Oh man. Ameraucana cock(erel)s sure are drama queens!! I have one boy who volunteered to walk himself right into the breeding pen with absolute excitement, so I tossed some girls in there with him. . . He was on them in no time. Which is good, really. Makes the job quick.
Then, I pulled the girls out and let the boy walk out. The next Ameraucana's turn was up. . . Hades. He's the drama queen. I put him in there, then put a beautiful black pullet in with him, and well - Things did NOT go well. For the second time. The pullet didn't like being in there, and knew that he wouldn't touch her if she perched somewhere. So she perched. He made a big fuss about that, trying to dance down below, then made his girly warning cry, then danced, then cried again. . . And so I gave up - I put another pullet in there, an older girl, to settle things a bit. By that time, Hades had just given up. . . He was far more interested in trying to get
out of the breeding pen than of the new girl. She didn't even run away from him. . . But he didn't care. So, it was getting late, and both girls were mumbling on and on, complaining, so I put them back away. . . Then, I picked Mr. Drama up, and he sqeaked about it, then as soon as I put him to bed, he shut right up, knowing "Oh, this is right. . ."
btw, here's my Drama Queen in full glory.
