In one of the Flicka movies she takes an umbrella in with her to gather the eggs because of the rooster. She then opens and closed the umbrella quickly to scare the rooster from attacking. Just an idea ;)
I have to add that the Cornish cross are not all bad. I don't like that they can not reproduce, but mine in a chicken tractor the Joel Salatan type, turned out excellent. They didn't just sit and eat, they foraged and ran around. They even got out once and we called and shook the feed cup and...
I have a question that is for all kinds of birds, but because the man I was watching was talking about Buckeyes at the time. He said that a person shouldn't bring in outside genetics. Now let me explain, he says that you should start with as many birds as you can (300+) and split them in to...