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Normally he was not aggressive at all. But it was spring and he was perky. I had already sawed his spurs off once, but had just noticed he had sharpened them back up. Anyway, he started hitting me at feeding time. I don't know if he thought I was too slow or what. Also, he was old. After about a...

I had let her hatch one egg from each of my hens, including herself. The father is my BCM rooster.

I know, but I gave my gamecock away due to the stitches in my leg . Never had any other kind of rooster until now, so it never dawned on me that a different breed wouldn't be as, umm, game. Good thing the hen is game or her chicks would have been hawk bait.

Yesterday, I heard my hens raising a ruckus. Called the dog and ran for the door. Burst through the door just in time to see a smallish hawk make a dive at my mama hen. Sis (the hen) spread her wings and flew up trying to hit the hawk. Not unusual behavior for a game hen. She has six chicks to...