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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social

I ran into a free range chicken 🐓 on my dog walk today in Tampa Bay.

Rooster in front of a bush with red flowers
jul 1, 2025, 11:48 pm • 1,518 90

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JGeo @jaygeo24.bsky.social

Was it tasty? 😁

jul 2, 2025, 3:29 am • 0 0 • view
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mauirainbows.bsky.social @mauirainbows.bsky.social

I have 23 in my backyard..need to relocate them.

jul 2, 2025, 6:56 am • 0 0 • view
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A moon shadow @ravanelliterry.bsky.social

It's not a snowbird?

jul 2, 2025, 8:49 am • 0 0 • view
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🇺🇦 Dennis The Passive-Aggressive Menace 🇺🇦 @macdaddypayday.bsky.social

That's a free range rooster.

jul 2, 2025, 12:11 am • 3 0 • view
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Woodsy Woman 🆘 @nuttyhutter.bsky.social

It’s a hen. I have birds. Poor lady probably misses her coop

jul 2, 2025, 12:32 am • 4 0 • view
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🇺🇦 Dennis The Passive-Aggressive Menace 🇺🇦 @macdaddypayday.bsky.social

I have chickens too. I was only kidding.

jul 2, 2025, 12:34 am • 1 0 • view
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Rozaliya @rozaliyaa.bsky.social

Since it’s in Tampa it’s likely a wild chicken that doesn’t have a coop, there are a ton of wild chickens all over the city that just kind of do their own thing.

jul 2, 2025, 5:01 am • 0 0 • view
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Ottobots Assemble! @ottobotsassemble.bsky.social

Maybe she's just vacationing from Key West

jul 2, 2025, 1:29 am • 2 0 • view
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lilbims.bsky.social @lilbims.bsky.social

Time to cancel my Florida trip #boycottFlorida #noconcentrationcamps

jul 2, 2025, 7:56 am • 3 0 • view
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A moon shadow @ravanelliterry.bsky.social

Aye, putting people in battery cages is a bad sign, roasting them too [if you had a weather forecasting service].

jul 2, 2025, 8:50 am • 0 0 • view
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Ed_Baby @edbaby.bsky.social

They do well if there aren't animals trying to eat them (red fox and bald eagles here)

jul 2, 2025, 2:21 am • 0 0 • view
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Gary Maddox @lovesguitar.bsky.social

My mother raised me free range. The Italians call it “poli ruspante”. It translates to the chickens are responsible.

jul 2, 2025, 1:59 am • 2 0 • view
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Me @elleinadatset.bsky.social

Found this little lady in a public park while walking my pooch; I live in a city just outside Boston, MA.

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jul 2, 2025, 1:17 am • 7 0 • view
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athlos.bsky.social @athlos.bsky.social

Looks like a Gold Star potentially. Great egg layers, but I've found the breed to be a little... stupid 🐔🤣

jul 2, 2025, 12:46 am • 2 0 • view
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Skywolfen @vishnutheprotector.bsky.social

Imagine seeing a boneless chicken? What would that look like? 👀

jul 2, 2025, 1:17 am • 1 0 • view
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The ClownTownCrier @ihippie.bsky.social

Nice bird

jul 2, 2025, 2:04 am • 3 0 • view
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pwhouse.bsky.social @pwhouse.bsky.social

I love that there are free range chickens there! I saw this hen with her chicks (hidden among the plants) on my visit to Tampa last year.

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jul 2, 2025, 3:49 am • 8 0 • view
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R.G. @tigertux.bsky.social

I use to have some too. Give it up for piece of shit dog owners that let their dogs roam freely all over town killing everything.

jul 2, 2025, 8:15 am • 1 0 • view
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Allison @sninalthat.bsky.social

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jul 2, 2025, 3:07 am • 2 0 • view
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Allison @sninalthat.bsky.social

Happy hen

jul 2, 2025, 3:06 am • 1 0 • view
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TheChipmunkWhisperer @pesimisticoptimist.bsky.social

She is quite the specimen and has quite a nice poofy saddle hahaha

jul 2, 2025, 3:51 am • 2 0 • view
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TheChipmunkWhisperer @pesimisticoptimist.bsky.social

FYI, I mostly said that because I wish I could reach through and scruffle the fluff The saddle is probably so soft and she would get so excited! (If friend) Not because I’m a rooster that got ahold of a bsky account… Or am I… hmmm I do like to scream at random moments 🧐

jul 2, 2025, 6:23 pm • 0 0 • view
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TheChipmunkWhisperer @pesimisticoptimist.bsky.social

Also for anyone without the tiny dinosaurs, the saddle is the poofy bit right in front of the tail. I think anyways, it’s what I call it

jul 2, 2025, 6:24 pm • 1 0 • view
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DropoffthekeyLee @dropoffthekeylee.bsky.social

Near Ybor?

jul 2, 2025, 1:19 am • 1 0 • view
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MuftiAtaullah @muftiataullah.bsky.social

❤️❤️❤️ This looks like my chicken.

jul 2, 2025, 4:24 am • 0 0 • view
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isogsargent.bsky.social @isogsargent.bsky.social

Mine

jul 2, 2025, 1:19 am • 0 0 • view
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Sharkmeister77 @sharkmeister77.bsky.social

I think we have two running around in our neighborhood and the folks across the street get free eggs. The semi-feral kitties around here get free kibble and the raccoons also leave the chickens alone. No idea why.

jul 2, 2025, 3:40 am • 2 0 • view
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Peach Scone ʕっ•ᴥ•ʔっ @peachsojupop.bsky.social

My dog would’ve went crazy seeing a chicken in the wild 😂

jul 2, 2025, 4:19 am • 1 0 • view
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susanvcbrown @susanvcbrown.bsky.social

Just complementing the scenery

jul 2, 2025, 9:49 am • 1 0 • view
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ninjamonkky.bsky.social @ninjamonkky.bsky.social

Feral Fowlcett, won't be couped up or kept down, but keeps on clucking on, from lawn to lawn.

jul 2, 2025, 12:15 am • 4 0 • view
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Miss Molly @auntmollyshouse.bsky.social

Did you apologize?

jul 2, 2025, 1:47 am • 2 0 • view
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Hermantics @hermanishere24.bsky.social

Now that's important. It verifies that there truly are chickens ranging freely.

jul 2, 2025, 12:38 am • 6 2 • view
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Calvin @dutchmagpie.bsky.social

Are the free range ones better tasting? 🙂

jul 2, 2025, 9:06 am • 0 0 • view
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Chat GPT @thestandingstorm.bsky.social

Wow massive chicken!

jul 2, 2025, 10:11 am • 1 0 • view
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Suzan Cee ☀️🌸🦋🪷🍃💙 @schasse60.bsky.social

😊 I ❤️ chickens. They crack me up! 🐓🐣🐔🐓

jul 2, 2025, 3:49 am • 1 0 • view
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bluebuoy1.bsky.social @bluebuoy1.bsky.social

There are a lot of free-range chickens in Mexico.

jul 2, 2025, 6:11 pm • 0 0 • view
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Jack Penaloza @jack-penaloza.bsky.social

Saw one in East Austin while driving. It was faster than most pedestrians crossing the street, I'll tell ya that.

jul 2, 2025, 4:03 am • 1 0 • view
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Unbothered Skeets-n-Gigs. @luvunbothered.bsky.social

Livin the dream! 💖🥹

jul 2, 2025, 7:41 am • 1 0 • view
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NeuroFellaMD 📚⚖️🗽 @melissaf.bsky.social

Lots in ybor city!

jul 2, 2025, 12:36 am • 3 0 • view
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David Farley-Brain 🍄Keep Alaska Canadian!! @coffeedave.bsky.social

Might be a wild chicken ... did it come when you called to it?

jul 2, 2025, 4:32 am • 0 0 • view
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DLG @next-x.bsky.social

Buc Buc Bucaneer?

jul 2, 2025, 12:36 am • 1 0 • view
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davidjameso.bsky.social @davidjameso.bsky.social

Haha go to Key West!

jul 2, 2025, 12:08 am • 5 0 • view
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Tam-Rah @blue-fire1.bsky.social

I see them everyday on my walks. Lots of babies running around right now. The chicks actually play dead when they are afraid. My dog scares them.

jul 2, 2025, 12:29 am • 7 0 • view
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Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy ride. @mirimg.bsky.social

🤣

jul 2, 2025, 2:48 am • 1 0 • view
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vegasmell.bsky.social @vegasmell.bsky.social

You weren’t driving a car when you ran into the chicken were you? Asking for a friend.

jul 2, 2025, 6:04 am • 0 0 • view
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T @terry-157.bsky.social

10,000 steps

jul 2, 2025, 2:17 am • 1 0 • view
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Molly Katherine @mollykate77.bsky.social

Chickens are great ❤️

jul 2, 2025, 1:58 am • 4 0 • view
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Philalethes @ephilalethes.bsky.social

Very sad. Has been bred for countless generations to lay extreme amounts of eggs. Takes a huge toll on its body no matter what, a life full of suffering. Recently I saw some wild junglefowl. Quite a different animal, not bred for generations into the kind of monstrosity seen in that image.

jul 2, 2025, 11:34 am • 0 0 • view
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Lida Jane Kakach Strot @lidajane.bsky.social

A beautiful girl....

jul 2, 2025, 3:42 am • 1 0 • view
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Ren Alder @renalder.bsky.social

I love chicken

jul 2, 2025, 1:49 am • 3 0 • view
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woodcollier.bsky.social @woodcollier.bsky.social

Was she muttering under her breath about not being able to find any goddam help?

jul 2, 2025, 6:40 am • 1 0 • view
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Wendy Loves Lilly ❤️ @napperfamily.bsky.social

She has errands to run. 🧡

jul 2, 2025, 9:06 pm • 0 0 • view
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Just Dave @dvcop.bsky.social

Chick, Chick, Chick-on!!

jul 2, 2025, 1:26 am • 3 0 • view
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icnurse.bsky.social @icnurse.bsky.social

It looks well fed.

jul 2, 2025, 1:18 am • 2 0 • view
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Melly Cumberbatch 🫘 @mellycumberbatch.bsky.social

Probably headed north to cool off

jul 2, 2025, 12:39 am • 2 0 • view
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Sippy Cup Psycho @sippycuppsycho.bsky.social

Florida is weird. There are wild petcocks roaming downtown Fort Lauderdale.

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Sharkmeister77 @sharkmeister77.bsky.social

"Wild" peacocks are all over the place and they are NOT particularly wild, they will walk right up to you hoping you will feed them.

jul 2, 2025, 3:42 am • 1 0 • view
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Mrs B 🇨🇦 @bandobuzz.bsky.social

Did it cross the road?

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Allison @sninalthat.bsky.social

But why? No one will ever know.

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Allison @sninalthat.bsky.social

😂

jul 2, 2025, 3:08 am • 0 0 • view