Arizona Chickens

[K9Dave]

That was @squeakyballs
 (aka TT!, aka Tucson Tofu).  She's got skills! 

It was a nice drawing. Hey @alittlechicken

. For you

 

[Arizona Son]

I know not everybody on this list is able to have a roo in their flock, due to being within town limits or having neighbors within a close proximity. Some of you may have no interest in having roos even if you could. But some of you DO own roos and wouldnt have it any other way, haha!

. I want to hear your stories! Everybody who has had roos has had at least one crazy one that sticks out in their memory.

For me, i had this one white Silky roo that was the reincarnated Tasmanian devil from the old Warner Bros cartoons. Oh he looked normal enough, but he could instantly turn into a Buzz-Saw of epic proportions when he deemed something a threat to his flock of 3 hens. This made egg collecting a REAL chore, let me tell you! It had it's benefits at times though. Like the one time the flock was free ranging and a wild dove flew through the yard very low and fast, being chased by a hawk. The roo gives his alarm call of an airborne predator, and the hens all run and waddle-scurry to the nearest cover they can find. The dove miscalculated and hit the chain link fence around the coop and exploded into a bunch of feathers & bird parts, with the hawk right behind it. The silky roo, was on that hawk like white on rice! Literally, LOL, he charged him with all his hackle feathers standing on end and full on attacked the dazed hawk who was still trying to recover from colliding with the fence. The roo was beating the snot out of that hawk, when my dog finally intervened and grabbed the hawk like it was her long lost squeaky toy and started crunching on it and thrashing it too. Then, the roo attacked the dog! This roo was like the Chuck Norris of roos, I am tellin ya! Now, my dogs are trained to completely ignore chickens, so she wouldnt defend herself against the roo, she just ran away from him too. I was standing there watching this all unfold, it was incredible to have witnessed this firsthand.

Another time while the flock was free ranging, a feral housecat had wandered into my yard looking for a quick meal when the roo attacked that cat! I was inside my house, working on the computer when i heard this bloodcurdling feline squealling and hollering from the front yard. Since, I dont own a cat, this was news to me, LOL. My dogs were going nuts, barking and making those "keening noises", trying to convey to you that they want this more than anything they have ever wanted! And so I went outside to investigate. The roo had this cat cornered between the coops and the cat was spitting and hissing and its body posture was all curved up on the defensive & that roo wasnt playing around either. His hackle feathers standing on end made him look like some sort of demonically possessed mutant Eagle-thing. He kept rushing the cat with his signature flogging attacks on it. My dogs were usually quick to dispatch a predator, as that's what they are trained to do, and I have a "zero tolerance" policy for predators upon my land. But somehow this cat cashed in one of his nine lives and made an impossible leap, up and over the coops to the nearby dead tree, where it climbed all the way to the top! It stayed there for many hours and I finally went to bed, leaving my dogs patrolling outdoors. It was a cold night, and I think the dogs eventually came back in the house to warm up, and the cat made a break a for it, never to be seen around these parts again.

 

[maryhysong]

I know not everybody on this list is able to have a roo in their flock, due to being within town limits or having neighbors within a close proximity. Some of you may have no interest in having roos even if you could. But some of you DO own roos and wouldnt have it any other way, haha!

. I want to hear your stories! Everybody who has had roos has had at least one crazy one that sticks out in their memory.

I have absolutely nothing at all to top your silkie story! Tho my broody silkie girls can cow most dogs if they come too close to the chicks!

 

[carnivore]

I know not everybody on this list is able to have a roo in their flock, due to being within town limits or having neighbors within a close proximity. Some of you may have no interest in having roos even if you could. But some of you DO own roos and wouldnt have it any other way, haha! . I want to hear your stories! Everybody who has had roos has had at least one crazy one that sticks out in their memory.

For me, i had this one white Silky roo that was the reincarnated Tasmanian devil from the old Warner Bros cartoons. Oh he looked normal enough, but he could instantly turn into a Buzz-Saw of epic proportions when he deemed something a threat to his flock of 3 hens. This made egg collecting a REAL chore, let me tell you! It had it's benefits at times though. Like the one time the flock was free ranging and a wild dove flew through the yard very low and fast, being chased by a hawk. The roo gives his alarm call of an airborne predator, and the hens all run and waddle-scurry to the nearest cover they can find. The dove miscalculated and hit the chain link fence around the coop and exploded into a bunch of feathers & bird parts, with the hawk right behind it. The silky roo, was on that hawk like white on rice! Literally, LOL, he charged him with all his hackle feathers standing on end and full on attacked the dazed hawk who was still trying to recover from colliding with the fence. The roo was beating the snot out of that hawk, when my dog finally intervened and grabbed the hawk like it was her long lost squeaky toy and started crunching on it and thrashing it too. Then, the roo attacked the dog! This roo was like the Chuck Norris of roos, I am tellin ya! Now, my dogs are trained to completely ignore chickens, so she wouldnt defend herself against the roo, she just ran away from him too. I was standing there watching this all unfold, it was incredible to have witnessed this firsthand. 

Another time while the flock was free ranging, a feral housecat had wandered into my yard looking for a quick meal when the roo attacked that cat! I was inside my house, working on the computer when i heard this bloodcurdling feline squealling and hollering from the front yard. Since, I dont own a cat, this was news to me, LOL. My dogs were going nuts, barking and making those "keening noises", trying to convey to you that they want this more than anything they have ever wanted! And so I went outside to investigate. The roo had this cat cornered between the coops and the cat was spitting and hissing and its body posture was all curved up on the defensive & that roo wasnt playing around either. His hackle feathers standing on end made him look like some sort of demonically possessed mutant Eagle-thing. He kept rushing the cat with his signature flogging attacks on it. My dogs were usually quick to dispatch a predator, as that's what they are trained to do, and I have a "zero tolerance" policy for predators upon my land. But somehow this cat cashed in one of his nine lives and made an impossible leap, up and over the coops to the nearby dead tree, where it climbed all the way to the top!  It stayed there for many hours and I finally went to bed, leaving my dogs patrolling outdoors. It was a cold night, and I think the dogs eventually came back in the house to warm up, and the cat made a break a for it, never to be seen around these parts again. 

If you still have that guy, I want him!

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

I just discovered that someone took my treadle feeder plans and is mass producing them in China and selling them in Pet Club stores. It makes me sick.

Since your article is on here copyrighted and dated, wouldn't that give you some kind of ammo to use against this company? I'm not sure how far you'd want to take this but maybe just talking to a lawyer to see if you have any options or even any ground to stand on. Also you may want to contact the guys on you tube to let then know that they are using copyrighted material and you definitely have grounds to stop them from further benefiting from your design. I am so sorry this happened to you and I hope you can get sons kind of solution. It drives me crazy that you tried to help out fellow chicken owners and others stole your plans for their own financial gain.

My father made his living as a designer and inventer. Look up on line KERMIT H. WILSON, soom of his stuff may come up. Mnabity is right it should be enough to have your foot in the door. One on the things my dad tought me is to draw up, describe, notarize, make copy's, send out at lest 6 copy's by sealed by registered mail to my self. I did that, and do that still. One idea I found at a store, sadly the date on my envelopes were something like 2 years after he had designed and started the possess. Bummer, but it was a good idea and design. There are 2 different patents, design and mechanical. I would, if you have time look into the timing. If you have photoessays that have inbedded dates, that could help, but can be disputed, this forum is really concret proof of the time of your invention and design. If not invention, there is design infringement. 2 counts to pursue.

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

LKD is having a GREAT adventure on the road. I call her now and then since she has connection issues and her YTUBE link does not work. Here is one of the birds that she hatched for me from my eggs. First I thought that it is Male and now I am not so sure. Its hatch mate a replica of her rooster "Angel" except with a ROSE comb which I like is acting quite manly but the hens can not be bothered with him since he is without fineness. What do you think ?

Interesting roo!

 

[a little chiken]

interesting ad


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[a little chiken]

It was a nice drawing. Hey @alittlechicken

. For you

I would love some steel like that. its too cool.

 

[a little chiken]

I know not everybody on this list is able to have a roo in their flock, due to being within town limits or having neighbors within a close proximity. Some of you may have no interest in having roos even if you could. But some of you DO own roos and wouldnt have it any other way, haha!

. I want to hear your stories! Everybody who has had roos has had at least one crazy one that sticks out in their memory.

I cannot top you roo story but we also had a bantum rooster growing up. the thing was all of a pound if he was lucky. man was he mean. we free ranged our chickens and all the other roosters bow down to him.
I do however have a goose story. We had a Toulouse goose and an African goose growing up. we also had a Chihuahua named Queeny and she was only about 2.5 or 3 lbs. she used to chase the birds all the time. one day we heard her scream bloody murder and thinking a wild dog or a coyote we run out side. there was the Toulouse goose chasing Queeny hanging on her tail. I have never seen a dog run so fast, poor dog kept running in circles though trying to get rid of the goose...lol

the same goose would go after my uncle each and every time he came over. He had long curly leg hair and I guess the goose thought they were worms because she would chase him down and he would get himself stuck against a fence with the goose pulling out hair. he screamed like a girl. I still laugh when I see a Toulouse goose.

 

[MaddBaggins]

Hey! Whats going on in here? The flock is doing well. The family is well too. Brother in law is staying with us for a bit while he switches careers. He is a newly licensed realtor. Yay! If anyone wants an agent in Tucson, let me know.

CityFarm, I just brewed a batch of cherry begian ale this morning and I have a peach farmhouse style and a ginger rhubarb in fermenters. Just thought you'd want to know.