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[perchie.girl]

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Ooh Or take the oak top round the edges a bit and turn it into a lazy susan.... with one of these


deb

 

[Cynthia12]

I really think it depends on the breed. My Wellies didn't have spurs to speak of till they were almost two years old. But I had a barred rock that had huge spurs by the time he was about ten months... certainly under a year.

I think the sign of a good roo is his attentiveness to his flock...

deb

I am wondering when in the world I will have mine become a real rooster! He crowed a few weeks ago, is 5 months old now..hasn't crowed since. Is getting better at .. not..being afraid of the girls. What a dork. lol...have to laugh when I watch him run and flap his wings at the same time. Getting big. I saw him a few times, have a treat in his mouth that I was throwing out, but dropped it when the girls came over. Just stood there and watched them, didn't run, and, I've heard the little cluck sound..once. I guess he's coming along as I type this out loud. lol...

 

[Cynthia12]

Your rooster has gorgeous coloring.

I noticed that too, beautiful!

 

[Latestarter]

My dominant roos do that too... if they have a treat and one of the ladies come over, he'll drop it and call to them. If they (are crazy enough to) come for the treat, he promptly mounts them. Sometimes they'll scratch around and make like they've found the treat of the century, and as soon as a girl gets close, same ending... You'd think these hens would learn?

 

[drumstick diva]

ACK the debate goes on BIG SPURS vs SMALL SPURS - sorry guys but, size really doesn't matter unless you plan to use roosters in illegal ways. You've got a good rooster and are troubled because he doesn't look as macho as YOU want him to look. It's like the smallest men, get the toughest, breed of dog.

Big spurs or small spurs, they still don't win in protecting flocks from hideous predators. If they die first, the flock is still unprotected.

 

[Latestarter]

Wow Diva... relax... I don't think that's what this was all about... My comment regarding spurs was simply a personal observation...

Or did I miss something?

 

[perchie.girl]

Just wanted to share a quick sketch for a brooder box that I did to be made out of a single sheet of plywood

deb

 

[Beer can]

Lol!

That's why I said their bite and wing beatings are good enough. Having no spurs is like having a bull with no horns, still a bull I guess but not as cool. Actually Diva being first to the predator and giving his life for them is not only romantic (lol) but hopefully it doesn't have a big appetite and the flock does get to live another day.

And thanks for complements on the roo, he's a very calm and friendly one too.

 

[perchie.girl]

ACK the debate goes on BIG SPURS vs SMALL SPURS - sorry guys but, size really doesn't matter unless you plan to use roosters in illegal ways. You've got a good rooster and are troubled because he doesn't look as macho as YOU want him to look. It's like the smallest men, get the toughest, breed of dog.

Big spurs or small spurs, they still don't win in protecting flocks from hideous predators. If they die first, the flock is still unprotected.

more of a discussion and comparison... not a debate....

 

[superchemicalgirl]

BF bought me a foodsaver for my roosters. That is sooooo much easier than those boil bags I've been using.