I never was able to catch Rudy. I manuevered him into the coop by leaving a trail of chicken scratch. He was hungry and followed the food right into the coop. Then he stayed for the entertainment. Now, if I need to grab him for something, I wait until he's gone to bed and I can catch him then...
Apparently, cock fights are popular in my neighborhood. There are businesses locally that sell Rooster food. Why would anyone need food that is specially formulated for roosters only? In any event, the homeowners moved away and left this guy behind. My Latina foster daughter informed me that...
I found an exact copy of your rooster in my neighborhood. He was an escapee from a fight farm. I invited him into my flock of all girls and he has been great! He takes good care of his girls and we are all happy to have him.
I just change the approach. I point out that supermarket eggs are provided by hens who can't ever spread their wings because of the cages that they live in. My eggs are muddy because my hens are loving life - playing in mud puddles and eating delicious bugs. So - dirty eggs come from happy...
I just checked my mail, and my blocks arrived last week, too! They are cute - everybody did something different! Now I have some sewing to do.
So, what's next, peeps?
My chickens like to fly over the fence to get to that delicious fruit orchard in my neighbor's yard. Luckily, he likes birds or it could get messy. But I am considering clipping my birds to keep peace in the neighborhood.
What would anyone think about doing a round-by-round? Each member starts a quilt square and sends it to someone else who adds a row, who then sends it to someone else, etc, until enough rows have been done, then everybody sends their quilt back to whomever started it and gets their own back from...
I use spent brewery grains. My local micro-brew has a partner in a pig farmer, and if I can get to the barrels going to the pig farm before they've left, I'll fill a couple of buckets.
Honestly, I don't know about the nutrition of the spent grains, but the girls love them! Just driving home, my...
I've never hatched anything, so I'm the last person to be offering expertise.
But, since double yolks have very little chance of successfully hatching, here is an option you might consider - hatching the egg outside of the shell:
Not yet. The ingredients list actually looks pretty good: Avocado oil, beeswax, jojoba oil, lavender essential oil, sweet orange essential oil, Vitamin E.
I like the quote on the box that is apparently the inspiration for the name: "Grandpa says: 'If ya got dry lips, put chicken poop on 'em so...