Comments on: Chicken Hazards http://nikas-culinaria.com/2008/11/10/chicken-hazards/ eat with your eyes Wed, 09 May 2012 21:03:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Nika http://nikas-culinaria.com/2008/11/10/chicken-hazards/comment-page-1/#comment-24228 Nika Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:47:11 +0000 http://nikas-culinaria.com/2008/11/10/chicken-hazards/#comment-24228 The most destructive rooster was a mid-size minorca but he is gone now. We have too many roosters right now. (One is too many in my mind but I may be biased toward quiet) My daughter gives all of the chickens abundant love (they are loved pets to her except for when the roosters get too aggressive and then she helps me cull them) The boys definitely let the girls eat first and watch over them. The most destructive rooster was a mid-size minorca but he is gone now. We have too many roosters right now. (One is too many in my mind but I may be biased toward quiet)

My daughter gives all of the chickens abundant love (they are loved pets to her except for when the roosters get too aggressive and then she helps me cull them)

The boys definitely let the girls eat first and watch over them.

]]> By: Kelly http://nikas-culinaria.com/2008/11/10/chicken-hazards/comment-page-1/#comment-24227 Kelly Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:43:48 +0000 http://nikas-culinaria.com/2008/11/10/chicken-hazards/#comment-24227 I don't know what breed the rooster was, but I have found that a large breed rooster some of the more calmer varieties, can and generally will not be nasty, although no rooster can ever be trusted. I made sure I talk to my rooster, drop him some scratch to give is girls. It seems to help. A lot depends on how much you work with them. Most people put too much rooster with too few hens. A rooster for 8 or 10 hens is plenty, I had a young rooster and he kept the eggs for 35 hens fertile. I have also heard that if you have too many hens, they can't keep up and it breaks their spirit. Either way, they seem to rip the feathers off.l I don’t know what breed the rooster was, but I have found that a large breed rooster some of the more calmer varieties, can and generally will not be nasty, although no rooster can ever be trusted.

I made sure I talk to my rooster, drop him some scratch to give is girls. It seems to help. A lot depends on how much you work with them. Most people put too much rooster with too few hens. A rooster for 8 or 10 hens is plenty, I had a young rooster and he kept the eggs for 35 hens fertile.

I have also heard that if you have too many hens, they can’t keep up and it breaks their spirit. Either way, they seem to rip the feathers off.l

]]> By: Nika http://nikas-culinaria.com/2008/11/10/chicken-hazards/comment-page-1/#comment-24226 Nika Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:09:05 +0000 http://nikas-culinaria.com/2008/11/10/chicken-hazards/#comment-24226 Kelly: heh, I guess roosters bring out the wit tho they do it in way I would prefer to avoid! Barred rocks are definitely easy on the eye. Our least attractive are the ones that were manhandled by some roosters (which we ate) so the poor girls are missing feathers. Kelly: heh, I guess roosters bring out the wit tho they do it in way I would prefer to avoid! Barred rocks are definitely easy on the eye. Our least attractive are the ones that were manhandled by some roosters (which we ate) so the poor girls are missing feathers.

]]> By: Kelly http://nikas-culinaria.com/2008/11/10/chicken-hazards/comment-page-1/#comment-24221 Kelly Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:30:56 +0000 http://nikas-culinaria.com/2008/11/10/chicken-hazards/#comment-24221 Nice pictures of healthy apparently healthy birds. I also enjoyed your wittiness. Nice pictures of healthy apparently healthy birds. I also enjoyed your wittiness.

]]> By: Nika http://nikas-culinaria.com/2008/11/10/chicken-hazards/comment-page-1/#comment-24137 Nika Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:07:48 +0000 http://nikas-culinaria.com/2008/11/10/chicken-hazards/#comment-24137 Kitt: LOL hey now, Bruiser the silkie rooster - of unmade bed fame - is my daughter's favorite chicken! He has a personality 3 stories high even though he is a tiny guy. Silkies are a funky breed. My 5 year old is scared to death of Barley the guard rooster. I think such a video of me being repeatedly mauled and dragged through the mud by Barley the Menace would shoot to the top of YouTube and I would hide in my closet for months. Not a good thing! Kitt: LOL hey now, Bruiser the silkie rooster – of unmade bed fame – is my daughter’s favorite chicken!

He has a personality 3 stories high even though he is a tiny guy. Silkies are a funky breed.

My 5 year old is scared to death of Barley the guard rooster.

I think such a video of me being repeatedly mauled and dragged through the mud by Barley the Menace would shoot to the top of YouTube and I would hide in my closet for months. Not a good thing!

]]> By: Kitt http://nikas-culinaria.com/2008/11/10/chicken-hazards/comment-page-1/#comment-24132 Kitt Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:36:07 +0000 http://nikas-culinaria.com/2008/11/10/chicken-hazards/#comment-24132 Ha! I was hoping that <i>was</i> video of rooster shenanigans. Beautiful birds. But that last chicken looks like an unmade bed. ;-) Ha! I was hoping that was video of rooster shenanigans.

Beautiful birds. But that last chicken looks like an unmade bed. ;-)

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