We came home an hour after dark after helping some friends process some chickens to find that something else processed some of OUR chickens. One Dominique hen was pulled headfirst though the fence and missing her head & crop, two Silkies taken... one with just feathers left behind, and the other...
I wrote this poem a few years ago... I think we can all relate!
There's snow on the ground,
and the cold's still around.
But one day they arrive,
in threes and in fives.
The catalogs full of chooks,
even supplies, gifts and books!
Excitedly flippin' and pickin'
all the different chickens.
I'll...
When I went out to feed the birds this a.m., I saw just 2 Dominique roos in the bachelor pen (when there should be 3) and figured one of them who always hops out was out again. But he wasn't anywhere around so I looked into their house to check and he as lying inside the doorway... thought I he...
My neighbor took the results of one of my Bantam Dominique hens sneaking off with one of my Silkie roosters. Unfortunately, they and her two bantam OE/Cochin cross roosters got into a big bloody battle today. So Whoopsie & Heron (the Silkie/Dom boys) need to find new homes. Both have a mix of...