#chicken talk

[ashen-vulture]

Trick or treat

Chicken feet

Give me worms and seeds to eat

[superfluffychickens]

More rooster drama, enough that I’ve decided to just keep the flock separated in two. When I tried to move Wade back in, he immediately started attacking Jack again. Jack fought back, but gave up after a couple minutes, and was a nervous wreck even after Wade walked away. He spent all day hiding in various corners and in the nestbox area.

I asked for some advice on BackyardChickens, I just wanted to know if anyone had had similar experiences with the head rooster being ousted and what happens to him afterwards. The people there seemed certain that Wade and Jack wouldn’t be able to ever live together, which is disappointing. But with Jack’s age and weakened condition, it’s not worth trying if it stresses him out so bad. He should live out his golden years in comfort and safety.

So I’m still working out which hens and which cockerels should stay on each side. The hens aren’t happy they can’t go wherever they please anymore, especially since I put up a barrier to stop anyone jumping over the gate. I’ll have to move their nestboxes around so there’s an equal number on each side, and I’ll put up some extra feeders just to be safe. I’m seeing if Thistle and Lju will be okay living with Jack and his older ladies, since that side of the coop has more room and those two boys get on pretty well. If that doesn’t work - if they’re fighting too much or if they’re bothering Jack, I can try moving Thistle to Wade’s side and bringing Jojo over to Jack’s. The folks on BYC kinda roasted me for having so many roosters, and maybe they’re right, but I love them all so much and I think it’s possible to keep them all while keeping everyone happy.

Jack seems calmer now, he’s stopped trying to hide and he’s even crowing again. He was very tired from fighting and running away yesterday, so I gave him some aspirin. He ripped one of his nails out while he was trying to hide I think, which is almost exactly how he got frostbite on his toe last year. I kept it bandaged for a few days and I’ll keep a close eye on it. Thankfully the weather’s been warmer.

If all else fails, if Jack can’t live with the cockerels for example, I may move him and some of the old ladies back into the little coop behind my house - it’ll be the Old Folks Home. Right now it’s pretty much buried in the snow and not accessible, and I’m sure it needs some repairs after being unoccupied for over a year, but it’s an option. I don’t like that coop very much, it’s pretty small and doesn’t have a good place to hang feeders and waterers, and it’s nice that, with the garage, there’s no rush to open the coop in the morning to let the chickens into the run. But, for Jack’s sake I’ll make the best of it.

[colonel-chicken]

just wanna let you know i literally adore ur fics and your characterisation of daigo is my favourite. So excited to see more of roadtrip mixtape!

Gah, thank you Anon ! I'm super excited for the next chapters, hope you'll like it :)

[chickensforyou]

8 tracks sucks. It took off my favorite mix. @vesperlionheart I think it might have been your mix or something you introduced me to. It was October woman.

[bettybattaglia]

This week’s chicken talk 🐔

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Visions of V - Chapter 5

[atomsjudgement]

🤔🤪more art postin' nerves, friends🤪

[badburds]

Picky eaters?

We feed our cockatiels veggies and fruits when they wake up (and wait a few hours before we give them their seeds), following our vet advice (we used to give it all at the same time).

What’s happening now is that despite having nothing else to eat, they just don’t touch the fruits/veggies in their food bowl. What’s funny is that they’ll eat it if we give it to them by hand. They seem to really love apple, but they just don’t eat it if it’s in the bowl. Anyone has a similar problem?

[askthatclumsywitch]

Ah hello? Have you tried talking to a crow??? They have no language, like some sort of animal. Chickens though, they have class and depend me to stop anything from hurting them