Good Morning,
Yesterday I got my 2 blue pullets. The lady decided that she did not want to sell me the one with the eye problem as she doesn't like any of her birds to go that have problems. So, yesterday she brought different ones that she had, to sell to me. She lives over an hour away and doesn't come to my area very often. They are pretty girls, I need to get them all moved into the pen that I made for other birds. Then of course I now have to figure out where to put the birds the pen was originally intended for. It is never ending.
I would like to know what you think about this, I saw a discussion in another forum about "mean" chickens. In my experience I have only had mean bantam roosters. One Silkie and 3 Mille Fleurs. All 3 Mille came from different sources so I can't attribute their being meanies to one breeder or hatchery. Likewise I have 3 Mille who are not mean and one is the brother of one of the mean ones.
Anyway, the meanness was being attributed to the birds coming from hatchery chicks or backyard breeders. My main experience with this was with cockatiels. Usually a whole clutch was fed together and on occassion one would be what we called a "bronco". That baby just wasn't human oriented and not inclined to be a pet. This bird would then be kept as a breeder. It would have chicks, that would be handfed, and there would be no prolbems, i.e., the chicks would not be "broncos".
I think that is just nature's way so to speak. Some birds are shy, some friendly, some skittish, etc. I certainly have no desire to have mean chickens running around and either lock them up or send them away. Does anyone have any ideas or theories about why some chickens are just plain mean to humans? I know, at least in my experience that they are really good flock protectors and are not mean to the hens.
Ooops, almost forgot, anyone have Crele Marans. I really like that coloring.
I'm still looking for a Splash, so I guess the easiest way to go is with eggs. I just listed a WTB in the wanted section, hopefully I'll get some bites. Vicki, how did your Splash boys turn out??
