Napril 2026 Discussion/Obs

[SJonesWX]

finished the month with 2 1/2" of rain. 

[tamarack]

2 hours ago, WinterWolf said:

Dam…never realized that. Birds can be ferocious.  Animal world is certainly no joke. Chicken be like, No offense…but I need to eat, so it’s game on. 
 

Great information.

I still have a scar from a rooster attack in May of 2024.  Was taking some veggie scraps to the grandkids' flock in SNJ, all the hens came as a swarm and "Houdini" (kids name all the birds, of course) wasn't tolerating competition for ruling the hens.  Its 2nd attack was repelled when I (carefully) flipped the rooster onto its back, after which it scooted next to the pen and crowed a dozen times - "I won! I won!"  Then I noticed the blood running into my shoe.

[Ginx snewx]

15 minutes ago, tamarack said:

I still have a scar from a rooster attack in May of 2024.  Was taking some veggie scraps to the grandkids' flock in SNJ, all the hens came as a swarm and "Houdini" (kids name all the birds, of course) wasn't tolerating competition for ruling the hens.  Its 2nd attack was repelled when I (carefully) flipped the rooster onto its back, after which it scooted next to the pen and crowed a dozen times - "I won! I won!"  Then I noticed the blood running into my shoe.

Mine got me. Scar remains. Old Ginger is a beast. Sardines? @dendrite

[tunafish]

8 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Mine got me. Scar remains. Old Ginger is a beast. Sardines? @dendrite

 

24 minutes ago, tamarack said:

I still have a scar from a rooster attack in May of 2024.  Was taking some veggie scraps to the grandkids' flock in SNJ, all the hens came as a swarm and "Houdini" (kids name all the birds, of course) wasn't tolerating competition for ruling the hens.  Its 2nd attack was repelled when I (carefully) flipped the rooster onto its back, after which it scooted next to the pen and crowed a dozen times - "I won! I won!"  Then I noticed the blood running into my shoe.

Are these spur or beak wounds?  I'm glad my city has a no-rooster rule, they intimidate me.

My surviving hen from flock 1 is defensive of the 1.5 year old flock 2 hens.  I picked one up when she was stubborn about coming in at dusk and when I went to set her down in the run, the old hen delivered a direct peck (more of a bite, actually) to the back of my hand. 

 

This is now the chicken thread plz rename and pin @dendrite.

[tamarack]

Spur.  There were supposed to be all hens when a couple dozen was purchased 4-5 years back, but 2 were roosters, so the dominant one (Houdini) ruled the roost, frequently pounding the other rooster, Meriodoc (and other trespassers).  Both are now deceased.