Search results for query: *

  1. C

    Considering my first attempts at culling roosters

    That’s pretty good that they are all still getting along at 18 weeks. My cockerels I’ve seen mounting or trying to mount the adult hens (they don’t seem to bother their sister pullets). One broody hen gets chased by one cockerel whenever I kick her out of the nest. I’ve noticed that not all...
  2. C

    Considering my first attempts at culling roosters

    It is quite the dilemma having so many roos. I hatched for the first time in May knowing to expect a 50% male result. Out of 20 hatched I got 9 roos. Same as you, no interest on Used.ca or a poultry FB group. Mine are crested cream legbars. They are now 13 weeks old and although everyone...
  3. C

    Fairy egg annoying easter hunt

    Sounds like the wild west in days of old. I visited St. Thomas years ago, my friend was living there nursing. I got to live like the locals for a few weeks but you must be on a smaller island. Still, she had crazy stories of the island nurses, definitely a different speed and standard than...
  4. C

    Fairy egg annoying easter hunt

    Oh man, sorry about your chicken. Something most of us don’t have to contend with. It must be beyond frustrating knowing where your chicken is and you can’t do anything about it. Maybe you could hatch some chicks and sell them yourself if they are in such demand. Beat them at their own game...
  5. C

    Need Advice- How do I start a Bachelor flock?

    Well that’s reassuring to know they are all still living together in relative harmony. I’ve been thinking about using pallets as well for the rooster bachelor pad. I made a dog house with pallets a few years back for our large dog. The chickens now use it for a dry area during our rainy...
  6. C

    Need Advice- How do I start a Bachelor flock?

    It’s been a few months and I’m wondering how the OP made out with the rooster bachelor pad? I am considering the same thing for my 8 week old cockerels.
  7. C

    Challenges of living in the woods with chickens

    Wow, that’s alot of pictures! Looks like your chickens have a nice property to explore and they look content. I still think it’s cool how chickens come home in the evening on their own.
  8. C

    Challenges of living in the woods with chickens

    Wow, that’s really something! Could you hear them scratching and clucking? In the first picture I thought I could see maybe 2 behind the lowest branch on the left but it was purely a guess.
  9. C

    Comment by 'Carontheroad' in article 'Understanding Your Rooster.'

    Thanks Shadrach, I just did that and will print it tomorrow. I have 9 cockerels on hand that if I can’t rehome some I will try to keep in a bachelor pad. With your article I just might pull it off. I have 24 hens (4 no longer laying) and I hope to keep 2-3 of the roosters with them. Somehow...
  10. C

    Developing My Own Breed Of Large Gamefowl For Free Range Survival (Junglefowl x Liege)

    What a beautiful, regal looking rooster. And those hens are seriously scary looking! Stink eye officiandos. 😁 Terrorfowl you say? Aptly named. But we see her softer side in the brood box. Chickens are so interesting. They are like cats. They allow you into their world but yet keep you at...
  11. C

    Developing My Own Breed Of Large Gamefowl For Free Range Survival (Junglefowl x Liege)

    Your story makes me feel sad. Maybe one day you can return to the simpler life. For everything there is a season. I’ve noticed that about many bloggers. When they first start out they are just happy to share what they are doing and their enthusiasm is the drawing card. But as time and...
  12. C

    Challenges of living in the woods with chickens

    Found your book and I should get it in 2 days. One of the highest reviews I’ve seen on Amazon for anything. Looking forward to it!
  13. C

    Challenges of living in the woods with chickens

    I see. You have some smart chickens with the hot wire thing. How do I go about finding your book? I’m new to BYC so still feeling my way around the website. I’ve been reading sporadically for a few years but just recently joined.
  14. C

    Challenges of living in the woods with chickens

    Point of clarification, the article I was thinking of was Shadrach’s “Understanding your rooster”.
  15. C

    Challenges of living in the woods with chickens

    Wow, thanks for taking the time to write all this up. Your ancestors ate alot of chicken! I will try to find your book. Do you think that left to their own devices that wild chickens try to hatch all the eggs that are laid? Maybe they don’t lay as many as domesticated ones. One thing...
  16. C

    Challenges of living in the woods with chickens

    That’s so interesting. Smart birds choosing the holly tree. They look so cozy up there. I had no idea how many different ways there are to keep chickens. Each setting is unique and really only requires some research and a creative mind. Well, a handy hubby also helps😁. When I first started...
  17. C

    Challenges of living in the woods with chickens

    I’ll share a good story of my indoor/outdoor cat. Recently we had our 14 adult hens free ranging and the neighbors 2 dogs got out of their fenced yard and was chasing the chickens around. I was cleaning the coop and heard all the cacaphony. The hubby was already outside and we caught the 2...
  18. C

    Challenges of living in the woods with chickens

    Yes Seaslug, poor choice of words, more accurate wording would be “for no apparent reason”. There is always a reason for everything in life though, it’s just a figure of speech. Thanks for enlightening all of us on mink mentality. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one although they are in my...
  19. C

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    She’s magnificent!
  20. C

    Hens Switching coops to Smaller one

    Can I ask what specifically did you notice as tension that wasn’t apparent until the rooster was gone?
Back
Top Bottom