What were your worst mistakes when you first started?

[Cebarmlds]

Oh wow...so sorry

Live and learn..

 

[MissChick@dee]

Really.....not knowing that my rooster wiggles on my lap could leave a wet spot
I felt so dirty and violated.
Things went down a little differently when he’d mount the top of my shoe

 

[rosemarythyme]

Not having a walk-in style coop. My back is killing me.

This, for sure. I've had back problems since I was a young adult. I have no idea why I thought it would be no big deal to try to clean out a (prefab) coop that required me to pull the run apart from the coop in order to clean out.

Also I didn't think I really needed litter in the run. Thought the bare ground would be ok enough. Then winter storms hit and I ended up with enough sticky, smelly mud in the run that my boots were literally getting pulled off my feet with each step. It's been deep litter since then - took a while to start building it up, but now no mud, no stink.

 

[Chickassan]

Well that explains why you're slightly anti rooster.

Really.....not knowing that my rooster wiggles on my lap could leave a wet spot
I felt so dirty and violated.
Things went down a little differently when he’d mount the top of my shoe

 

[HennyPenny2019]

Really.....not knowing that my rooster wiggles on my lap could leave a wet spot
I felt so dirty and violated.
Things went down a little differently when he’d mount the top of my shoe

Sorry but I laughed until I snorted. Loving this thread.

 

[MissChick@dee]

Well that explains why you're slightly anti rooster.

Slightly?

 

[MissChick@dee]

When I first got chickens
A friend came over with a tote full of chicks...he said you pick.
I picked ALL roosters and just one hen!


ETA: I still have the HEN !

 

[Mimi13]

Clipping my Roosters claws with human toe nail clippers.
Having a running bloody mess and no quick-stop.
Not crating the running bloody mess once I got the blood stopped.
Then trying to bandage a Single toe rather than the whole foot.
Not using vet-wrap to make the bandage.
Then feeding my Rooster stool softeners to pass the swallowed bandage.

I’m sorry, but I can’t help myself.

 

[Mimi13]

Not putting the other chickens in the run before...
I vomited my Rooster (sour crop)
Gaging while I tried to get them outta that “stuff”

OMG, again! I’ve been eating fruitcake and now laughing too hard. I’m dying here.

 

[Mimi13]

Really.....not knowing that my rooster wiggles on my lap could leave a wet spot
I felt so dirty and violated.
Things went down a little differently when he’d mount the top of my shoe

What?!? That can happen? Eeewwwww!