We did a little bit of the chicken shuffle last night. We moved our five month olds, two hens & two roosters (yes we're keeping the roosters now, long story) into the enclosed yard/barn area with the adults. Then we moved the six three month olds out to the chicken tractor. Whew, feathers were flying!
Gotta say, I love watching these crazy birds. The larger of the two roosters tried to come out and assert himself. The response he received was a whipping by a particular Rhode Island hen. He cowered and puffed up dancing in the corner, yet attracted no empathy from the others. The Aruacana rooster made his way outside from inside the dark barn (we introduced them inside at dusk), and didn't have much better luck.
I went out to check on them just before dark and all of the ladies had headed in to roost and two of the hens had perched themselves inside the barn, blocking the entrance from the outside. Both roosters were stuck outside! I guess we're going to see who rules the roost here!
i remember many happy memories of having chickens around the yard when i was a little girl. my grandmother kept dozens of them, all roaming around the yard and we enjoyed helping to look after them.
ReplyDeletehow funny! housecleanig!
ReplyDeleteOh, how fun! How did it turn out?
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