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My two cats play rough when they're outside. Today, Mama Red, intervened in what she thought was a fight between the cats. It was hilarious. The cats immediately separated and deferred to my dominant hen. The rest of the afternoon she refereed.

Lovely coop!

What a great story and memory for you! I love my chickens so much I can't stand it. Watching their day to day activities and habits is so interesting to me.

That's funny DD! I wish I could spoil my chickens like that! Yes, they are nosy little creatures. When the weather is nice and Jim accidentally leaves the door open, I'll hear a Bwaaaaack (very quite), only to turn around and see my Betty edging her was through the threshold. I'll let her...

So we ended up cleaning our little roo' and making him into a quite tasty soup. It was my first time with this, but it wasn't so bad. I think I can do the meat-bird thing now, but not with my 4 girls I've raised. They have been my learning experience and I'm too fond of them. Hopefully they...

I just now got back to this thread. Thank you all for the advice! From now on I will let my girls eat their free protein as they wish. I was just worried about diseases and such.

Tell me more about game roosters. I just automatically think mean. I don't want something that I'm afraid of.

We got the girls into their coop and even got an egg this evening. Such a sad day. He was best friends with our other little banty hen who is the lowest in the pecking order. If I get another rooster, I want it to be a small one. He would attack my ankles during the day, but was more...

No. I live in Tennessee.

I'm going to miss my little Doodle. He was noisy and a pain in the a** but I loved that guy. Now my girls are cowering in my art studio and I can't get them out. I guess I'll leave them there for awhile until they calm down. Is it possible to cook the rooster? It couldn't have happened but a...

I also do the deep litter method. At first I was cleaning my coop every other day. Now I deep litter but make sure the poop board is cleaned and I spot clean the top of the litter a bit before adding more. The coop has never had an odor so I feel I'm doing something right. I have vented...

LOL! to all these stories...and I'm sure we'll all do something in the same vein again at some point! ")

Oh relax folks :) I just let them walk in for a few moments then back out. They are quite cold hearty and have a wonderfully, snug coop. I didn't mean my post to sound as if I had actually moved them in. Just brought them in for a tiny bit of treats and "Mama" time out of the sleet! Thank...

Our cats often catch voles and mice on our property. Today I found one of my hens (they are free range in every sense of the word) pecking at a dead vole. I immediately tossed it far away, but was wondering if this was cause for concern.

Just cuz...") They have a certain time of day where they hunker around our front door. Today was very cold so I let them in by the woodstove for about 20min. They seemed to enjoy it, though my hubby was dubious!

Thanks Rinnley! Very good to know.

Fortunately, my egg didn't break so I had it for a snack! My ex-husband left an ink pen in the wash once...what a nightmare.

I can only imagine! Happy 3 year old with an "Oh No" Mama.

I had a large flannel shirt on today, as it's so cold, to gather my eggs and then go shopping. I put one in a breast pocket,forgot about it, and did my shopping in town with egg in tow! It survived all day. I laughed out loud this afternoon as my Mama Red's egg traveled to town and back!