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[Chaneys Ranch]

FREE BCM ROOSTER!!!
I will be getting a BCM rooster this weekend that I was told is mean. He comes with the flock so if I want the hens I have to take him too. The people must get rid of their chickens. He is very pretty, however, this will be the first time my boys & fiancé have been around chickens and I do not want them to start off with a bad experience and be afraid of them. I'm not sure how mean he is, I'm just going off what I was told by the owners. If anyone is interested he is free.
I can't help but think this is the worst ad ever...who wants a horrible mean rooster?? Get your rooster right here!!

Is he human aggressive? Some roosters just are.. They are good with the flock but hate people. I have had a small handful of mean ones, it was before I kept multiple roosters. 3 of them were australorps, one wyandotte and an EE roo. Oh and a polish that was fine unless I had winter boots on lol! Some can be broken of it, Picking them up and carrying them around.

 

[jenaman]

Is he human aggressive? Some roosters just are.. They are good with the flock but hate people. I have had a small handful of mean ones, it was before I kept multiple roosters. 3 of them were australorps, one wyandotte and an EE roo. Oh and a polish that was fine unless I had winter boots on lol! Some can be broken of it, Picking them up and carrying them around.

He seems fine with his hens, just not with human women.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Hello all! Brad here on the Southside of Indy, just found this thread of fellow Hoosiers. I'm new to the chicken world but so far so good! I have 3 RIR's, 3 ISA's, all 18 weeks old. Five of the six are now laying. Also have 3 BA's and 3 Americana's. They are 4 weeks old. Here is some pics of the coop and run as well as my girls having some yogurt.

Welcome to BYC and our thread!

Lovely coop, very well planned out!

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

I got my first egg today! A little green one. I asked my husband to hold it for me while I finished raking out the coop and one of my fake Rhodies was staring at it in his hand. He asked if it was hers and she gave him a "well you're stupid" look and wondered off. I told him that she should lay a brown egg. In my defense for being so condescending, he had called me goofy for how excited I was.

LOL! Some folks blow out the first egg and save it. I wish I would have thought of it!

Quote: LOL if I wasn't rooster overloaded I would take him. I like a challenge, sometimes just being with other roos will calm them down rather quickly.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Speaking of roos, I have a couple lavender orp cockerels available, couple EEs for rehoming. Free to thread members, pickup only. The EEs are Blue with reddish hackles & saddles. One fella is super tall, will grow out to be a big boy! EEs are crowing already, LO are not quite mature enough yet.

 

[RoseMcEagle]

I am thinking of blowing it out.

 

[Faraday40]

I am thinking of blowing it out.

I hope you're talking about the 1st egg.

 

[jenaman]

LOL! Some folks blow out the first egg and save it. I wish I would have thought of it!

LOL if I wasn't rooster overloaded I would take him. I like a challenge, sometimes just being with other roos will calm them down rather quickly.

Chicken math...what's one more?

 

[RoseMcEagle]

Lol, yeah, pretty little green one with speckles.

 

[daskhan]

So about twoo weeks or so I believe I asked if eggs could still hatch if the hen was only sitting on them at night and only partially during the day... Everyone said no and my hopes sunk... Well I gathered the rir egg because they were only being sat on during the day and not night... I left the Orpington eggs because they were being sat on during the night and I was curious. tonight I checked and to confirm what everyone said one after another that I candled never developed... 7 empty, 8 empty.... Number nine and the last one(the one in the middle) developed as far as I can tell it is fully developed and should be hatching in the next couple days or so... I don't really know why this one did and none of the others did.. I guess it was because it was in the middle and kept warm the longest or something idk really