Michigan

[justcelia]

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I am so very happy for you!!!

 

[vicki2x2]

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Keyt, aren't your blrw boys a mix of something else too? Just curious because my blrw boys are super gentle and easy going. Oh and any rooster that killed 3 hens here would be stew!

 

[keyt1969]

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Keyt, aren't your blrw boys a mix of something else too? Just curious because my blrw boys are super gentle and easy going. Oh and any rooster that killed 3 hens here would be stew!

Yeah they're Blue Andalusian x BLRW. AKA death wish roos

 

[Olive Hill]

Personally, I'd tell Aric the nuisance his rooster is causing needs to be resolved by <insert date of your choice here> and if it's not you'll resolve it for him whatever way you see fit. For me the freezer seems quite fit for such a bird. Seems perfectly fair and reasonable to me. Give him a week or two to come up with a solution. If he doesn't use that time judiciously then he just has to deal with what comes.

 

[SillyChicken]

Any destructive bird like that would not live long at my place!

The concert last night was such a blast! I got a couple autographs

and stood right up front! I caught a guitar pick too, but managed to lose it some how....

I wish my cell had a better camera, the photos turned out really bad.

But I had a great time!

 

[keyt1969]

Believe me, I'm totally with all of you on this one! They are very gorgeous birds but they're kinda pointless if the killer bird can't be put with the flock. He's fine with bigger birds but half of my gang are pretty small. Aric seems to think he'll get better, that he'll stop crowing so much and later he'll be put with the rest. That's just not a risk I'm willing to take! I can't very well give him away unless whoever takes him has bigger birds.

 

[Jared77]

No offense but after losing the 2nd hen, that roo would be the 3rd dead bird not another hen. Olive's right....set a date to have the issue resolved by or he's got a dinner date and you bring the noodles.

 

[vicki2x2]

Keyt, I think you could give them away, lots of people only have large birds for layers.

 

[Olive Hill]

Well, my Narragansett tom started strutting this morning. He only struts when his services are needed. IOW, when the hens are laying or getting ready to lay. I'd love to think they know something we don't and we can expect an early spring but history doesn't exactly support the turkeys knowing anything about weather patterns. One of the hens laid a clutch with an early December hatch date last fall.

At any rate, regardless of the weather, it does mean one thing pretty much for sure... poults! So for those that had expressed interest in Narr pouts this year, consider yourselves put on notice. First poults of the year should be available sometime late Feb/early March.

Now... I just have to find her nest.

 

[michickenwrangler]

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As long as you had fun!

Glad you made it back safe.