Hey! good to see you back! nice looking rooster, over the last few pages we'd been discussing when they get to 'that time' they want to challenge us. A well placed boot does wonders as an attitude adjustment, that's for sure!Hi everyone! Been a while since I've posted, summer kept us busy. I hope everybody has had a nice one!
My little cockerel has grown into a handsome roo. He only tried to get me one time, and as he sidled on up to me, I poked him. He ran off so fast! Hasn't tried anything since then.
I also, finally, got my Swedish Flower pullet. The kids named her Daisy, and she is just as sweet as can be.
On a sad note, we had to put down one of our hens last night. My eldest daughter is pretty distraught, as it was her chicken. She had stopped laying, and last night I discovered her listless with a swollen vent (covered in maggots). I was pretty sure she was either egg bound, or had a broken egg inside, so I made the call to put her down. It wasn't the first time she had egg issues. She was a wonderful hen. I don't think my husband handled the, errrrr, euthanasia so hot. He was the one who had to swing the ax, and being a city boy, he had never seen a chicken butchered/put down. But, he did what needed to be done. We couldn't let her suffer another day.
Other then that, life is good!
sorry about your hen, sometimes there's just no other way to handle things.
Nice to see you back!
