Michigan

[MI chickens]

Asans. Where in West MI are you? What kinds of chicken do you have? Tell us a little about yourself.

 

[RaZ]

Yeah baby! You got it. You poor chappie; I got mixed up genes too! (but no Canadian stuff!)

One branch of the family tree goes through the House of Windsor, other branches go through other places and the bass- (you know what I mean) take on different routes.

Genealogy is an interesting pursuit. Tracing one's roots reveals some things that are better left to die in history.

 

[jrsckn]

I got my first egg today

from my 18 week old production red that DH named "Red" lol. It's 52 grams, beautiful for a first egg.





Someone tell me if this bahavior is normal; I went to check on the chickens this afternoon and found Red in the nest box and our cockerel the same age was also bedded down in the next box over. He was clucking to her, then he'd get up walk in front of her, then go in the box on the far side of her and get comfy. He stayed in there with her the whole time, getting up and "checking" on her every few minutes. At one point he stood in front of her box for 5 minutes. She is his favorite pullet but I thought this was pretty odd, is it?

Welcome asans!!!

 

[RaZ]

ansans

 

[MI chickens]

Congratulations on the first egg! They are so "eggsciting"

 

[chicken grandma]

Someone tell me if this bahavior is normal; I went to check on the chickens this afternoon and found Red in the nest box and our cockerel the same age was also bedded down in the next box over. He was clucking to her, then he'd get up walk in front of her, then go in the box on the far side of her and get comfy. He stayed in there with her the whole time, getting up and "checking" on her every few minutes. At one point he stood in front of her box for 5 minutes. She is his favorite pullet but I thought this was pretty odd, is it?

He sounds like a really good rooster! He is protecting your hen from predators while she lays her egg and cannot protect herself.
Some roosters find food and call the hens over. Some roosters find cozy nest spots and show the hens. Roosters can be wonderful and it sounds like you might have a good one!

Congratulations on the egg!

 

[chicken grandma]

I'm in W. Michigan

Me too! I'm in Grand Rapids! Welcome!

 

[RBahmer]

I got my first egg today

from my 18 week old production red that DH named "Red" lol. It's 52 grams, beautiful for a first egg.





Someone tell me if this bahavior is normal; I went to check on the chickens this afternoon and found Red in the nest box and our cockerel the same age was also bedded down in the next box over. He was clucking to her, then he'd get up walk in front of her, then go in the box on the far side of her and get comfy. He stayed in there with her the whole time, getting up and "checking" on her every few minutes. At one point he stood in front of her box for 5 minutes. She is his favorite pullet but I thought this was pretty odd, is it?

Welcome asans!!!

That's a nice dark egg. Almost looks like a Marans egg. Congrats

 

[jrsckn]

He sounds like a really good rooster! He is protecting your hen from predators while she lays her egg and cannot protect herself.
Some roosters find food and call the hens over. Some roosters find cozy nest spots and show the hens. Roosters can be wonderful and it sounds like you might have a good one!

Congratulations on the egg!

Oooh that's neat, I never would've thought of that, thanks. He's a lucky boy, he had a 66% chance of going to freezer camp but in the last few weeks he ended up bigger and quieter than the other 2 cockerels we had

He's still on probation though because he's getting pretty rough with Red and DH doesn't like his chicken getting her feathers ruffled

Thanks everybody, it's very eggciting. Although a week ago I got a preview of what it would feel like to find our first egg. One morning, I told my daughter to put a few golf balls in the next boxes and then I forgot all about it and when I checked the coop that night I saw a golf ball and thought it was an egg and almost jumped for joy; boy did I feel dumb

. I never thought I'd see the first egg being laid though.

 

[NovaAman]

Oooh that's neat, I never would've thought of that, thanks. He's a lucky boy, he had a 66% chance of going to freezer camp but in the last few weeks he ended up bigger and quieter than the other 2 cockerels we had

He's still on probation though because he's getting pretty rough with Red and DH doesn't like his chicken getting her feathers ruffled

Thanks everybody, it's very eggciting. Although a week ago I got a preview of what it would feel like to find our first egg. One morning, I told my daughter to put a few golf balls in the next boxes and then I forgot all about it and when I checked the coop that night I saw a golf ball and thought it was an egg and almost jumped for joy; boy did I feel dumb

. I never thought I'd see the first egg being laid though.

about the rooster, my understanding is that it can take a year for them to calm down, get their dance right, and get their girls to love em. I am very lucky, as I have said... I have a 7-8 month old cockerel, Rod Stewart, and he is turning into a lovely boy. He's got great temperament, he's got his dance going on for him, and he's got several girls now that follow him around. Yes, he was a bit rough at first, but that's just teenage normalcy. He's also good at helping his girls find good nest boxes. He'll get in a nest box, dig around, make a nest, clucking the whole time, while one of his ladies will stand on the outside of the box and wait for him to finish. Then he will stand on the outside of the box and kinda HUURRRRRRRRR at her. Its so lovely. LOL. My mom got to see what I mean by "calling the girls" for treats. She had put out cat food, the cat ate her fill then took off for parts unknown, and then Rod found the food. He started calling excitedly for the girls to come look what he had found. She said, "Oh is that what that is?" LOL. Well anyway.

Tell your hubby to have some patience. It might seem rough, but given a bit more time, he'll have it down and the girls will not be so objectionable.