...you feel any better, I burned my TV three years ago, too.
Amazing what you can do in the REAL WORLD when you aren't escaping to a VIRTUAL one...
*** SO SAYETH the "suburban" mother with a full time farm, a husband who is usually in a fox hole halfway around the world at any given time, and...
...I stand or crouch in the coop for too long (30 seconds?), the white one will scratch out a nest under my feet and have a sit down.
I love my creative chickens, but I don't DARE call them Ameraucanas! Not on this board, anyway.
**Standing by for the pure bred elitist snark in 3........2......**
Been sellling MY Dominique and EE roo hackle and saddle feathers to the local salon.
Before you get your HACKLES up (ha!) , I am VERY GENTLE WITH THEM, and they appear to hardly notice. I freeze the feathers in a baggie for about three days to kill ANYTHING that might crawl (though have never...
Seriously. They ARE BETTER eating if you can CATCH THEM, feed them on grits and gravy for about ten days to clean their systems, and THEN whack 'em.
Mmmmmmmmmm!
Coon is a fine meal.
YouTube is gushing with rednecks dying to tell you just HOW TO DIY A COON.
It is fascinating and hilarious. And you might just learn something useful.
I think I went to prom with a couple of them fellas....
'Tis mite season!
SEVIN dust in their designated dust bathing area may do it for the birds proper, but not until you clean the coop. But to be sure, gloved and masked, dust them down yourself---attention to the hidey spots under the wings and near the vent. This first application will give the...
Yeah...just don't let anyone who is used to eating factory eggs hear you make the "crack" about leaving them on the counter!
I offered my GORGEOUS green eggs to someone the other day and she TURNED HER NOSE UP AT THEM and had the nerve to ask if mine had blood all streaked through them. I soad...
***GAG***
Would you eat that goop? LOL! (I mean, if you could, Celiac notwithstanding.)
But seriously, remember---chickens don't "swallow"in the truest sense, so **goopy** isn't a real popular texture in the Henhouse Cafe---unless its mixed as suggested above---with some texture they can...
HE is going to be a whopper!
Those saddle feathers are gearing up to be so lush....he is too pretty for Camp Stewpot.... oh,....DO try to find him a home in the country.
By your "Roo Math Made Easy" method, I have five chicken dinners coming my way.
That's enough for my whole family reunion picnic!
You have inspired me!
Good on ya....
Oh, and it is also about relative size. Roo sees an adversary in your small son. Roo sees YOU as an ALPHA, who is bigger, though he could come at you too, eventually.
Some folks rid themelves of aggressive Roos. Raise one up from a chick, and I will bet you you will RARELY have that problem...
...SOME BROCHURES FOR SOME GATED COMMUNITIES WITH PLENTY OF HOA COVENANTS WHERE HE MIGHT BE MORE COMFORTABLE AND REMIND HIM THAT THE ZONING IS IN YOUR FAVOR.
AND TELL HIM THAT PERHAPS A MUZZLE MIGHT BEST SUIT HIM.
***steaming about the erosion of private property rights and personal liberties***
Don't worry about crowing just yet...Their first attempts are very muffled and kinda cute. You will notice them, but I ASSURE YOU, nobody outside a five foot area would ever hear them or identify them as a full fledged **crow**.
...you have two that are beginning to look dissimilar, the big tell is the stretching up to stand tall thing you describe. That pretty much works with *most* breeds.
But what do I know? At 19 (!) weeks, my "surprise chick" from McMurray, "Lacy", a Lace Winged Wyndotte, suddenly stretched...