Showing posts with label roosters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label roosters. Show all posts
Monday, August 11, 2025

Too Many Roosters

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The chicks we incubated back on March 18th have resided in the chicken tractor in the backyard.  Oh, how they've grown.  There are 6 he...
Sunday, February 16, 2025

A Time to Kill

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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:  A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and ...
Friday, September 20, 2024

Seeking Unity in the Barnyard

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Earlier this summer we had some hens get broody.  We still have some hens that are broody.  Anyway, we let the hens set on a few eggs and th...
Sunday, March 3, 2024

Oh, How the Tables Have Turned

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  The young barred rock rooster you see above has a story.  He was one of the two roosters that we hatched out that we didn't butcher.  ...
Monday, August 28, 2023

Wrapping Up a Garden/Chicken Project

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We butchered all the roosters over a month ago.  We've been eating them and the taste is superb.  They are not as big as the Cornish Cro...
Sunday, July 30, 2023

Roosters to the Freezer

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Saturday morning we woke to the crowing of roosters near our bedroom window.  It has become a frequent and regular occurrence.  With a numbe...
Thursday, July 27, 2023

The Cock's Clock is Ticking

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The drama in the chicken tractor is impossible to ignore.  The crowing (loudly) commences at first light.  Then, the romance starts.  The pu...
Sunday, March 13, 2022

Spring Forward

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Before going to bed last night, we set the clocks ahead one hour.  I don't like this change simply to the fact that you lose an hour of ...
Monday, March 9, 2015

Where did the Roosters go?

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This weekend we moved the 3 week old meat birds from the garage to the small chicken tractor on the pasture.  In order to free up that chick...