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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: langdon on June 03, 2011, 09:10:22 pm

Title: ill temperd or what!
Post by: langdon on June 03, 2011, 09:10:22 pm
our silkie (and thats her name is well ! ) is a mom to two beautifull chicks she has them now for bout 3-4 wks.
blimey when you go to chang food or water she really tries pecking you to death!
nice though to see the mothering instinct in her.

langdon :chook:
Title: Re: ill temperd or what!
Post by: little blue on June 03, 2011, 09:25:35 pm
It hurts, doesnt it!
Rocky, our RIR cockerel went for me for the first time the other day  - he'd just had a new girlfriend join him & his red ladies.  Little ***, I touched his back firmly & he hasnt tried it since...

Are the chicks pure silkie?
Title: Re: ill temperd or what!
Post by: doganjo on June 03, 2011, 11:22:28 pm
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Little ***, I touched his back firmly & he hasnt tried it since...

Did the stick break?  ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: ill temperd or what!
Post by: Hatty on June 04, 2011, 06:55:41 am
I have 2 ex-bats and an Arucana in the Garden, Grand-kids Pets " Little *@I?#" !!! (hens not kids!) only one ex-bat lays and the other one thinks she is a cockerel  :chook: even trying to crow at times.

One Day last week I had been in the Green house potting up some bits and bobs and set off back to the kitchen for a cuppa, as I walked up the garden Blossom flew at the backs of my legs and pecked me real hard a few times. I introduced her to my friend Mr Mop who lives out side the backdoor  ;D 

Title: Re: ill temperd or what!
Post by: langdon on June 04, 2011, 04:02:53 pm
one of them is, i had put a batch of different eggs under her, two were a success im not that bothered about the lost of the others,
first time for her to sit on eggs and just great to see it all happening naturally :D

langdon :chook:
Title: Re: ill temperd or what!
Post by: little blue on June 04, 2011, 07:29:43 pm
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Little ***, I touched his back firmly & he hasnt tried it since...

Did the stick break?  ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D
no ... the run lid lifts upwards, so I just (bravely!) put my hand back in & pressed down on his back from behind, so he couldnt reach round!
Title: Re: ill temperd or what!
Post by: Micki on June 04, 2011, 09:31:32 pm
I have one hen who is very nasty when she is sat on eggs or has chicks with her. She really gors at you and wont stop until you move well away from her.