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.......... when no-one wants to do want you want them to or be where you want them to be.
My growing cocks (second batch) don't want to stay in their enclosure. One took himself off to live with a older companion cock (goodness knows why but seems happy with him and some old hens who are all moulting so no use to him), several others just fly out to potter about (wings now all clipped as of last night, am going down to check on them soon). They have a massive enclosure, I think they are just doing it for the hell of it.
Then one of the legbar cocks I am keeping for breeding got out of his enclosure looking for hens (fair enough). He's not on his own but doesn't find his "brothers" interesting any more. I let him find the two legbar girls he is going with eventually, but no, he's not interested in them, he has started a love affair with a tiny pekin - they are joined at the hip and have been toddling around the garden together. I took him away, clipped his wings but he has made it out yet again and has found his beloved pekin. Love holds no bounds it seems. My husband said forget cutting feathers, I should cut his wing off!
The little poland has decided she wants to go IN with a broody hen and 5 week old chicks. Can;t get in of course but hangs around the coop. Each time I move the coop she tries to get in it. She has the run of the place but no, wants to live with the broody.
Ah well, there's nowt as queer as chickens .............
My growing cocks (second batch) don't want to stay in their enclosure. One took himself off to live with a older companion cock (goodness knows why but seems happy with him and some old hens who are all moulting so no use to him), several others just fly out to potter about (wings now all clipped as of last night, am going down to check on them soon). They have a massive enclosure, I think they are just doing it for the hell of it.
Then one of the legbar cocks I am keeping for breeding got out of his enclosure looking for hens (fair enough). He's not on his own but doesn't find his "brothers" interesting any more. I let him find the two legbar girls he is going with eventually, but no, he's not interested in them, he has started a love affair with a tiny pekin - they are joined at the hip and have been toddling around the garden together. I took him away, clipped his wings but he has made it out yet again and has found his beloved pekin. Love holds no bounds it seems. My husband said forget cutting feathers, I should cut his wing off!
The little poland has decided she wants to go IN with a broody hen and 5 week old chicks. Can;t get in of course but hangs around the coop. Each time I move the coop she tries to get in it. She has the run of the place but no, wants to live with the broody.
Ah well, there's nowt as queer as chickens .............
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