Sure are cute little buggers....
Arizona Chickens
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I had this Ameraucana/Polish Roo named Rocky, that I got from Mahonri, quarantined with some Golden Cuckoo Marans. The Marans are drama Queens at laying time. When I mixed them with my laying flock, the marans didn't seem comfortable with the nesting boxes. They would squawk and pace at egg laying time. Rocky would talk to them, nodding his head and hop in and out of the nesting box. Finally they would follow him in. Sometimes he would stay inside with them, other times he stood outside and waited. This went on for months, until the Marans could go and lay without all the Drama. When they finally settled down, he would just wait outside the box and then sing the eggsong with them when they finished.
Unfortunately Rocky got a feather up his behind, and started attacking my grandkids. So, he is protecting a free ranging flock of ladies out in buckeye. In a couple of weeks, I am taking my friend some BSL Pullets. Will see if he has the same behavior with his new ladies.
I had this Ameraucana/Polish Roo named Rocky, that I got from Mahonri, quarantined with some Golden Cuckoo Marans. The Marans are drama Queens at laying time. When I mixed them with my laying flock, the marans didn't seem comfortable with the nesting boxes. They would squawk and pace at egg laying time. Rocky would talk to them, nodding his head and hop in and out of the nesting box. Finally they would follow him in. Sometimes he would stay inside with them, other times he stood outside and waited. This went on for months, until the Marans could go and lay without all the Drama. When they finally settled down, he would just wait outside the box and then sing the eggsong with them when they finished.
Unfortunately Rocky got a feather up his behind, and started attacking my grandkids. So, he is protecting a free ranging flock of ladies out in buckeye. In a couple of weeks, I am taking my friend some BSL Pullets. Will see if he has the same behavior with his new ladies.
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That is really sweet!
Well...I got to meet Gallo yesterday (sorry for the invasion of small people
). And I must say that his backyard/garden/chicken coop is AMAZING. My husband walked into the backyard & didn't even know that there was a chicken coop or chickens there.
He is now feeling the pressure to get our house done so we can have a fenced in yard.
Gallo - thank you for being the moringa seed babysitter for me. And thank you for the kefir. My son is dying to have some...he wants to know if we can "flavor" it with fruit
MEG - thank you for the moringa seeds!!!
He is now feeling the pressure to get our house done so we can have a fenced in yard.
Gallo - thank you for being the moringa seed babysitter for me. And thank you for the kefir. My son is dying to have some...he wants to know if we can "flavor" it with fruit
MEG - thank you for the moringa seeds!!!
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I pulled up the shades in the living room, and now whenever I let the chickens out, the turkeys stand there and stare at me. For hours....
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Creeeeepy!!!
Creeeeepy!!!
They are planning THEIR Thanksgiving Dinner. The one where they are sitting AT the table, not ON it. Be Afraid. Be Very, VERY AFRAID.
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Turkeyhypnosis.
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Turkeyhypnosis.
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