BYC Café

[sourland]

Good morning, Café.

@Shadrach , I must be 'mad' too as I have witnessed the 'stroke'.

Brace of dogs worked, and now the Princess is taking me to breakfast at Cracker Barrel. There's about an hour worth of lawn to mow later in the day when the lawn is mostly shaded. Other than that I'm doing nothing more than relaxing - hopefully.

 

[007Sean]

Good morning, Café.

@Shadrach , I must be 'mad' too as I have witnessed the 'stroke'.

Brace of dogs worked, and now the Princess is taking me to breakfast at Cracker Barrel. There's about an hour worth of lawn to mow later in the day when the lawn is mostly shaded. Other than that I'm doing nothing more than relaxing - hopefully.

Morning Mr. Sour
Breakfast sounds good, right about now!

 

[Shadrach]

I must be 'mad' too as I have witnessed the 'stroke'.

That's at least 3 unreliable witnesses due to madness then.
I'm particularly interested because it suggests the capacity for affection, if that is what it signifies. I don't see enough of it to draw a valid conclusion. The circumstances etc could make a lot of difference.

 

[igorsMistress]

Just being curious and looking for opinions...what do you all think of this article?
rooster-behavior-modification.72983

Debby I'll be honest, that didn't work for me and the rooster went to freezer camp. I'm also not in Shads camp with grooming them and such. I don't snuggle my roosters and hold them and expect them to sit on my lap and give me googley eyes either. I do handle them at night on the roost, but that's it. No hand feeding either.

I've had better luck with a rooster that is wary of my presence, but not because I chase him or beat him with a stick. I've also learned that the rooster sees the hens as his, and they are. I was able to keep the peace with Fugly by treating him, tossing the treats on the ground at his feet, and letting him call the girls for them, when he would follow me away from the flock, keeping an eye on me for sure. I never walk around them, they get out of my way right from chick size, but when he made the predator warning I always went to back him up. We had a great relationship and I never carried a stick. If I have to, it's time for freezer camp.

 

[sourland]

Well I just blew my 'low carb' regimen in one fell swoop. Ordered eggs/bacon/sourdough toast - not too bad just two pieces of toast. Princess ordered a short stack of French toast - they delivered a full order, and of course I HAD to eat the two 'extra' pieces. "Waste not, want not."

 

[ronott1]

Last year I had a brahma hatch a single chick. I didn't realize she was gone, never found her nest site, she's just popped out one day with the babe. So, she starts sitting this year and I think "well, she did such a good job last year I'll give her some eggs and she'll be golden!" She hatched a single chick... Two days later I finally check the other eggs and find nothing. Two with blood rings and the rest are completely blank. Nada. I haven't a clue why. Any ideas?

The eggs were not fertilized that were clear. The one that hatched and the two blood rings were fertilized.

The first thing to check is if there is too much fuz on the hens or cock bird's vents and trim or pluck the feathers on both genders

 

[ronott1]

Well I just blew my 'low carb' regimen in one fell swoop. Ordered eggs/bacon/sourdough toast - not too bad just two pieces of toast. Princess ordered a short stack of French toast - they delivered a full order, and of course I HAD to eat the two 'extra' pieces. "Waste not, want not."

It was only one meal.

The important thing is to not beat yourself up over it and get back on the Horse when you fall off of it!

 

[N F C]

Thanks for the rooster feedback guys. You all have a lot more experience with them than I do (I've only ever had 2 and 1 of those died pretty young).

Just to clarify my thoughts, if any other type of animal was substituted wherever the rooster word was placed in the article it would bother me. Hitting an animal, chasing them to intimidate, etc. doesn't feel right to me...whether we're talking about a rooster, a dog, a horse, cat, whatever.

Maybe I'm too much of a softie but that's just me. Everyone has their own way of dealing with animals, children, life, etc.

 

[sourland]

It was only one meal.

The important thing is to not beat yourself up over it and get back on the Horse when you fall off of it!

Well, I have lots of experience with 'back sliding', and gave up on beating up on myself long ago .

 

[ronott1]

Thanks for the rooster feedback guys. You all have a lot more experience with them than I do (I've only ever had 2 and 1 of those died pretty young).

Just to clarify my thoughts, if any other type of animal was substituted wherever the rooster word was placed in the article it would bother me. Hitting an animal, chasing them to intimidate, etc. doesn't feel right to me...whether we're talking about a rooster, a dog, a horse, cat, whatever.

Maybe I'm too much of a softie but that's just me. Everyone has their own way of dealing with animals, children, life, etc.

I have not checked but the new article might be a reaction to the old one being removed from the LC.

There is a project on BYC to make the LC a better resource.

If you do not like the article and it has things in it that are bad like beating animals, report it using the button. Reporting an article like that is better than leaving a bad review