Yes I agree. I may have a home for the 9 week old but will have to wait 2 weeks for confirmation. Ozzie is beautiful but because of his temperament I do not feel he would be safe being rehomed with another family. The hard thing for me is I love him and want to keep him, but these are the...
I would totally have a bachelor pad but my husband has said no to the idea. He feels the chickens are to provide food one way or another and we should not keep roosters or cockerels for pets (except the silkies) and feed them or house them separately. I shouldn't have ANY cockerels honestly...
No. I was waiting to see which was the best for the gals and myself. I wanted to keep 2 of them since they were brothers and might share better but the older they get the less that seems likely. I have 2 silkie cockerels but they just stay under the radar and aren't aggressive. The other 3 are...
I appreciate the advice. I have 5 cockerels and 2 are silkies (whom just duck and cover in comparison to the BIG boys). I hoped to keep them but behavior and issues create an unrest I do not like nor do my ladies...3 is better than 5...especially when 2 are veritable lap dogs.
I only hand feed chicks to get them used to hands and people. Bigs peck to hard. I always wear the same clothes in the Coop because it is familiar and it is easier then getting bird dirt on all my clothing lol. I don't turn my back on them and I do walk through like I am the BOSS because I am. I...
They are folding chairs but the back is set against the run fence specifically to keep any Chickie from jumping up to roost. I do allow the birds on my lap...no shoulders or higher because of pecking and also they are young but I don't want a five pound hen sitting on my shoulder. I have daithe...
I am not gonna lie he eyes me all the time and he is frightening to look at. My husband said if he acts up he's dinner soooo...I don't want to make him dinner if it was a startle or a one time misunderstanding on my part.
So I hope that I am incorrect because I love him and normally he isn't aggressive to me or anyone else but yesterday, as I was having my normal afternoon sit in with my Chickies, I think my cockerel Ozzie may have tried to Flog me. The reason I am not totally 100% sure is I was turned away when...