I was down in the coop after dark for the first time in weeks (I've been ill), checking the babies who had just gone into the integration pen, getting a saddle onto my barebacked hen, throwing birds out of nests, etc.
Ludwig, my Black Langshan rooster (EXACTLY 1 year old yesterday), stood up to watch me.
It made me a little nervous because when he stands on the roost his head is well over mine and, as you can see, I was going to have to go past him to get to the broody in the corner box.
So I put my hand on his back and talked to him for a minute then, with my head turned so that if he decided to strike in defense of the hen my eyes would be protected, I reached into the box and extracted the complaining broody.
Ludwig did nothing but watch.
Good Boy!
Ludwig, my Black Langshan rooster (EXACTLY 1 year old yesterday), stood up to watch me.
It made me a little nervous because when he stands on the roost his head is well over mine and, as you can see, I was going to have to go past him to get to the broody in the corner box.
So I put my hand on his back and talked to him for a minute then, with my head turned so that if he decided to strike in defense of the hen my eyes would be protected, I reached into the box and extracted the complaining broody.
Ludwig did nothing but watch.
Good Boy!