The Middle Tennessee Thread

[DMRippy]

I think he mentioned having a few golden cuckoo maran roos needing homes.

Those are two different varieties. You shouldn't cross them. I have more roos than I need really but I am not ready to part with one yet. I have a splash cuckoo I am using now and I have 2 younger ones growing out. They had their tails picked out so I have no idea what kinda tail either one has till they grow in. I have sever little roos I am sure... just don't know how old they are as I have not looked. I just gave some away a month ago.

Since you are looking for feathered legs you have a tall order to find one of breeding age. Do you want me to look at my young ones? They are free if I have one I would part with.

 

[Countrypunk92]

Those are two different varieties. You shouldn't cross them. I have more roos than I need really but I am not ready to part with one yet. I have a splash cuckoo I am using now and I have 2 younger ones growing out. They had their tails picked out so I have no idea what kinda tail either one has till they grow in. I have sever little roos I am sure... just don't know how old they are as I have not looked. I just gave some away a month ago.

Since you are looking for feathered legs you have a tall order to find one of breeding age. Do you want me to look at my young ones? They are free if I have one I would part with.

Lol. Marans are not my breed. no clue.

 

[pickledchicken]

Those are two different varieties. You shouldn't cross them. I have more roos than I need really but I am not ready to part with one yet. I have a splash cuckoo I am using now and I have 2 younger ones growing out. They had their tails picked out so I have no idea what kinda tail either one has till they grow in. I have sever little roos I am sure... just don't know how old they are as I have not looked. I just gave some away a month ago.

Since you are looking for feathered legs you have a tall order to find one of breeding age. Do you want me to look at my young ones? They are free if I have one I would part with.

Donna if your sittin on some silvers with feathered shanks and no gold leakage I'll take one too.

 

[CarolJ]

I did the same thing a few months ago - early morning - still in my jammies - I pulled too hard when I closed the door of the run behind me and the lock on the outside of the door clicked into place. I yelled at the top of my lungs - but my husband was inside the house with the TV on. There was no way he'd hear me. Finally I found a small stick that I could weave through the inch-wide hardware cloth opening to lift the latch. It took several tries but I finally got it open. Lesson learned: I never go out to the coop without my cell phone - and I keep a stick inside the run so I can open the door if it ever locks behind me again.

Glad your experience turned out okay - and that the tub didn't overflow! LOL! And yes - It was my husband's fault, too - like how dare he be inside the house and not hear me yelling when I got myself stuck in the chicken run!?

Well, I am embarred to say I got locked inside the chicken coop today!! I was not a happy camper, needless to say. I went to visit momma hen and her chicks. I go inside the coop and the door closes behind me. No big deal, except yesterday my daughter twisted the the wire pull cord that runs in the coop. I pull to get out and nothing... The wire was hung on something. I was in my pajamas, and no one was home.

There is stick with a hook on the end that we use to open the doors that I try to reach the latch, but no luck. Then I remember I left the bathtub running because it takes a while to fill up. I freaked out and start ripping out staples securing the hardware cloth over the windows. I finally am able to reach my hand thru the window to lift the latch. The tub was 2 inches from overflowing!! This was not how I wanted to start my day. I can laugh about it, but I was not happy, and of course somehow it was my husband's fault!

Here is a picture of the coop to give you a visual.

 

[TinTennessee]

It's 10:30 pm my chickens have been on roost since right before dark, J.W. my rooster is crowing. He does this periodically. Any ideas why other than he's a ROO? I've checked the coop nothing out there or in it except what's supposed to be... chickens.

 

[DMRippy]

Quote: Let me look.... guess I should have grown more out. How do you feel about a Blue Cuckoo Roo? BTW they are Cuckoo..... Silver Marans are different, but would love to have some.

http://www.artandverse.com/marans.html

 

[ChickenQueen12]

It's 10:30 pm my chickens have been on roost since right before dark, J.W. my rooster is crowing. He does this periodically. Any ideas why other than he's a ROO? I've checked the coop nothing out there or in it except what's supposed to be... chickens.

I would really like to know to cause i have one that like to get out and come to my window at 2:30 in the morning the first few times i ran out to rescue everyone but then decided if he is that stupid to be out then its his own fault but e is still here for now until he becomes dinner cause i cant handle it anymore lol

 

[DMRippy]

It's 10:30 pm my chickens have been on roost since right before dark, J.W. my rooster is crowing. He does this periodically. Any ideas why other than he's a ROO? I've checked the coop nothing out there or in it except what's supposed to be... chickens.

Can he see car lights?

 

[TinTennessee]

Possibly, they do have window that faces the road. However the roost are higher than the window. The pop door is left open so they can get food & water. Plus the road is over 1/10 of a mile from the coop. How good is a roosters vision?

 

[DMRippy]

Possibly, they do have window that faces the road. However the roost are higher than the window. The pop door is left open so they can get food & water. Plus the road is over 1/10 of a mile from the coop. How good is a roosters vision?

but light can travel further than you think. I don't know if mine crow at night, but I know I have heard them crow at night when we have gone to the farm at night or with flashlights in the coops.

I did bring home some roos to sell or something and they crowed at night.