The Evolution of Atlas: A Breeding (and Chat) Thread

[Mr King]

Now here are a few good roosters - Sorry to hear about the dental work ugh. Do you think your customer would let you put a picture of the quilt on here, I would love to see it

lol that's nice.!

 

[holm25]

I finally got myself to build a tractor for my roo and his few hens!! Who knew a few dumb kids could be good carpenters!! Sorry about the mess in back!!



And the handy tube feeder! The other hens on the outside were shredding a bag of feed for these guys when I was getting pics!!

 

[1muttsfan]

Pretty quilt.

 

[drumstick diva]

I never knew rabbits fought that way. Kinda like kangaroos.

 

[Peanutsmomma]

I never knew rabbits fought that way. Kinda like kangaroos.

I know, that is what I was thinking. That video was great but the roosters that broke them up didn't surprise me it was that the rabbits were fighting. Lol!

Beautiful quilt Cyn.

 

[speckledhen]

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Thanks, Angela, but I can't take credit for the quilt. It was pieced and the quilting was almost half complete when I got it. Still, it would be considered a king size quilt, technically, bedspread size for a queen, and there was considerable work left to do. I've put in about 90 hours already. Would have been less but there were things I had to correct, things that appeared finished but weren't, etc.

When I had the guineas and they'd start something with each other, my hens would break it up. Lexie, my first BR hen, in particular, hated them. She had this sneer, as much as a chicken can sneer, just a look of extreme disgust, on her face every time she would have to put down some guinea tussle. The hens can kick some butt, roosters aside, trust me! I thought at least one of those in the video was a hen.

 

[1muttsfan]

My neighbor used to have chickens and sometimes they would mosey over for a visit. The rooster tried out his moves on Freckles, my SS hen, and she ninja-kicked him into the bushes

 

[speckledhen]

My neighbor used to have chickens and sometimes they would mosey over for a visit. The rooster tried out his moves on Freckles, my SS hen, and she ninja-kicked him into the bushes

Some hens are no man's woman. My Wrong Way Lucy is one of them.

 

[seminolewind]

A hen named Wrong Way Lucy???

 

[speckledhen]

A hen named Wrong Way Lucy???

Oh, yeah, she wasn't right from the start. She is a Belgian D'Anver hen. When she was a chick, she'd stand completely upright like a guinea keet. When her broody mama and other "sisters" went one way, she went the other, got lost and I had to shoo her back to the group. When everyone would roost one direction, she faced the opposite. I named her Lucy because one of her sisters was Mina, you know, from Dracula. So, she was dubbed Wrong Way Lucy, the Ditzy Chick. Nowadays, she's called Lucy Goosey, Wrong Way Lucy, Miss I Don't Wanna EVER Lay An Egg, or whatever suits her at the time, LOL. She won't allow any rooster to breed her so her eggs, when she lowered herself to lay them, were never fertile.

Can you spot Wrong Way Lucy?