If you saw the above picture before, you may have read about Laverne introducing her kids (Ivanka & Barron) to roosting on the antlers of the European mount above the french doors that go to the kitchen. Now let your imagination fly like our rooster Donald escaping from our newest rooster that is twice his size. When it was just Laverne, the rug outside the doors would rapidly generate a stalagmite of poultry fecal material. Adding Ivanka and Barron resulted in a mountain that grew nightly like a volcanic island rising from the sea floor.

Tiffany had enough of that. She hauled a ladder out there, and put a towel over the antlers. That would surely dissuade their roosting. Barron politely accepted this sign of being unwelcome. He didn’t go to the coop, though. He moved to higher ground by roosting on a large beam over 12 foot above the porch floor. I suspect Barron has redecorated the top of the beam.

That said, Laverne did not take the hint. She appears to have convinced the kids within a few days that the supposed barrier to roosting was in fact an upgrade. It’s a shield against predators. It’s a hammock. The towel adds comfort to weary talons as they roost on the cold, hard, narrow antlers. However she did it, the respite from poop in front of the door ended…