NevadaEmma
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- Mar 24, 2021
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Hello, I am new to this group, fairly new to BackYardChickens.
My flock consists, at the moment, of four geese about nine months old, an older group of nine hens and one rooster (almost a year old), my middle group consists of three roosters that were part of a group that I incubated myself (about two months old), and the youngest set of two that I truly hope will be hens!
My husband really wanted a rooster, but he and this rooster do not see "eye to eye" except for stink eyes. I think the rooster is doing a great job with his hens, but he does like to challenge me, I think it is when I have not given his girls enough treats.
My young roosters do not look anything like their father, one is completely out of left field. He is also gorgeous. I am thinking about replacing the current dominant rooster with one of these three when they are about the same size as Rooster.
The geese are a delight. I had no idea they were so interesting, entertaining and loving. The only that I am sure is a male and his breed, is the Sebastopol. He is also the smallest. I thought we had one male, and the rest female, but it may be one female and the other three are males. I guess we will be able to be certain come this spring.
I love to talk about my flock. Although I am certain that it is similar to people talking about their grandchildren, not everyone is as interested in daily comments!
We live in northern Nevada where the winters are not too cold, and the summers are not too hot. That does appear to be changing though, like everywhere.
My flock consists, at the moment, of four geese about nine months old, an older group of nine hens and one rooster (almost a year old), my middle group consists of three roosters that were part of a group that I incubated myself (about two months old), and the youngest set of two that I truly hope will be hens!
My husband really wanted a rooster, but he and this rooster do not see "eye to eye" except for stink eyes. I think the rooster is doing a great job with his hens, but he does like to challenge me, I think it is when I have not given his girls enough treats.
My young roosters do not look anything like their father, one is completely out of left field. He is also gorgeous. I am thinking about replacing the current dominant rooster with one of these three when they are about the same size as Rooster.
The geese are a delight. I had no idea they were so interesting, entertaining and loving. The only that I am sure is a male and his breed, is the Sebastopol. He is also the smallest. I thought we had one male, and the rest female, but it may be one female and the other three are males. I guess we will be able to be certain come this spring.
I love to talk about my flock. Although I am certain that it is similar to people talking about their grandchildren, not everyone is as interested in daily comments!
We live in northern Nevada where the winters are not too cold, and the summers are not too hot. That does appear to be changing though, like everywhere.
and even my coconut oil is lightly solidified.
You have a great looking flock, please gush as much as you want! 
I lived in Nevada for awhile, thinking it would be similar to growing up in Idaho....and while there are similarities there was definitely more changes in the weather in the same day than I expected! 
I think some people just don’t have the patience to deal with the silly and naughty stuff they do when they’re feeling their teenage oats (like most in full on puberty! 
). I was definitely willing to put in the time, but he did go after my daughter a couple of times and that had me a bit more on edge—not gonna lie. She would have never forgiven me if I’d rehomed him…but I wish I could have done that instead of losing him the awful way I did—for his sake and mine :-( 
I think you could probably make tea with it, but stinging nettle stew doesn’t sound good for your digestion. 
