She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[kwhites634]

So much chatter in here tonight I'm having trouble keeping up

 

[WalnutHill]

I am going to have to get duck eggs in spring. I won't KEEP ducks, but I have no objection at all to hatching them!

 

[FridayYet]

So....here is what happens when you enter a coop at dusk and the rooster has yet to go to roost.



I caught him in mid air which is why I got scratched. What a bad boy!!

Ouch! Looks like he should be soup.

 

[WalnutHill]

I hope you let him know that was NOT acceptable behavior.

 

[kwhites634]

Ouch! Looks like he should be soup.

Gaure-on-teed!!

 

[lazy gardener]

I agree. Unless he was in a total panic, and in a get away from predator mode, that boy would be issued a one way ticket.

 

[rossfam06]

Ouch!  Looks like he should be soup.

He will be once I can get a good hatch of babies from him and some CLB hens. So probably more like may June time frame.

 

[lazy gardener]

Mean breeds mean. I wouldn't want to hatch any babies from a mean roo.

 

[kwhites634]

9 times out of 10 I have to pick a hen up out of the doorway to the coop before I can close them up for the night. My rooster is right behind whoever's in the door, & he's yet to bother me...he & I are not on the best of terms...I don't trust him. Birds don't have the highly developed sense of smell a dog does, but I can't believe a chicken wouldn't recognize a familiar scent up close.

 

[WalnutHill]

Day or night my birds (both chickens and turkeys) know the difference between me and a coyote or dog or possum or coon. A reassuring word brings contented clucks.

I haven't had a mean rooster around since I was a kid, and he "accidentally" got in the way of the tractor mower deck. My roos retreat to the far side of the coop or yard when I enter. The tom turkeys don't, they walk nearby, but if I turn and face them they retreat.