"We have a responsibility to imitate the natural food chain of the animals — in terms of both animal welfare and professional integrity," Aalborg Zoo says.
We hatch our own and we have all heritage breeds for various reasons so we end up with a lot of roosters. We have 42 hens at different stages right now and probably 3-4 roosters left.
Barred rocks are generally very gentle birds. Even the roosters. Keep touching him and talking to him and he’ll be good for a while. They tend to get a little ornery when they get older.
That’s good to know. What kind of heritage breeds do you have, some of them look great. My rocks used to jump in my lap when I lived down in Florida, but the hens I’ve had here have been more skittish. I don’t spend nearly as much time with them is the reason I’m sure. Down there I used to spend an hour or two sitting outside every day throwing a tennis ball for my dog and they would all hang out. Here (Tennessee) I spend far much more time inside. I need to put chairs out back somewhere so I can convince myself to spend more time out there.
He’s only 6 months old, but it’s pretty clear he was sexed wrong, the strut and attitude gives him away, but the 4am wake up call developing more and more has kind of killed any doubts
We hatch our own and we have all heritage breeds for various reasons so we end up with a lot of roosters. We have 42 hens at different stages right now and probably 3-4 roosters left.
Barred rocks are generally very gentle birds. Even the roosters. Keep touching him and talking to him and he’ll be good for a while. They tend to get a little ornery when they get older.
We do solely a meat breed for eating.
That’s good to know. What kind of heritage breeds do you have, some of them look great. My rocks used to jump in my lap when I lived down in Florida, but the hens I’ve had here have been more skittish. I don’t spend nearly as much time with them is the reason I’m sure. Down there I used to spend an hour or two sitting outside every day throwing a tennis ball for my dog and they would all hang out. Here (Tennessee) I spend far much more time inside. I need to put chairs out back somewhere so I can convince myself to spend more time out there.
He’s only 6 months old, but it’s pretty clear he was sexed wrong, the strut and attitude gives him away, but the 4am wake up call developing more and more has kind of killed any doubts