Cathy, you've talked about raising chickens before, haven't you?
I just went to Wal-Mart on my lunch break from work and picked up the October issue of Saveur magazine.
On page 65 there's a cute 2-page piece on the total joy of one woman's experience of raising chickens. Damn- it sounds like tending these filthy animals changed her damned life forever- HA!
Read this quick paragraph describing what took place when a neighbor noticed weird bird behavior and advised that her 10 laying hens were needin' to get laid! (warning- NOT for the faint of heart!).
"We took them in cages, and set them free and within a matter of minutes the two mellow brothers had gang-raped all ten of our hens. For those who have never watched chicken sex, it's not a pretty sight. Rooster love is nasty, brutish and short- and often involves the rooster standing on the chicken's head." :eek:
Posted By: Cook Chatty Cathy
Sep 26 # 2 of 34
Hi Kev,
Pure rubbish and BS!!! I have never had a rooster stand on one of my hens heads.... now the person who wrote that may have been stoned!!!LOL
Love my Hens & Rooster!
Posted By: jglass
Sep 26 # 3 of 34
My Mom always had chickens. She let them out to roam loose during the day. She swore they helped keep snakes out of her yard lol. I have seen roosters go at hens by standing on their heads like described.
One night we heard a her chickens going nuts in their pen. WELL I go out there to see what was up and there was a possum penned in between the chicken wire and the wall of the chicken house. My dad tells me to go get his 20 gauge shotgun and shoot the possum.
WELL..there were empty propane gas tanks behind the chicken pen off to the side behind where the possum was stuck. He could move but only a little at a time. So..I go get the shotgun and here I am trying to use a flashlight..not shoot the gas tanks and make sure to angle to shot downwards lol. Did I mention I couldnt stand up all the way inside the pen.
SO I get my first shot off and I missed. Blew nice big hole in Moms pen though lol.
I looked at Dad and told him what I had done and he insists I try again. I shoot and just missed the possum again lol. Another nice big hole lol. Dad ..who is on the ground laughing by this time insists I try again. By this time the possum had turned to leave and I shot him right in the rear lol.
Needless to say the next possum had a nice big pickup window or two for when he wanted chicken :o Dad asks where were Moms chickens while I was shooting and I said if they had any brains they were in front of that possum. It was the safest place to be with the way I shoot. My shoulder was so sore I could hardly lift it for a week from that shotgun lol.
Posted By: mrsjimmyp
Sep 26 # 4 of 34
lol...Kev.....chickens mating can get brutish....but mine have not. I have 17 hens and one roo...love my chicks !
I would have loved to see you doing that janie !
Posted By: Cook Chatty Cathy
Sep 27 # 5 of 34
Janie That Had To Have Been Hilarious!!!
You Know We Have A Security (motion Detector) Light For Our Chickens Safety, It Clickes And Makes Noise As It Turns On And Blinks A Few Times Before It Stays On Constant.
One Night We're Out On The Deck With Company, And One Of Our Guests Says, "the Lights Clicking On And Off Out There By Your Hen House" Well We All Go To Looking And There Running Away From The Light And Noise Is A Big Fat Possum!!! I Am Surprised Eddie Didn't Get His Gun Out And Shoot It Right Then & There! This Man Loves His Hens! He Would Have A Fit And Go Hunting If Something Were To Attack Them! Lol
