So is that wide stance important for mating, I wonder? Helps stabilize while mounting?That ugly duckling has a very nice wide stance, and he's already showing he's looking for danger in this pic.
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Yes, along with a narrow leg stance can cause mobility or health issues. (Knock kneed and Cow hocked) The Marans Standard calls for "Legs spread set well apart and straight looking from the front, legs should be stout, of medium length and lightly feathered on outer shanks" which supports their wide chest and frame.
6 Acres? How do you get the signal to reach home?
You mean for the cameras? Blink has a new version of camera that has 400 ft range. It works pretty well. Sometimes spotty but better than nothing!
That’s all we can say. Mine is equally hapless. A few weeks ago he locked all the chickens OUT of the coop instead of in.
I recently got a text from the hubs as he was in a similar situation
All you can do is sit back and laugh and enjoy your vacation. (They don't realize how much "work" it is until they have to do it
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I used to struggle to get mine to return to the coop. These days I just take the lazy approach as long as there is no immediate threat of a predator attack I just wait until sunset and they put themselves to bed. On the rare occasion that there is a hawk or eagle in the area they almost always spot it before I do and take cover. Shaking a bag of meal worms is still sometimes used as a last resort. I’m too old and fat to actually case them for more than a couple minutes.
