Subject: RE: GardenOriginally posted by mdg2003
Originally posted by Left Brain
Originally posted by mdg2003 One of our ladies finally started laying........One of our flock turned out to be a rooster So......if he just "turned out to be a rooster".....did you originally get what you thought were 8 hens? I don't know ANYTHING about chickens....but I'm pretty sure that ain't how you get eggs.
Supposedly all pullets, but inevitable one will get mistakenly put in the wrong crate when they check them so young. The rooster is a big bastard too. Already twice the size of the hens. We started letting them free range this week and he actually corrals them to keep everyone within his line of vision. If one wanders off, he starts squawking until she returns or he'll run and bring her back. Funny part is that our dog helps him!
That is so cool! I had no idea a cock would do that. How much 'free range' do you have? What's to keep them all from wondering off together and not coming back?
When I was a kid my dad and I were gonna go crawfishing after my dad got off work. He called and told me to go kill a mean rooster we had and we'd use him for bait. (roosters are not good eating as they tend to be tough ) So, being a idiot....and frankly a little scared of this mean rooster, I didn't want to wring his neck. So I got a shotgun. Big mistake. I blew his head off and the damn thing ran all over the yard slinging blood over me and everything else. Went on for an eternity before he finally fell over. What a mess.
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