It gets worse....Cash tore a HUGE hole in the Sumatra pen too--so one hen and the rooster were both out, wandering the yard. Then he ripped from the Sumatra into the Creve pen--so one Sumatra hen was in there with the Creves, beating the crap out of everyone and getting bred by the rooster.
Clara, the Light Sussex was out too. I did not see the Sumatra rooster breeding her but I have to assume it happened.
So now I have no purebred eggs from the Sussex or Sumatra pen for the next month at least.
I owe someone Sumatra eggs from 9/5 that I haven't shipped yet because they are all molting and I haven't gotten an egg from them in over a month.
So I might have to refund her money.
This is the second time he's done this--and DH wants to shoot him with a pellet gun...but it's always at night and we never catch him doing it.
I fed out the scraps about 5pm and then we (dogs included) went on a 2 mile walk to give the chickens time to eat. We fed the dogs as soon as we got back home and Cash finished his dinner....honestly, I don't think he got anything because the chickens cleaned it up pretty good--but he must have smelled it.