Gideon's Got a Girlfriend! Gideon's Got a Girlfriend! She Isn't Pleased!

[sumi]

Tiny sounds like my MIL after her hip replacement. She'd walk fine, until she realised someone's watching her, then suddenly she'd start walking like a pirate.

What are you going to do with your BR hen? Is there anything you can do for her? Except feed her aspirin and hope for the best?
I'm off to bed soon. I know, we're boring, it's Saturday, we're young and we've nothing to do

I'll see you tomorrow.

 

[speckledhen]

G'nite. Im hot, tired and bored, too. May read a book or take a nap myself.


Nothing to do for Amanda except aspirin and hope she heals. Caroline, the head hen, is watching over her, which seems to indicate something is really wrong.

 

[sumi]

I really hope she gets better

It's so sweet that your hens look out for each other. Mine doesn't really care, unless they have chicks.
It's so cold in our house, I can't seem to get going. And now there's no point gardening, not much to do outside either. I sit around reading books and threads here and wait. DH designed the flat for us in the barn and he actually got a nice flat designed, on paper, considering the limited space and budget! He also got a good idea for the chicken's housing. Typical us the coop and run will be bigger than our flat

I'm hoping we can get started with all that next week.

 

[leadwolf1]

How's Gideon doing????

 

[speckledhen]

Hey, Gina, thanks for asking! He's doing okay. I haven't let the flock free range for a few days because we had to take our back perimeter fence down for the guys logging our back 3 acres. Suede doesn't go back in that area, but Ike's group wanders far and wide and if Gideon got back there, no telling where he'd end up or if something would snatch him.

He's been grabbing whatever hen he could. They scream, Isaac comes running, Gideon yells and runs off, rinse and repeat, LOL. He made the mistake of grabbing Gypsy, my 5 yr old black Ameraucana. She shook loose, and since they were underneath a small roosting ladder propped against a fence, he couldn't get away fast enough and got a bit of a thrashing. But, his teenage hormones won't allow him to stop trying.

He's filling out more every day, becoming quite a handsome rooster. His crow is improving-it's deeper toned than his dad's. I'll have to try for updated pics, but he's camera shy.

He is hassled by the older hens, of course, and sometimes, will roost next to old crippled Amanda. If he ducks his head and holds still, she lets him. If he raises up, she thunks him a good one on the noggin. He's even tried to hide under her wing from the other hens, but it throws her off balance on the roost bar, her leg being awkward from the hip joint, so I've had to grab him and make him settle down and leave poor old Mandy alone. So, he's growing up, but still shows some babyish traits.

He is not in the least aggressive, but won't let you approach him when he's out, which is still an issue with us. I want a calm rooster, not a spazz. Other than that, he's doing quite well in the flock.

 

[sumi]

I think Gideon's going to grow into a stunning rooster. If he doesn't get scarred for life by the hens first

Heide's the only one of my roosters that grew up and still let us approach him and pick him up, though he doesn't like being carried around. Especially in front of the hens!

 

[speckledhen]

Snapped a pic of Gideon when he was distracted fighting with my D'Anver rooster at the fence. Decided to let the flock out and just watch out for them for awhile since they hadn't been out of the pen in a week or so due to the back fence's removal. Gideon likes to hang around crippled Amanda because she doesn't have it in her to mess with him much in her present condition.
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[leadwolf1]

I'm in love

 

[chickenneighbor]

You have some of the most handsome birds on the planet! Wow!

 

[speckledhen]

You have some of the most handsome birds on the planet! Wow!

Wow, what a sweet thing to say! Thank you! I know they are a healthy bunch, as much as I can keep them so anyway. That Porcelain D'Anver rooster he's fussing with is drop dead gorgeous, but he is a little feathered pitbull. Gideon is just a spastic goofball, but not in the least aggressive.