Hey, if anyone is interested, I'm quite close to selling this handsome Wheaten Marans cockerel.
Today, for the first time ever, I had an actual fight break out in the bachelor pad. I went over, hearing a bunch of ruckus, to check out the scene. . . Both my Wheaten and Blue Wheaten cockerels were tattered, wet, muddy, and had bloody combs. I figured, "gosh, why would they ever fight? And what stopped them?" So, I went on looking through the scattered crowd of bachelors, and noticed my Blue Ameraucana was perched up where they sleep, obviously scared and obviously missed the fight by a hair. His tail was tattered and very wet. . .
Then, I noticed my Jersey Giant cockerel in the back corner of the bachelor pad, perfectly dry and neat, but sounding quite the alarm. The fact that he was doing this made me worry that he was telling me a predator had come around, and the actual fight was at the predator. So, I approached him, and looked around for signs.
I didn't see any signs of a darn predator, no, but instead a completely upside down chicken. I was on the verge of tears, running towards him, worrying he was dead. . . It was my gorgeous black Ameraucana cockerel, Hades!! He was matted in mud, his comb was entirely bloodied, and he was gasping for air. I quickly, carefully picked him up and ran inside. When I washed him off, dried him off, and checked for wounds - He was so weak he could barely even stand. I was SOO upset. When I put him back out, what happens? The Wheatens attack him. Again!
So, aside from the fact that he's covered in mud all over again, the Wheatens are now thrown in the breeding pen to deal out their own issues.
If this continues, I'm eating one, keeping the Blue Wheaten, and selling the pictured Wheaten.
