Good news & bad news

[rarebreedeggs4u]

GREAT news-my Jumbo Browns are 5 weeks 5 days old today and today we had 4 eggs! One perfect one & 3 soft shelled. I added dishes of oyster shell to their cages. I'm so excited by EGGS~LOL

Bad news, one of the little roos is being BAD! He near scalped a hen the other day. Since I didn't know who it was, I sprayed her head with Blu-Kote and put her back, but kept an eye on them. This morning one of his hens is missing an eye

I saw him jump on another, grabbing at her face trying to breed her.

I snatched him out and put in in a seperate pen alone. I figured Blu-Kote would work as well as anything for the hen's non-eye, so I sprayed it and put her back. We'll just watch her. I moved a less obnoxious roo in with them with his hens. We'll see how that works.

I guess we'll eat the nasty roo? Do they settle down eventually or is he better off stuffed & roasted, wrapped in bacon?

 

[jojo@rolling acres farm]

I must be reading this wrong...you have chickens laying at 5 weeks?

 

[Sir Birdaholic]

jojo@rolling acres farm :

I must be reading this wrong...you have chickens laying at 5 weeks?

Quial

 

[Sir Birdaholic]

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Quial

QUAIL

 

[rarebreedeggs4u]

Jumbo Brown Coturnix Quail

 

[JJMR794]

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that would be why its posted in the quail section??? --- I dunno just a guess here....

 

[JJMR794]

congrats on the eggs

 

[Cindiloohoo]

I'd eat that little sucker. Just like with chickens there is no sense keeping a nasty roo around when there are SO many to choose from!

 

[rarebreedeggs4u]

Thanks

That's kind of what I figured on the roo. He *is* the most exposed to 24 hour light though, so I did wonder if less light might calm down his agression. They are in elevated cages in my barn brooder area, thus the extra light.