Haha yea tetanus shots are up to date and any wounds that little heathen inflicted on me were disinfected! I wish I had caught on sooner but for me it was like someone flipped a switch in him and he just started being mean one day. But I mean, for the longest time I wouldn't even accept that he...
Thank you! I've only held onto him this long because I felt like I was giving up on him if I didn't try my hardest to make him friendlier but I guess I just have to accept that there are some things in life I can't change :hit
A lot of very good points! I only handled him so much as a chick because I thought he was a hen all along- little did I know he was just finding all my weak points :lol: we always put Eggs away when the little girl visits but the last thing we wanna teach her is that chickens should be feared so...
Yea I've tried teaching him who's boss a good few times now, he seems to have established in his little brain that it's definitely him :/ unfortunately thick pants are really all I can wear around him as any time my bare legs are exposed he makes a beeline for them with those spurs, he's torn...
Hi! We don't usually keep roosters because we generally only want layers but in our last batch of "all female" chicks we had a little surprise and we decided to keep him.
This is Eggs:
Eggs was one of my favorite chicks and between him and my other favorite, Daisy, they were by far the most...
Hi! I've been arguing with my family about this for a minute now! I'm currently raising 6 chickens which were said to be all female (of course I know thats not always the case) Now at 8 weeks, one my Barred Rocks is significantly bigger than the others and has a much more developed crown. My...
Hi! I've been lurking through these forums for a while now and finally decided to break down and make an account...
I've been raising chickens ever since I was little on my family's farm in the mountains of North Carolina. I now have a tiny flock of my own and I find that I'm somehow still...