Agronauts
Chirping
I grew up in the city. Always lived in cities. We moved to Western North Carolina about ten years ago and in May, my husband was given a tiny orphan hatchling who was the only survivor of a stray dog attack that killed its mom and all the other hatchlings. His family had chickens when he was a small boy. I used to see some in the poultry barn at the Minnesota State Fair every year.
Nugget (yes, I named it - it's a city mouse thing) survived and was growing, and after about two weeks he said it was lonely. They had just advertized chicks at Tractor Supply, so we went over there to get another one, but you had to buy four at a time. So we had five (yes, all with names). My husband built a small coop and fenced a small area of the yard for them and we figured that either the original orphan or the one unsexed chick we had bought could be a rooster. (I had my heart set on a rooster since 2003 when vacationing in a Connecticut B&B, I was wakened by one out in the yard. Sweetest alarm clock ever!)
But alas, after five months, it was clear we had five hens. So, two days ago we found a lady on craigslist who had a couple of extra roosters and was selling them. So we acquired a lovely five-month-old Rhode Island Blue rooster, who woke me up with the most glorious crowing yesterday, and continued to seranade me as I sat in a lawn chair with my morning coffee. What an absolute bargain at only five bucks!
He has a leg ring, so I just did a query about removing it and, yet again, answers were right here. Thought I'd better sign up though, in the event that I have a future question that you don't yet have answers for.
Nugget (yes, I named it - it's a city mouse thing) survived and was growing, and after about two weeks he said it was lonely. They had just advertized chicks at Tractor Supply, so we went over there to get another one, but you had to buy four at a time. So we had five (yes, all with names). My husband built a small coop and fenced a small area of the yard for them and we figured that either the original orphan or the one unsexed chick we had bought could be a rooster. (I had my heart set on a rooster since 2003 when vacationing in a Connecticut B&B, I was wakened by one out in the yard. Sweetest alarm clock ever!)
But alas, after five months, it was clear we had five hens. So, two days ago we found a lady on craigslist who had a couple of extra roosters and was selling them. So we acquired a lovely five-month-old Rhode Island Blue rooster, who woke me up with the most glorious crowing yesterday, and continued to seranade me as I sat in a lawn chair with my morning coffee. What an absolute bargain at only five bucks!
He has a leg ring, so I just did a query about removing it and, yet again, answers were right here. Thought I'd better sign up though, in the event that I have a future question that you don't yet have answers for.
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