Brewster the Rooster!

I love it. I used to raise chickens many years ago. There is nothing like a FRESH egg, where the yolk stands up and says, “Here I am. Come and get it.”

-- jroot

Oh great

Brown eggs are the best. I always buy brown eggs

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

Quite a morning ey!!!! :-) Your rooster sure is a pretty boy!!!

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

Handsom young boy you have there…Love the golden hackles…And the eggs look fantastic!

-- Xploreorganics, 5b Canada, LFD 06-20

that is a great story… and doesn’t he look proud—he’s doing his job of protecting and keeping those big ol’ dogs away from the ladies. lol

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Brewster the rooster has 4 new ladies! Not all is fine in the coop but 3 out of 4 are know “accepted”!

The dark one loves to be petted!

They are free ranging about half of the day and today, they came knocking at the front door:

Just drove the cats crazy!

And, we get a lot of different size of eggs :

And the big one was a double yolked one:

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

So four more ladies joining the group … that is wonderful!! Now how will you get the 4th gal to be accepted? This is so foreign to me …

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

Yes, 2 were accepted right away, then the 3rd one (the very dark one in the picture) last week and now hoping that the last one will be pretty soon as she is quite miserable: not only do 2 of the older hens pick on her, the rooster chases her all over the yard to peck at her!!

GranT, this is also very foreign to me! I was told to wait and let nature do it’s stuff!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Hi E…those eggs look fantastic!!! the girl getting picked on…could she be a bit ill? sometimes they pick on weaker ones or she just has not established her order yet.

-- Xploreorganics, 5b Canada, LFD 06-20

Yes, X, sometimes they do pick on the weak one. However, I remember one hen that I had that was constantly picked on, but she was my best layer. .... every day, and sometimes twice. Who knows?

-- jroot

X,
She is now the thinnest one as well as “shy”! When we got her she was the same size as the other 3. She still is not laying so I will have to see.
Things are better, they are not as bad with her as they were, but still, the 2 “bullies” are on her case!!!

One interesting tidbit here, my favorite one, the very dark one, keeps her company in the coop as well as when they are free roaming!!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

well it is a very good sign that she has a buddy…be sure that she is getting enogh to eat and maybe crush a clove of garlic and add to their waterer just to boost immunity.

-- Xploreorganics, 5b Canada, LFD 06-20

Maybe she is getting more of the “good stuff” and the others are jealous. Who knows in the minute mind of a chicken. LOL

Interesting idea about the garlic. If the others get too close, she can breath on them. LOL
Seriously, a good idea.

-- jroot