Squatch Zone (hatching Squatch eggs)

[FortCluck]

Wow!!

Pretty much my reaction when I realized he was a cockerel. He was all fugly then he turned stunning.

 

[Cyprus]

Pretty much my reaction when I realized he was a cockerel. He was all fugly then he turned stunning.

I really need me a new flock sire. Mine was killed recently

 

[FortCluck]

I really need me a new flock sire. Mine was killed recently

I would offer you Sid my other JG rooster, but I doubt you're close.

 

[FortCluck]

Eggs went into lockdown today. I put non slip shelf mat in there because my first hatch had a hard time walking on the incubator mesh.

I'm down to 11 eggs. One of my eggs out of the 10 I guess decided it didn't want to be a chicken.

 

[Cyprus]

I would offer you Sid my other JG rooster, but I doubt you're close.

Nope, not even a little.

 

[FortCluck]

Nope, not even a little.

figures! I'm going to add some more ladies into our flock to see if this beast will calm down. His hormones are raging right now so I'm just trying to be patient with him.

For some reason he doesn't even care if my husband goes in the enclosure, but if it's me he's on me like mice on cheese. I have a stick I bring with me I call the "Sid Stick". It's not to whack him, I put the stick out between me and him so that he knows that I require a certain distance. I did this with squatch and now squatch stays that distance away from me unless I ask him to come closer.

 

[Duck_life]

Very nice birds

 

[Cyprus]

figures! I'm going to add some more ladies into our flock to see if this beast will calm down. His hormones are raging right now so I'm just trying to be patient with him.

For some reason he doesn't even care if my husband goes in the enclosure, but if it's me he's on me like mice on cheese. I have a stick I bring with me I call the "Sid Stick". It's not to whack him, I put the stick out between me and him so that he knows that I require a certain distance. I did this with squatch and now squatch stays that distance away from me unless I ask him to come closer.

I should use this technique

 

[FortCluck]

I should use this technique

I learned it from my grandfather because he had a cane and he raised ostriches for local restaurants. He would put his cane between him and the ostriches at a young age so they knew that he required distance.

My grandfather amazed me as a child, he was like an animal whisperer. It's sad that he only lived to his mid-fifties, but at least I got to experience who he was.

 

[ValerieJ]

I thought so too for my first time breeding and hatching. Squatch is quite the looker, he's just stunning to me. He's huge, past my knees!

Is Squatch the rooster in your avatar?