NY chicken lover!!!!

[kamir]

Tab and everyone - what a great day for the get-together! It's 81 degrees and 23% humidity here; hope it's just as nice at the chicken party!

Pharm, glad your DH is ok! I'm a firm believer in seatbelts and have been wearing them since I installed my first pair in a 1953 Plymouth back around 1962.

Welcome to any and all new folks!!

kamir

 

[rancher hicks]

Hello everyone. I am near Albany and Troy, kind of in between. I have 7 pullets that are 10 weeks old, and some beautiful new silkies that range from 3 months to one year. My standard size girls are 2 delaware, 2 barred rock, and 3 austrolorps. We are loving evey minute of it.
Wait...chicken party??

Pharm glad DH is ok.

 

[ktblue3]

Have a question. I have a rooster that figures out how to fly over the 10' high fence every night. He doesn't get along well with the other rooster in the coop so I don't blame him for wanting to leave. Too much of a pain to cover the top just to keep him in. Problem is he has taken to sleeping on top of the "in the window" air conditioner every night. He makes a racket as he tries to settle down- then bobs his head up and down as he peers inside the window into our living room. Finally he turns around and around and settles down. Why has he decided that this is the best place to roost? Does he really recall his baby/teen years spent inside that living room-only 7 feet away from where he lived prior to going outside? We have tried to keep him off it but he always returns, leaving poop on the air conditioner every day. Is he angry with us and getting his revenge? What can I do to keep him off or break the habit (other than putting fencing over the top. Is there something I could spray?

 

[featherz]

Have a question. I have a rooster that figures out how to fly over the 10' high fence every night. He doesn't get along well with the other rooster in the coop so I don't blame him for wanting to leave. Too much of a pain to cover the top just to keep him in. Problem is he has taken to sleeping on top of the "in the window" air conditioner every night. He makes a racket as he tries to settle down- then bobs his head up and down as he peers inside the window into our living room. Finally he turns around and around and settles down. Why has he decided that this is the best place to roost? Does he really recall his baby/teen years spent inside that living room-only 7 feet away from where he lived prior to going outside? We have tried to keep him off it but he always returns, leaving poop on the air conditioner every day. Is he angry with us and getting his revenge? What can I do to keep him off or break the habit (other than putting fencing over the top. Is there something I could spray?

No answers from me except making the a/c so he can't roost on it but I am ROFL at a rooster peering in your window every night. =)

 

[pharmchickrnmom]

Have a question. I have a rooster that figures out how to fly over the 10' high fence every night. He doesn't get along well with the other rooster in the coop so I don't blame him for wanting to leave. Too much of a pain to cover the top just to keep him in. Problem is he has taken to sleeping on top of the "in the window" air conditioner every night. He makes a racket as he tries to settle down- then bobs his head up and down as he peers inside the window into our living room. Finally he turns around and around and settles down. Why has he decided that this is the best place to roost? Does he really recall his baby/teen years spent inside that living room-only 7 feet away from where he lived prior to going outside? We have tried to keep him off it but he always returns, leaving poop on the air conditioner every day. Is he angry with us and getting his revenge? What can I do to keep him off or break the habit (other than putting fencing over the top. Is there something I could spray?

You didnt happen to name him Tom did you???

I would put something on top of the ac that would make it impossible for him to roost there. Deer netting is cheap and you can use that over the top of the run. Thats what we did.

 

[Sorin]

Have a question. I have a rooster that figures out how to fly over the 10' high fence every night. He doesn't get along well with the other rooster in the coop so I don't blame him for wanting to leave. Too much of a pain to cover the top just to keep him in. Problem is he has taken to sleeping on top of the "in the window" air conditioner every night. He makes a racket as he tries to settle down- then bobs his head up and down as he peers inside the window into our living room. Finally he  turns around and around and  settles down. Why has he decided that this is the best place to roost? Does he really recall his baby/teen years spent inside that living room-only 7 feet away from where he lived prior to going outside? We have tried to keep him off it but he always returns, leaving poop on the air conditioner every day. Is he angry with us and getting his revenge? What can I do to keep him off or break the habit (other than putting fencing over the top. Is there something I could spray?

I hope this doesn't sound mean :/ but how about just clipping his flight feathers so he can't get over the fence? Unless y ou want him to be able to get away from the other Roo. In that case I would try physically moving him for the AC to a more appropriate place to roost, after a week or two he should start roosting on the other spot.

 

[Henicillin]

We're just going to have to have another chicken get-together so all the new peeps and the peeps who couldn't make it can join in.

Tab and Travis hosted an awesome party - many thanks to you for your wonderful hospitality!

 

[Lapeerian]

Tab & Trav - Here is Luna and Ron, the blue hen and black roo orpingtons from Annie.

 

[Lapeerian]

And here are the two EE roos fated for the Amish dinner table tomorrow. First one is Fezz.

And this second one is Harry. He is bearded.


And when we got back from the get-together, I gathered eggs, I got 6! 2 NH, 1 GLW, 1 Australorp and now BOTH the EE girls!

Of course they are both the turquoise blue color. Oh well, at least they are laying and not crowing.

 

[Henicillin]

And when we got back from the get-together, I gathered eggs, I got 6! 2 NH, 1 GLW, 1 Australorp and now BOTH the EE girls!

Of course they are both the turquoise blue color. Oh well, at least they are laying and not crowing.

Those first eggs are always special!

I must add to the list of Memos My Ducks Did Not Receive. Thus far, they've missed the memos regarding supposed flightlessness, immediately taking to bodies of water with no hesitation, not roosting like chickens, and not laying in top-tier nest boxes. I now have to remind them that Rouens aren't supposed to be very prolific layers. Obviously no one told these girls, as they're all laying every day. Most of the eggs are still adorable little pullet-sized eggs, but one of them produced a fairly decent one yesterday. I had a couple fried up yesterday as breakfast, and they were wonderful.