Thursday, July 25, 2013

Nancy L Smith "Broody Chicken" at the Joyful Jewel 7-25-13

"Broody Chicken"
Nancy L Smith
Acrylic on Canvas & Mixed Media, 12" x 12"
$100

          This colorful Broody Hen of Nancy L Smith's fits the definition I found of what it means to be a broody hen.  Although turned away, she is keeping a keen eye on you -- "Don't even think of taking my eggs," she says.  The colors intensify her point that she means what she says.

Taken from "My Pet Chicken" blog:  Her warning means, "Stay back, this nest is mine for hatching!" Actually, we find it charming when our hens are broody--they are beautiful when they're angry! Once a day or so your hen may emerge from her nest like a whirling dervish: all her feathers will be ruffled out so she will look VERY BIG. She will hold her wings out from her body to give herself even more apparent size.. . . .

Nancy probably knows all about this as she paints the chickens from what she sees in her own backyard!

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