Is there anything sadder than...

[Mattemma]

I would suggest a few store visit too. Even TSC has a large variety this year.

Just as sad is a person loving chickens,but who really should not be getting anymore....and yet considering more chicks. I am trying to be the one in control and not come home with chicks.

 

[Red&Yellow]

You do know that roosters don't have 'dingdongs'? They excret semen directly into the hen's cloaca.

 

[AmyRey]

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Omigosh!

 

[Cass]

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Yup, that's just as sad.

I went to TSC and they only had a FEW chicks. I left with just grit, oyster shell and a couple of bags of potting soil.

 

[Cass]

Red&Yellow :

You do know that roosters don't have 'dingdongs'? They excret semen directly into the hen's cloaca.

OMG...noooo, I didn't know that. I thought they had dingdongs like rabbits (you can't even SEE a rabbit's unless you know where to push and where to look after you push)

So the roo was doing his job he just didn't have good aim?​

 

[countryangel3182]

did you ever get your chick?

 

[Cass]

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BYC people are wonderful.

I bought 4 little bitty girls from featherz. I have to pick them up as soon as the coop is done.

I ordered 6 chicks from Happyhensny. She is VERY local to me and a wonderful person. I didn't want to do chicks in the winter, but in the spring/summer I have a place to brood them.

And the original breeder is going to hatch me some of the ones I originally ordered. Again, it is NOT the breeder's fault. Chit happens. Her rooster had bad aim or something. LOL They will be chicks also, not the started pullets I wanted...but hey, they will be the breeds I wanted, so I'm not going to complain (much)

So I am up to 16 birds, albeit TINY ones to start. That's about all my coop can handle. And when I start to get a dozen eggs A DAY, I'll wonder why the heck I was so bummed out, won't I?

 

[Smiles-N-Sunshine]

Chickens and other livestock can have fertility issues, just like humans.

And, roosters don't HAVE dingdongs, but they sure BEHAVE like dingdongs!

 

[Cass]

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Yeah, someone told me about the dingdonglessness of roosters. That explains a LOT. Wouldn't most act like a dingdong if theirs was missing?

 

[YYZ]

Pretty soon everyone will be having chicks available. Who can resist?