WOW!! I feel like I just read a post about myself!!! No kidding, right down to the Fibro!!! I currently have 23 of which 8 are Roos. And I'm getting a Sumatra Roo this week. I spend ALOT of time with my chickens. My daughter(17) says I love my chickens more than her, Lol. It's so good to know that chickens are therapy for someone else!! Yesterday my daughter actually woke me up in the pen with themI keep roosters because I'm a sucker! I began my adventures in the chicken kingdom 2 years ago! My first two roosters are brothers - Bobo (he likes his girls big boned!)and Rocky ...
[COLOR=333333]They are sons of a rooster named BuckBuck [/COLOR]
[COLOR=333333]that belonged to a good friend of mine who turned me into a Banty lover! BuckBuck was a sweetie and lived to 7 before he passed on! And then there was the day BeeBee was born, they only egg to hatch out in the incubator - inevitably I spoiled him rotten and just couldn't get rid of him because of his daddy and his grand-daddy! BeeBee has indoor privileges and will play with the dog and share his bread with him too! [/COLOR]
[COLOR=333333]And then there's my rooster Pitiful [/COLOR]
[COLOR=333333]he was the "egg" I almost threw away but peeped just in the nick of time! When he was born he was so frail he lived in the incubator for 10 days! And when he was growing up, one day I looked into his eyes and realized who his mama was, she was a dear sweet hen named "Loretta" (because she was born in a coal bucket! I swear!) who would greet me at the door everyday and loved attention, she was my favorite! I had to have her put down because she had suffered paralysis from heat stroke - I was totally devastated I bawled my eyes out over her! And the day after I had her put down was the day I almost threw the egg, Pitiful, away! Pitiful is such a "lover" - he treats me like I'm his hen LOL.[/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]And then I bought my first Serama rooster, Jax - [/COLOR]
[COLOR=333333] I was so proud I had to build another pen of course! [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333] And then there are two more little roosters I ended up keeping, I was going to sell them BUT then ended up having the dog attack, all the boys survived Thank God! But after having lost so many hens, I decided to put the four young'uns I had (2 hens & 2 roo's) in the main pen with Rocky... I was a little pessimistic about what would happen but much to my surprise Rocky accepted them!!! I would finally name those two when I realized who their mothers were...[/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]Muffin - [/COLOR]
his mother was named Cupcake. And then Cookie,
his mother was named Cocoa. But do you think I was done with roosters? Ummm nope! One fine morning I woke up to[COLOR=333333] Mille de Fleur d'Uccles for sale on Craigslist - I almost cried because I had a gorgeous Mille who was killed by the dogs too, I stared at the ad for a couple hours and then gave into my weakness - I ended up buying Squeaky & Lady LeFleur and the 6 kids! I have to make another pen now for that family HA LOL Here is Squeaky who is madder than you know what at me because he wants to get in the dirt and I don't have his pen finished yet! [/COLOR]
... and somewhere in between, Daryl, wiggled his way in when a really awesome friend of mine gave me a batch of Serama's as a gift to help me heal from the tragedy of the 2 dog attack last June!
I keep roosters & chickens because they bring me happiness! When my friend started me out with 6 Banty's two years ago I had no idea that these precious little creatures would help me with my PTSD & Fibromyalgia! Every love waking up to them every morning & and then tucking them in every night! They motivate me to get outside, because of them I am also distracted from my aches & pains so I get my exercise which helps me stay more physically fit! Currently I own 32 chickens - or more like 32 chickens own me!
