Our roo was probably just trying to entice another one of the hens to lay her egg in that location and I walked in on the wooing (roos do this as a matter of course). Roos call the girls to food, let `em know where there's a good place to nest, etc. But, one of our Red Sex Link hens has spurs...
Helena, thanks for filling in the little lower layer (to quote Melville whilst maintaining a chook theme). This daft yank never thought of cockney as being more than an accent not often heard in the House Of Lords.
I like your site! Your reading list, and information about battery hens...
This morning I found the roo `setting' an egg in the cat litter pan we keep filled with sand/DE in the coop (for days like this 8F). I'm not sure which girl laid it, but it's a first for us and now that I've found out something about it, I'm very suspicious of the roo
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