The flock is complete (for now)

Cajun's gonna be a busy boy tonight, huh? He's gonna wear himself out chasing them around, trying to get lucky.

 

I'da paid good money to see you chasing that ole rooster. Careful, Dew, those roosters will bitch slap you in the blink of an eye!
But you know that, being that you're on a chicken forum now, huh....LOL!!

You must keep us updated on this. Have you named the girls yet?

 

Name the potential stew birds "supper", Dew. I have a friend who raises Nubian goats
for butter, cheese, milk, rather fine compost and she names all the young males supper
so she'll keep in mind that male goats have go to that great goat reward at or before
8 months old. She says it helps.

 

Or name them different chicken dishes...this one is Fried, that one, BBQ...you get the picture..

 

Wow, 9!!!! I think we're going to max out at 4.

 

Oooh. Good idea, Mary Jane. Kiev, Divan, Parmagiano, Stew, Asparagus Casserole...

 

Red Star - is that someone's personal breeding of RIReds or a commercial RIRed variety.

Spurs - saw them bad boys OFF - because eventually he will nail you or some family member, better to be safe and have less to fret about if it is a face hit, esp on your son.
like i said b4 those layer & meat bird roosters are honery.
Fighting cock roosters are Nice and usually much prettier.
I used to get layer type hens to keep the game roosters company.
I would say most "mounting" is done once they come down from roosting in the AM and b4 going to roost in the PM

 

Amazing how much you can learn on a chicken forum, eh Dew?

 

I wonder if Dew calls himself Dew on the chicken forums..maybe Farmer Dew or Chicken Dew!

Chicken Dew!! LOL!

I crack myself up.

 

deweyskinlessbonelessbreast or deweythigh or deweywing or...

sex link ..it was on the tip of my tongue
being that RIR and Leghorns are Layer breeds i find the dual purpose aspect a bit hazy.
maybe the mix tends to increase meatiness ..

i always liked Black Australorps - big heavy birds that will fill a pot up nicely and before pot time they lay a crap load of eggs, but being big they eat more than leghorns .
but if range fed that is not so much an i$$ue. GRASS CLIPPINGS are manna to chickens.
veggy scraps from the kitchen as well !!

 

Well, he's Deweychop here, maybe he's Deweychick on his other forum. Bwahaha, I crack myself up, too!

 

cockadoodleDEWEY

 

A chicken forum get together...sounds fantastic! I bet you and those other crazy folk will buy some beers and and get all clucked up..

Yeah, that was a fail. I'm tired and not on my game.

But just you wait 'til tomorrow, I'll be on FIRE!

 

Ok, Brant wins with Cockadoodledewey!

 

Hahaha. My girls are free ranging and although they eat grass, they much prefer the bugs in the grass to the actual greens. They do act like mini lawn mowers, though. The hawk has been back some more, but crows, the dog and other birds keep chasing it away. I don't think it's very happy not getting a meal, so we don't see it nearly as often.

 

Coopers and Red Tailed Hawks - BAM - SQWWAAKKK - baby hawk lunch - you gotta share with the food chain if'n ya let them run free, just how it works