Rural Gardening: Heres an Update on the newbies!, 1 by Eufaula

Eufaula wrote:
GooooooodMorning everyone!!!! It turned c-c-c-cold here last night! Went down to the 40's! I had to gather up all the babies and put them in brooder cages again. Needless to say , they are warm but... not happy! they were sulking this morning. They had already gotten used to their out side pen and didnt like their cramped quarters one bit! BUT..They are warm.....Have you ever tried to explain things to a kid????? LOL!!!!

Hey Halnik! Your little Happy Feet is adorable!!!! Now what breed is it? I hope it keeps those cute eye markings lke my Happy Feet did! Your Roo is gorgeous...er.. I mean.. Very Masculine,very Handsome!!!! Your Hens should be quite Happy!!!!

Good Morning BadSeed! Thank You! Well You would think that there would be a problem with all my Roo's ,but honestly, I only have problems with two! That Would be My Barred Rock "CockleLooLoo" and his new nemesis the young Buff O. " Buddy"! I got the upper hand though with their fighting. I put Buddy in the Yard and locked CockleLooLoo and his Harem of brown Egg layers in the Chicken coop and Yard! Now they just glare at each other through the fence!
The other Roos, Hmm, Let me see. I have One Light Brahma ,one Ameracauna,and one black White /Crested Polish,several Japanese ,all are babies or at least under 10 weeks, oops , also a speckled Sussex! They all greww up together and havent shown anything but baby play actions so far! No true male aggressions! Im hoping to have all the new pens for each Breed I plan to keep by the end of Summer! A lot of the Chicks will be going to new homes soon! I am still culling out the ones I dont plan to Breed! They will make great pet Chickens for others! The ones I keep will have to have certain Characteristics for the planned breeding I am going to be doing! I love certain colors and certain looks in my Japanese ,so the culling part is fun but I do get attached to all of them. Its hard sometimes to get them new homes. But I am particular who gets them!
the older males , Are already in their permanent homes and dont worry about the ocassional visit by "Buddy", looking in through the fence at their Harems! They just make a run at the fence to let him know that looking is all he can do!!! Poor ole Buddy!!!
Your Question about the Combs...Well I just wait until I know for sure! That can take a couple of weeks with some Breeds and a lot longer with others! Its a definite size thing!!! The Hens always have much smaller combs than the Roos and they develop slower!