Colorado

[21hens-incharge]

http://fortcollins.craigslist.org/grd/5185293565.html

Found this ad for cayuga female ducks if anyone is still looking for some. I wish I could have them but I am full of chickens lol.

 

[oshun55555]

Quote: Over the years uzi, I find my roosters changing status, I have seen them fight until each other is bloody blooody, sometimes the head rooster wins and sometimes the younger one wins, then down the road they fight again and then the first leader is leader again, at first after a fight the winner is a bit of a pr*&k, and chases the loser for a few days and then it all settles down again until the challenge of the leader again, but I have 120 chickens and large pasture for losers to run and hid in, so maybe a smaller flock has a different dynamic. I just had my old head rooster (Dorking) die of a heart attack, he kept order for many years, now there is drama, but less than if i had only a few hens, since i have so many hens for them, about 10 hens per cock bird, I now have a massive Dark Cornish cock bird who is stepping up to the plate and think he just might prove to be the next leader for awhile, so maybe adding some girls might help. But i would not be too concerned just keep an eye on them and try and get a feel for them. You are gonna do just fine with your children.

 

[uzisuzuki]

I was thinking about Ody and his son and the fighting. I think they are fighting over the girls because that is what roosters do. Many critters have that battle between the males so only natural it would happen in our crazy flocks too.

How old are your young ones?

I am thinking getting some girls the same size as Ody or bigger girls for the young cockerel should help. I sure hope you don't have to build a second coop AND a pea pen.

The person that was looking to add hens has decided to wait til spring so if nothing else there are my big butted gals lol. I am not sure they would be a good fit since they are so much larger than your existing birds. I would feel really bad if your females were injured or plucked by larger girls.
The girls can be pretty mean too.

I will certainly keep my eyes peeled for any that may work for you.

I hope Ody is feeling better very soon. He is such a handsome little fellow.

That makes sense. I feel bad for everyone around me since I keep having to ask the same questions multiple times or ask questions about stuff I already know but can't remember. I apologise to everyone here; I'm not doing it intentionally but I know it's still frustrating to deal with. I also realised that Memnoch is starting the hormone crazy stage of development & that also helps explain why things went pear shaped seemingly out of the blue. I forgot that they do that around 5mos old. My 3 youngest just turned 4mos old. I hope I don't either because I'll be pushing my physical limits building the pea shed! LOL

Right now, my first step is getting the extended yard covered with netting to make it a flight pen for the peas & possibly Memnoch since he & the peacock have become buddies somehow. Hopefully, that can hold me until payday at the end of the month & I can buy more hens & enough stuff to extend the locked chicken pen & build the peas their shed. It puts a major delay in my plan to buy a major piece of equipment for art that I've been having to push off buying since my car accident, but living things are more important. It's not like those tablets are ever going to run out.

He still looks bad but he did peck at my legs this morning so he's slowly getting back to himself.

 

[uzisuzuki]

Over the years uzi, I find my roosters changing status, I have seen them fight until each other is bloody blooody, sometimes the head rooster wins and sometimes the younger one wins, then down the road they fight again and then the first leader is leader again, at first after a fight the winner is a bit of a pr*&k, and chases the loser for a few days and then it all settles down again until the challenge of the leader again, but I have 120 chickens and large pasture for losers to run and hid in,  so maybe a smaller flock has a different dynamic. I just had my old head rooster (Dorking) die of a heart attack, he kept order for many years, now there is drama, but less than if i had only a few hens,  since i have so many hens for them, about 10 hens per cock bird, I now have a massive Dark Cornish cock bird who is stepping up to the plate and think he just might prove to be the next leader for awhile,  so maybe adding some girls might help. But i would not be too concerned just keep an eye on them and try and get a feel for them. You are gonna do just fine with your children.

Thank you. Logically, and it's really hard to access that part of my brain lately, I knew this would eventually happen and would be totally normal. That tiny rooster wormed his way pretty deep in my heart so I'm super attached to him. I just have to remind myself he looks worse than he is & things will work out.

 

[21hens-incharge]

That makes sense. I feel bad for everyone around me since I keep having to ask the same questions multiple times or ask questions about stuff I already know but can't remember. I apologise to everyone here; I'm not doing it intentionally but I know it's still frustrating to deal with.

PPPPFFFFFFTTTTT I cannot remember answering so it is all good.

No need to apologize for asking a question.

 

[Travinara]

Welcome Lisa! I'm pretty new myself, but this group is just awesome at helping. I had all sorts of nerves and jitters and they've been fabulous!

It's been a couple weeks, and I've just been buried. Between the garden exploding and school starting I'm finally able to catch a couple minutes to post during halftime of the Bronco's game Go Broncos!

Today was a cleaning day, and the girls are nearly 3 weeks old now, so I added a stick for them to roost on. I gave them a couple sticks last week to get the hang of things, but at ground level. I've got one Egger who seems to like being on top of the feeder so I figured they were ready for a little more height. We're still doing daily outings into the fenced bean bed, and it's utterly hilarious to watch them do the flappa-flappa-I'm-soooooo-big efforts to fly.

Anyhow, I managed to get a couple cute photos of some of them sitting still, and for three brief seconds they were all on their perch! See? One of the Goldens has turned out to be fantastic at roosting These girls sure do make me smile when I get home from school!

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[uzisuzuki]

So adorable, Travinara! Little fluff balls of happiness.

 

[coop410silkies]

So adorable, Travinara! Little fluff balls of happiness.

Aye.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Welcome Lisa! I'm pretty new myself, but this group is just awesome at helping. I had all sorts of nerves and jitters and they've been fabulous!

It's been a couple weeks, and I've just been buried. Between the garden exploding and school starting I'm finally able to catch a couple minutes to post during halftime of the Bronco's game Go Broncos!

Today was a cleaning day, and the girls are nearly 3 weeks old now, so I added a stick for them to roost on. I gave them a couple sticks last week to get the hang of things, but at ground level. I've got one Egger who seems to like being on top of the feeder so I figured they were ready for a little more height. We're still doing daily outings into the fenced bean bed, and it's utterly hilarious to watch them do the flappa-flappa-I'm-soooooo-big efforts to fly.

Anyhow, I managed to get a couple cute photos of some of them sitting still, and for three brief seconds they were all on their perch! See? One of the Goldens has turned out to be fantastic at roosting These girls sure do make me smile when I get home from school!

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They sure seem to like the branch. Nice looking chickies there.

 

[Craftymama]

I'm a bit at a loss here. I bought a beautiful olive egger pullet this spring. Well now Flower has started to crow! I can't keep him in Arvada. What should I do? How do I make sure he doesn't go to a home for fighting?

When I look at him now I'm a bit embarrassed I had to hear him crow to realize she was a he! I was so invested in getting those beautiful eggs.