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Ridgerunner,
My rooster has always been a chow hound and eats a lot more than any of my hens. He seems to be ruled by his stomach. HAHA. Probably because he was hand raised and ate a lot in the solarium, out of boredom, from not being with his flock mates. They tried to peck him to death and it took many reintroductions before they accepted him.
Just now I was outside enjoying my flock and I decided to indulge in a gold-wrapped Ghirardelli caramel-filled milk chocolate and a cup of coffee. I placed them on the railing of the run, and guess who immediately flew up and faced me beak to nose, to see what I was eating?! My roo, yes. It was so cute. He didn't want to miss out on any treats, I guess, and no, I didn't give him any. None of the hens flew up to see what I was eating.
That boy lives to eat! And he likes greens best of all.
I have fed all my chicks the medicated feed. The first bag of it was given to me by the man who gave me my first 2 chicks, and when I hatched my own chicks this fall, I decided to buy it. I'm the type of person who is scared of medicine, for the most part, and don't even take aspirins, if I can avoid it, but when it came to my chicks, I was afraid not to give it for them. I don't handle pet deaths very well. But with the vaccination for Marek's, I didn't know about it in time. If I had known about the value of it, I probably would have vaccinated my Silver-Laced Sebright, but it was too late when I found out. Oh, she is a cutie! Every day she lays her eggs underneath the nesting boxes. I have to reach my hand in to get her tiny egg, and I always wonder whether I will git bitten by a mouse. I guess I should wear a glove. She's a privacy lover, never laying her eggs out in the open like the other hens do. Sometimes I find her eggs tucked in blanket folds or inside the sleeves of jackets. Personality plus, that one. :>)
My rooster has always been a chow hound and eats a lot more than any of my hens. He seems to be ruled by his stomach. HAHA. Probably because he was hand raised and ate a lot in the solarium, out of boredom, from not being with his flock mates. They tried to peck him to death and it took many reintroductions before they accepted him.
Just now I was outside enjoying my flock and I decided to indulge in a gold-wrapped Ghirardelli caramel-filled milk chocolate and a cup of coffee. I placed them on the railing of the run, and guess who immediately flew up and faced me beak to nose, to see what I was eating?! My roo, yes. It was so cute. He didn't want to miss out on any treats, I guess, and no, I didn't give him any. None of the hens flew up to see what I was eating.
That boy lives to eat! And he likes greens best of all.
I have fed all my chicks the medicated feed. The first bag of it was given to me by the man who gave me my first 2 chicks, and when I hatched my own chicks this fall, I decided to buy it. I'm the type of person who is scared of medicine, for the most part, and don't even take aspirins, if I can avoid it, but when it came to my chicks, I was afraid not to give it for them. I don't handle pet deaths very well. But with the vaccination for Marek's, I didn't know about it in time. If I had known about the value of it, I probably would have vaccinated my Silver-Laced Sebright, but it was too late when I found out. Oh, she is a cutie! Every day she lays her eggs underneath the nesting boxes. I have to reach my hand in to get her tiny egg, and I always wonder whether I will git bitten by a mouse. I guess I should wear a glove. She's a privacy lover, never laying her eggs out in the open like the other hens do. Sometimes I find her eggs tucked in blanket folds or inside the sleeves of jackets. Personality plus, that one. :>)