I get the biggest kick out of this. When I'm hanging with my silkies in the run, I don't allow my cockeral to mate them. Well, he tries...all I have to do is say "Hey" in a stern voice and he stops in his tracks! It is adorable really. I think it is funny because the way I say "Hey" isn't loud enough or scary enough to cause a reaction in any of the hens. He KNOWS I'm talking to him and he KNOWS exactly what he is getting in trouble for.
