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tnspursfan09 said:
Cricket just crowed! OMG...it was the cutest thing. I guess he's older than we all thought he was. Now I have three roosters crowing, well - one who sounds like a squeaky toy - and only 5 hens. I wish I had a magic wand so that I could make the babies grow faster. I may have to get a few hens to relieve the tensions here.
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Hey, works for me! (though with the chickens, it might be another story)
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The age at which roo's start crowing seems pretty variable. I have had Bantam Cochin roo's that waited until they were 20 weeks or so, and others that started much sooner. The youngest I can remember was still in the brooder - I want to say about 3 days old. It was the most ridiculous little giggly sounding squeak I have ever heard; it was only when I saw him stretch his head up in the way that roo's do that I realized what that sound was. I have a couple of Serama roosters that we joke about being "chicken ventriloquists" because they crow with their beaks shut; it makes them a lot quieter.
 
scottcaddy said:
That Idea 'just might' work if I didn't have at least 15 of them Roo's to deal with! I will eat alot of chicken this year!!

Scott
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I plan on processing some, too, but right now I'm just starting my flock out, and the members of my original nine I intend on letting live out their lives here. They were the first and are my teachers, so to speak. They'll spend their retirement here. A question, though. Is it normal for a rooster to not only tolerate chicks but to actually lead them around and let them peck him and basically treat him like a chew toy? We let the babies ((2 months) out with the others today and they were following Prince Eric (BO) around like he was a mama hen. They were incubator chicks. They tried to get under him, followed him all around the yard and I even got a video of two of them pulling on his wattles. He just stood there and let them. He also dances around them in circles. I told him they are two young, but he just gazed at me placidly while they tried to get under his wings. My chickens are wierd.
 
tnspursfan09 said:
I plan on processing some, too, but right now I'm just starting my flock out, and the members of my original nine I intend on letting live out their lives here. They were the first and are my teachers, so to speak. They'll spend their retirement here. A question, though. Is it normal for a rooster to not only tolerate chicks but to actually lead them around and let them peck him and basically treat him like a chew toy? We let the babies ((2 months) out with the others today and they were following Prince Eric (BO) around like he was a mama hen. They were incubator chicks. They tried to get under him, followed him all around the yard and I even got a video of two of them pulling on his wattles. He just stood there and let them. He also dances around them in circles. I told him they are two young, but he just gazed at me placidly while they tried to get under his wings. My chickens are wierd.
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Good Roosters do that. I just read a post about that. The Rooster was protecting the babies when they were integrated.
 
Aren't you lucky. It didn't get nearly as cold here as predicted. It's -6 now. Not going over zero today. -10 tonight. Wouldn't be that bad but the 25 mph winds are the pits.
Oh by the way, we had almost a foot of snow yesterday.
 
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It's 20 degrees out there right now. With a breeze to boot. Not going out to the chicken coop until that wind stops at least. Don't see any chickens out there, must be inside. Brrrr...
 
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Temperatures are starting to fall here the high was 33 today. The forecast for tomorrow morning is 12. That will be recordI have never heard of 12 down here. 16 or 17 is the lowest that I remember.The Wind Chill is supposed to be 0 tomorrow morning. The temp predicted for the weekend is 67
 

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