@Hayden Goseek
Come say hello to @Hayden Goseek! He's been a member since December 2020 and comes to us from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Come say hello to @Hayden Goseek! He's been a member since December 2020 and comes to us from New Orleans, Louisiana.
1. Tell us a bit more about yourself. And is there a story behind your member name?
I have spent almost all of my life in the city or suburbs wishing I could get out. I love the outdoors and tried to get there as much as possible.
Had a lot of varied careers from Electrical Contractor to Registered Nurse. Hobbies are the usual; hunting, fishing, pyrotechnics, sewing historical clothing, demonstrating 17th century medical techniques, exploring Mayan ruins, just the normal stuff. My nom-de-guerre, Hayden Goseek is of course a play on hide and go seek.
2. Why and when did you start keeping chickens?
The chicken thing was purely DW's obsession. A lot of you remember Ursuline Chick who passed earlier this year. She was, and always will be the love of my life. She was the chicken expert.
I joined BYC so I could surprise her with a calendar and coffee mugs for Christmas. I stayed for the fellowship and snark.
3. Which members of your flock, past and present, stand out for you and why?
My favorite chicken was our first one, RooRoo. The neighbor's kids rescued him as a cockerel trying to cross a busy highway. DW saw us talking and ran over. She begged like a little girl to keep him, so of course we did. He was a pure pet and would come peck at the back door to get her to come out and play. Realizing that he needed feathered company we bought 3 hens. When I got home with DD, Urs was screaming in the backyard. Before I got there DD was also screaming. Great! I grabbed a stick on the way to the back to find him chasing ALL the girls around the yard. When he went by I popped him on the back of his head and the "pecking" became more orderly. DW protested saying "He was just protecting his hens." I told her "So as I!"
Roo turned out to be the best chicken ever. He would call out "Hawk, Hawk!" to send the flock into hiding and stand in the yard daring the birds of prey to attack. He was a complete gentleman, finding food for his girls, courtship dancing and rounding them up in the neighborhood when the shadows got long.
4. Anything you'd like to add?
The flock is gone now though it could be restarted if need be. I am a travel nurse and DD is no farmer. So I live vicariously through y'alls flocks.
@Hayden Goseek
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