Posts by Breezy_Living

Well, what's done is done. My husband ended doing the deed,Even as my son got home for 5the minutes, the rooster made a run at him. Before it was personal space, this time it was intended. We had no other choice...

Maybe she's just going through her "college days".

I tried, I really did. Tried so hard to just do it. I had him hanging by his feet, the knife was ready...And I chickened out (pun intended).No one has responded to my re-homing posts either. *sigh* I don't know what else to do, short of...

That's so unfortunate. Sorry about your loss.

Quote:Originally Posted by champer Glad you found her nest!  My EE left an egg in her nest box this morning, last place I would have looked for her's.  Could you put a golf ball or fake eggs in one of the nest boxes to see...

My husband discovered this morning that she's going into the neighbor's yard (which backed horse pasture next to our land) and laying there. They just had a good laugh about it and asked if they could keep the eggs! Of course we said yes...

That's a huge egg! Bet it was yummy...

Quote:Originally Posted by tinychicky so my advice is, give him a chance. try picking him up ad gently rubbing or 'pecking' his face like hens do, only never above his eye, and always let him down as soon as he struggles. he must...

Quote:Originally Posted by bobbi-j But my 4-year-old son is a little more his size. He doesn't attack him around the hens but he will attack if my son gets too close to him, even by accident. (Son is a little fearful of him now, so...

Other than my roo issue, I have a funny little free range Barred Rock hen that keeps changing her laying location on me. At first she wasn't free range but she is the ULTIMATE escape artist so I gave up and just let her lay under the...