Gargoyle Terminator Broodys!

[CannedMonster]

Today we let the two broodys out for the first time with their 4 one week old babies.

One broody is a Japanese bantam and the other is half D’Uccle/half LF.

They did very well outside for several hours. It was very nice weather.

They had spent the chicks first week in a tiny coop (no run) that was proving to be inadequate for all of them and the chicks couldn’t stay outside without a secure run.

Then I thought it would be best to move them all to a more secure coop with an enclosed run.

I proceeded to try and grab a broody so I could carry her over to the other coop...

O...M...G

The two sweet bantam girls turned in crazed gargoyle terminators!! Puffed up like male turkeys!

How DARE I attempt to touch anyone within their vicinity!!



They leaped at me (waist high) kicking, clawing, biting with murder in their eyes!
Fire flew from their beaks!
Sparks shot from their claws!

I was soundly thrashed until, in defeat, I retreated.

I decided to leave them alone for a while but...I returned with reinforcements.

I returned with...DH!

This time I put on gloves and grabbed one, handed her to DH, then grabbed the other one as he put the first one in the coop and then he came back for the second one.

Of course the chicks scattered in all directions and we had to chase and grab them..

Finally everyone was together again but the broodys were still upset.

Some mealworms helped to take their mind off of the ordeal.

The moral of the story is that an angry broody not to be taken lightly...especially when there’s two of them.

 

[HeartsDelight]

Oh gosh yes. My two Serama hens, barely two pounds between them, try to eat our 75lb husky/lab's face through the wire if he so much as sniffs at their pen.

It's pretty hilarious watching birds smaller than his head challenge him. one usually rounds up the chicks, the other has a go at Ifrit.

 

[50-45-1]

This story is why any moving or relocation of chickens, especially broodies and chicks, should be done after dark.
Its alot less tramatizing for everyone involved.

 

[Folly's place]

x2! It's possible to herd them sometimes, with chicks, but for moves that the hen won't want to do, in the dark with a small flashlight is best.
Mary

 

[CannedMonster]

I did realize we should wait til dark but it was going to rain soon and although I knew the broodys would’ve kept the chicks dry I didn’t want them to have to be out in the rain. The first coop they were in had a ramp the chicks can’t negotiate yet besides being too small.
It was definitely a learning experience and I appreciate the tips!
Thank you to everyone.

 

[CannedMonster]

Oh gosh yes. My two Serama hens, barely two pounds between them, try to eat our 75lb husky/lab's face through the wire if he so much as sniffs at their pen.

It's pretty hilarious watching birds smaller than his head challenge him. one usually rounds up the chicks, the other has a go at Ifrit.

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An angry Serama broody has to be quite a sight lol.

Seramas are adorable. I wish I had a couple or 15.

For now I’ll have to settle for my bantam Cochins, Japanese, half bantam/half LF and my tiny little porcelain D’Uccle cockerel

Here’s the broodys having a much needed dust bath.

My little D’Uccle boy.

 

[imneva]

Love your description! Very visual!!

 

[CannedMonster]

Love your description! Very visual!!

Thank you.

They got my imagination going lol.

I had a broody this past winter who hatched out a single chick.
She was my first broody and is a buff bantam Cochin.
She is fairly low in the pecking order and rather timid.
She never once came at me like these two do.
I thought all broodys were like her but now I realize her personality is much more docile than my current broodys.

 

[chrissynemetz]

 

[HeartsDelight]

They are the tiniest rage pancakes <3