I think I need to make something clear. I'm not looking for praise or pat on the back and a "you did the best you could do" pity party. I know now that I should have made myself more aware of the nature of my roosters. We have never fought, sold for fighting, or bread for profit any of our...
We had never cut his spurs. He barely had freaky stubs before we got him and unfortunately we only had him a year. He also just finished his first molt. You like to "pick apart" pictures and believe your assumptions are true. And yes I made a mistake and it cost a good pet his life. That doesn't...
This was the day we brought him home. My husband had just made the tie cord so Bruce could be out of the coop and he would run away until he was use to his new home.
Bruce was rescued from a gamecock breeder who got busted for fighting roosters. Bruce himself hadn't ever been fought, he was too young. My husband is familiar with how these birds are, I am not. I did not realize how soon they would go after each other. My younger chickens/roosters are just...
When we bought this house nearly two years ago the coops were already here. The people did a really good job on them. I'm pretty sure they are screwd in to keep them from moving.
My husbands grandparents both have ranches and he grew up around chickens. And the tie cord is pretty simple, you don't have to be a genius to tie a slip not. And no the vet didn't ask if I had fought my bird. Before anyone else tries to make anymore innuendos we DO NOT fight our birds! We only...
My husband made the tie cord so we could take a picture because the young roosters are jumpy and freak out easily. We didn't buy the new ones, and Bruce was a rescue so there wasn't a supplier. We also had no intention of keeping the new roosters, we only wanted Bruce. And I wasn't trying to say...
We have two coops, and we had all the younger chickens in one and our original ones in another. I don't normally mix them because the hens are mean to the younger chickens. I hadn't noticed any aggression between the roosters before and we had a lot of rain and their yards were flooded so I let...