Yep, repairs are always the way of us chickeneers 👍 Cant count the number of canopies & frames damaged Then replaced during our Santa Ana Wind storms here:
I love that they aren't afraid of you. The only thing that held us back from them is that they would fly out of our yard never possibly to be seen again :idunno
That's a new problem I never considered at medical/doctor appts... what I find most annoying about medical offices or hospitals even more, is how cold they keep the room temperatures ~ the staff are all running around keeping warm while we patients sit waiting & waiting & waiting in drafty...
But don't forget... even though God instructed Noah to take two of each unclean animal, God also instructed Noah to take SEVEN of each clean (edible) animal :D. I consider poultry "edible". Thus you may adopt at least 7 chicks :D
Yeah, once we get attached to them, it's very hard to give them up💕. We were lucky our friend wanted our Leghorns & Marans plus we could visit often so it was perfect for all of us & the birds were better suited in the layer flock. Both our chicken friends moved out-of-state but luckily the last...
Bresse ARE cool looking w/ their blue legs... they were bred to be specialty meat birds & are a larger bird. I think SimpleJenn was disappointed in her roo's temperament too. Generally assertive breeds are just not a good mix w/ gentler breeds. We were lucky to have the option of rehoming...
Don't get me wrong about Leghorns... ours were really sweet & industrious independent hens as pullets & younger hens but the older they got like 4-5 yrs old, the more testy they got toward gentler flockmate breeds. We had to rehome them w/the Marans into a neighbor's layer flock where they...