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[Opa]

Nova, muddy puppies are actually a totally aquatic salamander. The "horns" you referred to are its gills.

 

[NovaAman]

Yes, but those gills were the most awesome looking horns! And they will forever be horns. LOL.

If I ever do a fish tank set up again, I just might try and find another one to raise.

 

[Bianca67]

Chicks, lambs, cow, oh my! Love all the pics, my first batch of chicks should get here 3 weeks from today, I can hardly wait!

 

[teeville5]

teeville, sorry about your rooster. What breed is Newton the attacker?

Newton is an EE. Here's a shot of the bad boy.

Quote: Originally Posted by teeville5 I don't know what I'm going to do about him and Newton or how I'm going to re-integrate him.
I second whoever said to take the offender out and put him back in. That will temporarily put him at the top of the pecking order... But they will likely have a showdown when the other one gets back. Depending on breed and individual temperment, most roosters won't share space. Sometimes you get lucky, usually if the one rooster was little when you brought him in, or they grew up together. Usually though when they hit puberty "all is fair in love or war". Especially in the spring. I just put my roos in seperate lockdowns, to protect them from each other and the hens from being loved too much. A large dog crate works great, and you can stack them. I still let them be together when they are ranging, but then i let everyone have a break. Also lets the roos know those are MY hens.... don't like being spurred....

I'm not sure about how EE roo temperaments are and they have shared the same space since early summer. They are about 2 months apart in age with Red being the oldest. I got both of them last year. I always thought Red would be the big man in charge because he was bigger and always put Newton in his place, but I noticed recently that it was changing. Newton is now bigger and has taken charge. He even has more of the girls now than red and there are 28 of them to choose from.


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I'm worried that I'll have the same problem with Joe and Worf, teeville. I have been watching them spar in the yard when they're free ranging and I'm afraid I'll open the coop one day to see the same thing your son found. They have been raised together but Joe matured sooner and Worf has always been his underling, sidekick, wingman. Worf will back off usually when Joe challenges him, but yesterday they went at it longer than ususal. I really like having two roosters because they both watch the sky for hawks and when the girls split up one of the roos goes with each group, so I feel they are safer. I hope they work it out. Now with the new babies I have two or three more to worry about, unless I can find homes for them. I hope you get yours resolved as well. Good luck.

I hope your roos can settle their differences before someone gets really hurt. I like having multiple roos, too, and I hope I can get the order restored. I'm going to try what everyone else has suggested and see how it goes. My biggest worries are it will continue and I'll have to lose a roo or that Newton's aggressiveness will evolve to include us. If the latter happens, even though I like him, he's done. I will not have a mean rooster.

 

[Farmerboy16]

Here's a few pics of the lambs. 2 more so far today so total so far is 24

They are so cute!

SWEET!
I love seeing all the pics of chicks cow, and lambs.

Daron, It could be that the lady is very tall.

The lady said that her daughter that is with the cow is 5'6".

No fair using cute children, Taprock!

Daron I think that heifer is a little on the small isze, even for a Jersey. Calving ease would be the concern there.

The heifer was bred by the Dexter bull, which is smaller than a Jersey. So, there will be no calving issues. Olive- She is 20 months old, and was bred last fall, and is due in July. When I saw her neck, I thought it was bald, so I asked her what is causing her to lose the hair, and this is what she replied- She has hair on her neck, she has rubbed off the winter hair. It is not bald, just the short summer hair there. The rest of her hair will undoubtedly shed off later. She is in a stall for the night and she reaches her neck through it to look out, that is why the hair is rubbed.

 

[Olive Hill]

They are so cute!
The lady said that her daughter that is with the cow is 5'6".

The heifer was bred by the Dexter bull, which is smaller than a Jersey. So, there will be no calving issues.

Olive- She is 20 months old, and was bred last fall, and is due in July.

When I saw her neck, I thought it was bald, so I asked her what is causing her to lose the hair, and this is what she replied-
She has hair on her neck, she has rubbed off the winter hair. It is not bald, just the short summer hair there. The rest of her hair will undoubtedly shed off later. She is in a stall for the night and she reaches her neck through it to look out, that is why the hair is rubbed.

With all due respect, I would run, not walk, in the other direction.

 

[Farmerboy16]

Why? Just what to know.

 

[Chickmate]

Ha! I thought you were going to say you woke up to find it in your bed or something. So it couldn't survive out of water?

I was just watching my four babies and now I'm thinking I have two pullets and two roos. They change so much every day that I keep waffling back and forth. Also, I noticed that my little FBCM x BR roo has feathered legs! As I was watching the two little roos started sparring with each other. Cute, but so early?

 

[1muttsfan]

Calving ease has more to do with the size of the pelvis, not with the size of the bull. If she has a small pelvis she is likely to have calving issue no matter what she is bred to. And for 1 1/2 years old she is - well, kind of small.

 

[taprock]

Newton is an EE. Here's a shot of the bad boy.

This was our roo Uno who went to live with a friend, he was only about 4 months in the photo so his hackle and tail are puny, but looks so much like your handsome fellow now. He was an Ameraucana Cornish cross.