This evenings adventures in chicken sitting:
Rick was in the wrong coop, I walked in and bent over to pick him up and he did not say a word, he just looked at me with that I was planning on spending the night in here with my new friends..
I carried him the 100 yards or so to his coop. He made a few little squawks of protest but nothing major. I set him down in his coop and noticed I only had about 4 inches of feed in the hanging feeder. So I poured the remains of a bag of feed into the feeder, EVERY BIRD came off their roost to eat! It is not like they were out of food. They did not even know they were low, there was still 4 inches in the damp feeder. (damp typos)
There were four birds outside this evening, which is unusual, as it was 5 below and they normally all go in about 4 pm. It was after 5!
I had to chase them in. 3 went in with no problems. I had to pick up a barred rock and carry her in. She protested, I have a couple barred rocks and a Delaware that Ethel raised, they have never accepted the fact they are not turkeys. I have 6 turkeys that refuse to go into the coop and roost on the fence or the top of the coop. The first barred rock I put into the coop with no problem, the second barred rock jumped up on the fence to sit next to her Daddy JJ. I grabbed her and she raised holy double hockey sticks. She screamed like I was killing her. I went to put her in the coop and I met the other barred rock leaving the coop. She went an sat next to JJ. I grabbed her and brought her back to the coop without incident. She never said a word, but I could tell she was tee'd off. I opened the human door to the coop and out ran the Delaware!
I put the barred rock into the coop and went to get the Delaware, which incidentally had taken a seat on the fence right next to JJ. It was just a weird night. I only had 5 eggs all day, and I got them before 10 am. I suspect Guinea fowl foul play.
They are moving, that's it.
Anyways 30 minutes later I had all the birds where they belong, except the guineas which I think belong in the freezer.
Rick was in the wrong coop, I walked in and bent over to pick him up and he did not say a word, he just looked at me with that I was planning on spending the night in here with my new friends..
I carried him the 100 yards or so to his coop. He made a few little squawks of protest but nothing major. I set him down in his coop and noticed I only had about 4 inches of feed in the hanging feeder. So I poured the remains of a bag of feed into the feeder, EVERY BIRD came off their roost to eat! It is not like they were out of food. They did not even know they were low, there was still 4 inches in the damp feeder. (damp typos)
There were four birds outside this evening, which is unusual, as it was 5 below and they normally all go in about 4 pm. It was after 5!
I had to chase them in. 3 went in with no problems. I had to pick up a barred rock and carry her in. She protested, I have a couple barred rocks and a Delaware that Ethel raised, they have never accepted the fact they are not turkeys. I have 6 turkeys that refuse to go into the coop and roost on the fence or the top of the coop. The first barred rock I put into the coop with no problem, the second barred rock jumped up on the fence to sit next to her Daddy JJ. I grabbed her and she raised holy double hockey sticks. She screamed like I was killing her. I went to put her in the coop and I met the other barred rock leaving the coop. She went an sat next to JJ. I grabbed her and brought her back to the coop without incident. She never said a word, but I could tell she was tee'd off. I opened the human door to the coop and out ran the Delaware!
I put the barred rock into the coop and went to get the Delaware, which incidentally had taken a seat on the fence right next to JJ. It was just a weird night. I only had 5 eggs all day, and I got them before 10 am. I suspect Guinea fowl foul play.
They are moving, that's it.
Anyways 30 minutes later I had all the birds where they belong, except the guineas which I think belong in the freezer.
