Michigan

[M.sue]

My Bantam Roo has never made contact with anyone.He did have my DD pinned behind the pen door last fall when she went to leave them out to free range....must of thought she was threat. He does attempt to with me often and he always ends up losing the sparring match. Hasn't stopped him from attempting to challenge again. I really like my new Roo and if they can't he get along when the time comes I'm seriously thinking of getting him stuffed!! (my older one)

 

[SillyChicken]

since they are new, you may want to keep them separated for a few weeks at min to make sure the new chicks are healthy..

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

Hi Im new to chickens too. I have 2 chicks that Im not sure what breed they are but the have personality. My daughter hatched them in school for a project now we have them at home and we love them. I live in between White cloud and Big Rapids northwestern michigan. My chickees are aboyt 3 and a half weeks old we names them Pecky and sparkles. Its good to meet others here in michigan who have chickens too

Sarah

& Welcome. You aren't very far from me. I am halfway between White Cloud and Newaygo.

So far one chick and one pip. Shipped eggs so not sure how well this hatch is going to go. Chick is yellow with little dark splotches - maybe a splash?

Good luck with the hatch

On the chicken aprons, I use cotton and double layer it with some fusible interfacing in between. I do think denim would work fine too.

I saw a hummingbird last night!

I guess I better stock up on the sugar.

 

[Mzkynd]

Thanks Silly, I am getting from a friend and she has had them quarantined for the past three weeks for me, has just been pick-up issues, so I am pretty positive they are healthy but it couldn't hurt to be on the safe side. With them being so young I was hoping to avoid any issues with them not getting along.

since they are new, you may want to keep them separated for a few weeks at min to make sure the new chicks are healthy..

 

[Olive Hill]

There are far too many perfectly good roosters in the world to waste time with those who can't be trusted.

That said, I also think some people are simply not cut out to own roosters, ganders, drakes, dominant personality dogs, pigs, and so on and so forth, in general. I think there are two factors that determine a person's potential level of success with animals and I think they're both, largely, in born / can't be taught. 1) Ability to read and mimic communication via body language, and 2) innate personality.

Animals have been bred to communicate with body language for centuries, at the same time humans have been bred to communicate without it. To the point that many people straight up do not even see the subtleties their animals use when communicating with one another. If you can't read and then speak with body language, you can't communicate with most animals.

On the personality side of things, for animals being dominant and/or having a strong dominant is a matter of life and death. Most of the animals we keep as pets are social animals, they live in packs, herds, gaggles, flocks, etc. For them they either have to assume the dominant role or have a leader who is dominant enough to inspire a complete feeling of safety and confidence. Some people -- many people -- are simply NOT dominant people. Their natural instincts are fear, flight, avoidance of confrontation. These people are not going to inspire confidence in animals, they're not going to be seen as a leader, so they're going to be challenged.

Of course, the play between the two sets up a whole scale of potential success -- dominant people who have a strong ability to read and communicate with body language will likely be highly successful with animals; timid people who have no ability, on the other hand, would have very little.

Being honest with ourselves about where we fall on that continuum and choosing animals accordingly can save a lot of frustration -- and, for the animals, lives, since many problems arise from mishandling/communication on the part of the human.

 

[RaZ]

Kimmie... The Oval Office... I know it is hexagon but they will be laying ovals!!!
Pecker Palace... not so kid friendly... I wonder if it will be edited out
The Broody Bunch... I gues that would be a name for a flock...
Chick Inn...
The Peep Keep...
Hex Plex... Okay I am done for now!!!



Raz... Here I was thinking you were one bad donkey... You are a sweetie! A sucker for birds and kids... Aww

Um, I really don't like kids all that much.

I have heard that if there is a bio disturbance in your area the first way to tell is the frogs because they are so sensitive... Here's hoping he was just a fluke...

Frogs are "indicator" species. They are very sensitive to environmental challenges. A good show is "Thin Green Line" on PBS. It's about the chytrid epidemic sweeping the frog world.
Also, Friends of the Rouge conduct and annual fog and toad survey and have a lot of good information.
Web: www.therouge.org

 

[BackyardFarmMom]

Suuuuurrrre... Whatever you say....

Thanks Raz...

 

[M.sue]

Olive, I totally agree with you. No in between for if you're sitting on the fence deciding which way to go the Rooster will always push you before you've decided.....hence his win! I also want to say that there also needs to be the respect factor added in there too. The Rooster needs to respect the human and vise verse. He is respectfully king of his flock but the human is respectfully dominate over all.

Ohhhh, I so hope my two work out together

!!

 

[Jeff1960]

Hey Hillbilly Hen We are not far from each other at all. I live just outside of fremont on M82

 

[babigyrl22]

...soo I couldn't look at the meaties this morning knowing that I am taking them to "The Farm" (litterally and figuartively) later today.