Southern Dad enters the roost

drumstick diva said:

So glad to meet you southern dad - really enjoyed your story and your avatar. I'm sure the newspaper is opened to the stock market.

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Michael OShay said:

Welcome to BYC! Glad you decided to join our flock. I loved your story. My own princess, and now my princess's princess (my granddaughter, who is pictured in my avatar), love princess stories. In fact, my granddaughter names our hens after Disney princesses. X2 on that 10 to 1 hen to rooster ratio as roosters can be very hard on hens physically; over-breeding them, injuring them with their beaks and spurs, and battering them. I currently have 25 Disney princesses (well some of them are super-heroines or My Little Pony names since there weren't 25 Disney princess names available), no roosters, and I get loads of eggs without feeding any non-egg laying mouths, without the aggression, fights, crowing in the middle of the night, injuries, and over-bred and battered hens that frequently goes along with having roosters (especially too many). Please feel free to ask any questions you may have. We are here to help in any way we can. Good luck with your flock, and your two princesses. )

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Southern Dad said:

Of course, I wanted everyone to think it was the stock pages, but it was probably the comics.


Our little flock became so much more manageable without the roosters. There is the positive of not having to feed roosters but the real advantage is that the hens are more at peace. The princess names are cool. Remember that Elsa isn't a Princess, she's a Queen.

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