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I admit I adore all those boys. And Bodie always impresses me with his leadership abilities. He's the quintessential good flock leader. Now that Axel has calmed down, other than taking an occasional run at poor Forrest, he's showing his sweet nature. And Bee loves him, is always grooming him...

I don't say anything if they're being good, only if they start up again. The day the groups accidentally were out together, I wasn't around, just heard thumping in the barn and found Dane getting his revenge, LOL. Axel is the most hard-headed of the entire bunch, but maybe he realized that...

After numerous battles between Axel and every other rooster (even head rooster, Bodie, didn't want to engage him), he finally got his tail feathers handed to him by his own mild-mannered brother, Dane. He was on his back, not even fighting with Dane pounding him in the head, a bloody mess. I...

Thank you. I always thought they were eye candy.

Finn was over a year and a half old, according to the vet's guess, when he arrived so he was already mature and set in his ways. I'd get a kitten to raise up around the chickens, but Finn is very territorial and with him being blind, it might not be so good for the new one. Maybe when he's gone...

No, I'm not adding to these flocks. I wish I could convince the broodies of that. Wren, Iris, Dove, Cricket, are all the broody type. When some of my older birds are gone and I can free up another pen and we need more eggs, maybe we'll hatch some nice Barred Rocks, but I can't say for sure at...

Well, Mina is still alive, having multiple seizures every day, but she comes out of it and carries on. Bonnie, Ms. Separated Wing, has had no more fainting spells that I have seen, but her poop is very green and she is definitely not eating much. Axel sticks to her like glue, not understanding...

Yes, Mace was playing possum! Actually, that incident showed me how wise of a leader Bodie really is. He did not allow any other roosters to become involved and when Mace surrendered, instead of still beating on him to the point of killing him, which many roosters would have done, he just walked...

Well, I had some chicken drama today that I did not need. I had put the big crazy group in and let Mace with his four Barred Rock hens out. Later, I looked outside and saw an EE or two. OMG, what are they doing out, I think?? Well, the door apparently did not latch completely when I herded them...

Aw, that's terrible. I'm so sorry. Yes, Scarlett was young and pretty and just a good hen, albeit a bit nutty at times (not as much as her sister, Shelby, though, ack)

Update: Scarlett died this morning. I tried everything I could, except draining her, but from more experience than I want to have, I know it would not have saved her. Two down from the original Dirty Dozen Plus One.

Oh, goodness, no apology necessary! I get it. Losing our dogs years ago really got to my husband, so much so that he never wants another. One was 12 and the other 15. If I am ever left alone, I will have another dog, mostly for my eyes and ears, companionship and some protection. I can't...

I agree about those too handsome to just eat. If one is super aggressive, sure, but they are so gorgeous, they deserve to be some eye candy. I would love to start with some beautiful Barred Rocks again. They've been my very favorite LF breed all along from the first two hatchery hens. I love...

I did. I just hate this. She is too young and vital to lose, but there is no cure for bad genetics. I can't blame it on anything but that. Two of the Cackle EEs with similar reproductive issues when no one else in the barn has anything wrong with them that is similar. They eat the same food, are...

I guess I'm going to lose Scarlett after all. She is weak, no appetite again unless I bring her special food, etc. She stuffed herself into the bottom opening of a concrete block on its end to hold up the wall nest boxes in the back pen just to get away from the roosters and I hauled her out...

I seriously meant to get one of those awhile back and it got lost in the shuffle. May do that one day soon...if I don't forget again.

Thanks for that, Lisa. I just wondered since you live in such a cold climate. Fires scare me, too. The big group on the roost emit a lot of body heat and share it so I'm not too worried about them unless it really gets super cold. My older ones are the ones I worry about, but that barn is...

@oldhenlikesdogs Lisa, how long do your little bantam Cochin roosters generally live? This group will be 3 yrs old the first week of April. My guy from Ideal, Xander, lived to be four and a half and my little lavender hen lived to be the same age (purchased awhile apart). I know you have a...

Wren has always hated that kind of attention, silly thing. She is not at all like Dove and even Phoebe isn't too skittish about being picked up. Wren will bite. She's sort of like Iris was in her "I hate everyone" stage. Seems that Axel is going to be a permanent addition to Bonnie's orbit. I...

I do love my roosters. Ladyhawk (Cetawin here, as most know) would always say that if roosters laid eggs, she'd have only roosters. She'd say if there was a brooder of chicks and she didn't know the sex of any, the one who came right up to her for attention first was always a rooster...