...yeah. I don't tolerate unprovoked attacks. It'd be one thing if she'd been harassing him, but no...he decided that stalking and attacking her every time she came in the yard was his favorite thing. I didn't want her to become afraid of chickens, and I couldn't really pawn an aggressive...
I had a silkie that I named Hennefer because she had a foot deformity (I fixed the fact that it was fused, but it ended up turning out). Then she grew a huge comb and started crowing. So I changed the name to Squawkimodo. Shortly after he discovered the joy of the ladies, he decided to buy...
To be honest I have no idea how people tell them apart. I know I sure cant. Every time I'd seen a Vorwerk I was like, oh hey, a golden Lakenvelder...and then I found out about the existence of the Vorwerk breed and now I'm just like...yep, it's one or the other. :idunno
The waters are muddied...
Yep. Just like with polling cattle/goats/etc, you don't have to do it, and it's not irresponsible not to as long as you are prepared to deal with any issues that may arise.
I think hate is a strong word. I only don't like it when chickens are bred in such a way that they suffer--such as certain strains of Cornish X that have loads of health problems that increase the longer you let them live past 6-9 weeks.
Yeah. As an artist, I'm seriously considering making lots of chicken art and knick knacks for this very reason. If nothing else so that I can have such things for myself.
To be clear about the no crow collar thing--I don't believe in them as a long term solution. They're a short term one at best, while you're either trying to rehome or waiting for him to fill out for his trip to freezer camp.
Honestly I wouldn't put up with that behavior from a dog either. The difference being dogs aren't generally ok to eat around here (nor would I really want to, honestly...feelings aside carnivores do not a tasty meat make).
I've used them before, and if used properly they do make the crow quieter while at worst confusing the heck out of your rooster. The problem is too many people think that they actually make them stop crowing (probably because of the name of them) or make them too tight. While some roosters may...