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Wor Sid is my Silver Sussex cockerel. I decided to move him into the greenhouse today with five new laydees as company.
My thinking behind this is that my two young cockerels who were with the Laydees prior to this wouldn't leave them alone and as they were all brothers and sisters it just didn't seem right. With Sid out of the way I can billet the two cockerels with his harim of 10 ISA Browns.
Anyway, back to Sid. I donned some leather gauntlets because I know what he's like. Threw some corn down to get him and his Laydees together then pounced...........cripes what a scafuffle, finished up grabbing him by the tail and him trying to have a go at me. When I finally collared his neck and got him in my arms he was giving my gauntlets a good old trouncing, without them I would have been covered in blood! Carried him with my head loking backwards or else he would have went for my eyes and put him in the greenhouse with the hens.
Went out and came back with some pellets and if the dammed thing didn't fly at me again and have another go!
God I love that cockerel, he's such a spunky bugger that I wasn't going to breed from him but I think I will now.
He's so gentle with his Laydees, always stands back and lets them have the best bits of food, will protect them and himself to the death, keeps himself spotlessly clean, weighs a ton and is a truly handsome specimen.
Out of all the hens and cockerels I've ever had, it's only him I would shed a tear for if I lost him!
My thinking behind this is that my two young cockerels who were with the Laydees prior to this wouldn't leave them alone and as they were all brothers and sisters it just didn't seem right. With Sid out of the way I can billet the two cockerels with his harim of 10 ISA Browns.
Anyway, back to Sid. I donned some leather gauntlets because I know what he's like. Threw some corn down to get him and his Laydees together then pounced...........cripes what a scafuffle, finished up grabbing him by the tail and him trying to have a go at me. When I finally collared his neck and got him in my arms he was giving my gauntlets a good old trouncing, without them I would have been covered in blood! Carried him with my head loking backwards or else he would have went for my eyes and put him in the greenhouse with the hens.
Went out and came back with some pellets and if the dammed thing didn't fly at me again and have another go!
God I love that cockerel, he's such a spunky bugger that I wasn't going to breed from him but I think I will now.
He's so gentle with his Laydees, always stands back and lets them have the best bits of food, will protect them and himself to the death, keeps himself spotlessly clean, weighs a ton and is a truly handsome specimen.
Out of all the hens and cockerels I've ever had, it's only him I would shed a tear for if I lost him!
Sid seemed to setttle straight away but the other two still didn't seem to be mixing with their new harim, to the point I had to introduce them to each other rather than just wait for them to find the hole in the fence I had created between their respective runs.
Still a fantastic animal and my pride and joy though!
(God I would hate to see what would happen if these two ever met up!)
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