First of all our huge buff chicken is now a rooster, it crows, it's huge, and it is mean! About 2 weeks ago I went out to gather the eggs, and we knew it was a rooster because of it's crow, so I decided I was going to keep space between him and me. Well I guess it wasn't enough space. One minute he was pecking at the ground, and then all of a sudden he perks up, and comes after me, I scream/squeel, "BRODY" (my dog's name) at the top of my lungs, hoping he would come kill this mean rooster that just came after me, but he didn't.... I kicked at the dumb bird, and my shoe fell off, but I turned to step on the hot wire, so I could get out of the pen, but right before I did, I realized I didn't have my shoe on, so I had to quick get it back on, then I could step on the wire and get out!
Leon didn't believe me that the rooster attacked me, so he went out there when he got home, and at first the rooster didn't do a thing, then it just snapped on Leon too! Leon gave it a quick kick, then he swung his leg back and really let the bird have it! It hit the side of the trailer, then slid down between the wheel well and the trail, wiggle out, then staggered away. So there, the rooster really IS mean!!!!! I have told some people about how my rooster just snapped and became mean, and 2 other people told me their roosters just started to become mean also!!!! I don't know why all of a sudden they are mean, but I'm not doing chicken chores until that rooster is gone!
This is the rooster crowing
Another random chicken experience was that yesterday, the neighbor kids came over and told me there were like 18 eggs in the side of their dad's seed shed, that borders our chickens and cows. I had just woken up from a nap, so I wasn't sure if I herd them right, but I did. They went over to the side of the shed where 2 boards had been removed, and the kept pulling out egg after egg!!!! They were all white eggs, and we only have 2 chickens that lay white eggs.... We have been getting at least 1 white egg a day, so that means that 1 of the chickens has been laying in there consistantly for the last few weeks!!!!
Last but not least was that today when Leon gathered the eggs, he found this monster egg up in the nose of the trailer, where 1 of the chickens has made a nice little nest out of hay. I don't think these pictures do the egg justice, it could be a triple yoker!!! This egg is HUGE!!!!!!!
The egg on the right is the size of what I would consider a large or close to jumbo egg, like one you would get from the grocery store, the egg on the left is our monster egg!
And this is just a cute picture of Moose, that I couldn't help but post :)
