmer Spike put most of the younger gals (my sisters) back into the Girlie Pen, which is next door to Soup Row (where my brothers are). They are safe there he said, but I do kinda miss ‘em to err, ‘play with’. I wander past their pen every day and blow kisses

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I do however, get to live and play with the remaining senior ladies… that’s Mary and Missy. They got used to me now, and stopped beatin’ up on me. That was weird; ya know, me supposed to be ‘The Boss’ and all that! But now we are sort of ‘equals’, and we all stay together as a gang during the day, and sleep under the kitchen stairs at night.

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Ah yes, BIG news to report…. I don’t fall off so much now; nearly got the hang of this bit – and it’s rather fun too. I spend most of the day flappin’ my right wing to the floor, lowering my head, and doing a sort of ‘jig’… then I chase one or both my mature female companions to see if they’ll let me do my balancing bit J I used to keep falling off, which was all a bit embarrassing, but no more, haha!

I wanted a picky of me ‘in action’ – Farmer Spike said “No Brian, inappropriate; especially for your Aunty Gill!”. Oh well.

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Great Aunt Spike was here for a couple of months, and she used to feed me every day. I’m not scared of hoomans anyway as Farmer Spike looked after us as baby chicks, so we know he’s a good’un, so we reckoned his mom would be too. She used to feed me biscuits every afternoon at 5 o’clock. I got used to that, so Farmer Spike carried on that too – RESULT.

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Best wishes from Rooster Nephew, Brian xx
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Dear Brian
Thank you so much for letting us know how you and your friends are getting on. It is nice to know you are getting  your biscuits from kind Uncle Spike. You should try his  carmelised oranges recipe sooooo delicious. By the way~ in the top picture of you~ is that  a new comb one of the Girlies threw to you when you walked by?  Hey ho! Things are looking good Brian.
See you again next time
and take care
from Aunty Gill xx

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