This message is from: "linda hickam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ".....speaking of roosters......we had one named "Alvin"......later to become the "attack" rooster...he was vicious!!!!!.....had no problem making him into soup!!! ---------- >From: "Ingrid Ivic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Fjord Horse List Fjords Mailing List" <fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com> >Subject: here chickey, chickey... >Date: Mon, Nov 20, 2000, 1:33 AM >
>This message is from: Ingrid Ivic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> At the present time I am going over to this >> house and feeding and watering them once a day, but this will get old >> soon. I am not real thrilled to hear a rooster at 3 or 4 in the morning >> and wonder if, they are kept in total dark at night, if that will shut >> him up? I do not want them loose in my barn, since they will be all >> over making a mess. I suppose the real solution is to just butcher them >> and have them for Sunday dinner or make soup if they are real tough. In >> the meantime, I will continue to care for them and hope some wild >> critter does not have them for lunch. > > Hi there Carol, > > I too have chickens...5 hens, 2 roosters (didn't have the heart to butcher >the second one!). We've kept them mainly as pets and for the eggs. They will >"shut up" at night...don't worry. Is there a pen or some sort of closed-in >area where they can be kept? They will soon be eaten by the raccoons, coyotes >or other various creatures if not kept in a secure place. Ours are in a fenced >area, with a little house for them, built up off the ground. I have them >deeply bedded with straw for the winter and they will do quite well with this >arrangement. They will require water brought out to them at least 2 times a >day, as it will freeze over quickly. > My fjords ignore them mostly...the occasional flapping and squawking does not >phase them one bit. > Probably a good idea not to have them in with the horses...they can harbour >lice (I dust mine) and may possibly spread disease with their droppings(?). > > Bon Appetit! Ingrid ;o) >
