tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post5755582069515204430..comments2024-03-25T11:19:35.199-04:00Comments on The Small Hold - Will Not Go Down Without a Fight: More Chicken Drama Incoming!!!!PioneerPreppyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-63580019535392235942015-12-07T21:37:51.587-05:002015-12-07T21:37:51.587-05:00Lisa - So far night one seems to have gone well. G...Lisa - So far night one seems to have gone well. Got five eggs from them even with the move and there was no fighting when the entire flock came together at dusk. <br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-59090534237399508262015-12-07T21:36:54.654-05:002015-12-07T21:36:54.654-05:00Ro - I get a mouse or mole carcass in the yard alm...Ro - I get a mouse or mole carcass in the yard almost daily from the cats and I just take em down to the barn now and let the chickens tear em apart. I saw Rocky chase a mouse across the barn once and catch it in midair then take it over to the hens to tear apart. The Mice are running scared now.<br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-38139739501323731532015-12-07T21:35:15.466-05:002015-12-07T21:35:15.466-05:00Tewshooz - I know Rocky thinks he is up to any cha...Tewshooz - I know Rocky thinks he is up to any challenge when dealing with his hens but I am betting this new 10 will just run him ragged. He did do a good job of keeping the peace at roosting time tonight.PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-29738685603226654512015-12-07T21:33:15.127-05:002015-12-07T21:33:15.127-05:00Sf - Well I hafta admit Rocky does seem to be kind...Sf - Well I hafta admit Rocky does seem to be kinda gentleman these days more or less. He still seems to be over rough with some of the hens but I never see any pulled feathers and the ones that submit to him never seem to be damaged or hurt at all. The few that don't want his attention he kinda tries to over power them a bit after a sneak attack but when they get away he doesn't chase PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-73848772168225300072015-12-07T21:23:08.947-05:002015-12-07T21:23:08.947-05:00What a great deal. I hope they do well for you.What a great deal. I hope they do well for you.Lisa @ Two Bears Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03464839163693785901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-75606156728499070022015-12-07T15:07:30.062-05:002015-12-07T15:07:30.062-05:00Neighbours of ours commented years ago about our b...Neighbours of ours commented years ago about our barns and stables being mouse and rat free. They were having terrible trouble with mice in their stables. I advised them to get some chickens. Are mice scared of chickens then, Mrs D asked me. Kind of I replied whilst watching two of our hens squabbling over the carcass of a still moving frog.......Rohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804288884191121969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-73417027674094023252015-12-07T12:44:53.449-05:002015-12-07T12:44:53.449-05:00Poor Rocky....but what a way to go, lolPoor Rocky....but what a way to go, lolTewshoozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02564577459982968771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-15952366952636164322015-12-07T12:15:22.595-05:002015-12-07T12:15:22.595-05:00That is a good deal as they probably didn't st...That is a good deal as they probably didn't start laying until close to 6 months and now they might be a year or a little more so they are still fairly young birds. I got 4 hens in late summer because the guy said they were eating their eggs. They have been normal hens after I killed the free rooster that came with them, I caught him pulling feathers out of hens and acting like he was some Sunnybrook Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135224259672444423noreply@blogger.com