Surviving Minnesota!

[duluthralphie]

By a nose.

 

[duluthralphie]

Grats...I knew I should have posted before reading....

Of course, Erlibrd is on her 4th cup of coffee by now..

 

[Cebarmlds]

Nope just got my first

 

[I Love Layers]

Layers I think the broody can keep the eggs warm. I just don’t think it’s a great time of year for chicks with a broody.

Ok. Yes its not the best time... I just can't sleep with an incubator in my room. So I usually try to set under my broody in September but she wasn't broody then.

 

[destiny_56085]

That's it!

I kept going back to Gilbert but I figured I was just thinking about Mike!

He didn't by chance get any Partridge Silkies from you did he?

He got a lot of chicks from me at the Hutch Game Breeders swap in 2016....

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Back in October a friend texted me that her silkie had snuck 3 eggs and hatched. I thought a broody could take care of chicks in any weather.

Not always. She found one chick lifeless. And the other two not doing so hot. Just a matter of moments playing and zooming in the cold they were in trouble. The new mother couldn’t carry or lift them back to the coop. So this lady did take the chicks from the hen and is brooding in the house.

When you want to have chicks in the winter you need a game plan for the animals’ welfare.

 

[Elise Ferguson]

Some may think this is cruel but if he starts biting you in an aggressive way just punt him. Knock the wind out of him if you have to. But I would just as soon eat an aggressive rooster...

I went out this morning and he did go after my feet again so he met my boot up close and personal. I stuck around for a few minutes after that and he left me alone. Maybe he will learn afterall

 

[BantyChooks]

I went out this morning and he did go after my feet again so he met my boot up close and personal. I stuck around for a few minutes after that and he left me alone. Maybe he will learn afterall

Good job.

 

[BantyChooks]

Back in October a friend texted me that her silkie had snuck 3 eggs and hatched. I thought a broody could take care of chicks in any weather.

Not always. She found one chick lifeless. And the other two not doing so hot. Just a matter of moments playing and zooming in the cold they were in trouble. The new mother couldn’t carry or lift them back to the coop. So this lady did take the chicks from the hen and is brooding in the house.

When you want to have chicks in the winter you need a game plan for the animals’ welfare.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Elise did you raise him from a chick so he was socialized with you?

Centrachid on here has a theory that brooder babies with lots of attention become demanding and forceful with the food lady. They are dominating I guess from the ‘rooster talk’ thread.

I think what you did with your boot is now in order. A little lift under the breast, rotating fluff over tea-kettle to humiliate him in front of the girls. Might have to prove yourself a couple times.

Do you have kids? Arm them with switches and be with them and show them how to gently move your rooster aside.