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HeathenHavenHomestead
Crowing
Today I monitored Big Poppa and when my daughter ran across the yard he immediately ran after her.
This was a controlled experiment because before he could reach her I stepped between them and he turned around and walked off instantly.
I told my husband via text. However he still wanted to give him a fighting chance since no actual “attack” happened.
Tonight he walked outside with the dogs and once he stepped off the porch Big Poppa ran straight at him and started biting at his pants (which are those nice thick Duluth pants luckily) he nudged him off with his leg and he came back at him trying to flog him.
We are now having chicken for dinner.
My daughter will hardly leave my side when we go outside and cries “mama safe! Mama safe! Chicken biteeee chicken biiiitttteeeee!” Due to the 2x (in the same day) he bit her. We let her help in the plucking and explained the mean chicken was gone and she won’t ever have to worry again. We will always keep her safe. Now she seems a lot more confident around the chickens and will gain more once she really realizes she’s safe.
The funny part is our 2nd in command cockerel immediately started trying to mate with the females.
Also don’t mind my partially painted coop in the background…nothing to see here folks
This was a controlled experiment because before he could reach her I stepped between them and he turned around and walked off instantly.
I told my husband via text. However he still wanted to give him a fighting chance since no actual “attack” happened.
Tonight he walked outside with the dogs and once he stepped off the porch Big Poppa ran straight at him and started biting at his pants (which are those nice thick Duluth pants luckily) he nudged him off with his leg and he came back at him trying to flog him.
We are now having chicken for dinner.
My daughter will hardly leave my side when we go outside and cries “mama safe! Mama safe! Chicken biteeee chicken biiiitttteeeee!” Due to the 2x (in the same day) he bit her. We let her help in the plucking and explained the mean chicken was gone and she won’t ever have to worry again. We will always keep her safe. Now she seems a lot more confident around the chickens and will gain more once she really realizes she’s safe.
The funny part is our 2nd in command cockerel immediately started trying to mate with the females.
Also don’t mind my partially painted coop in the background…nothing to see here folks