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Rural/Farm Life

mopinko

(72,151 posts)

11. my buffs are the faves, too.

Reply to FedUpWithIt All (Reply #10)

Wed Feb 6, 2013, 05:37 PM

Feb 2013

i just figure when it gets that far, thd girls deserve a break. we shall see what happens when we start working on chicks. the feed store i go to has cute swade ones.
they really keep them on tho? my first reaction was that it would be like keeping a toddlers shoes on.

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can you disarm a rooster? [View all] mopinko Jul 2012 OP

Yes. WARNING GRAPHIC EXAMPLE!!!!!! HereSince1628 Jul 2012 #1

yeah, i figured as much. mopinko Jul 2012 #2

I don't know. LWolf Jul 2012 #3

I wouldn't bother - in 25 some years of keeping chickens, hedgehog Jul 2012 #4

Plymouth Rock Roosters (Barred Rocks) don't have spurs, bvar22 Jan 2013 #5

Awesome! HealUS Dec 2013 #13

Unfortunately, "Rocky" met an untimely death in the mouth of a dog... bvar22 Dec 2013 #14

"Just A Love Machine" HealUS Dec 2013 #15

Insensitive? HealUS Dec 2013 #16

Hi, HealUS. bvar22 Dec 2013 #18

sorry to hear that bvar. mopinko Dec 2013 #17

I have a broody hen that has hatched several clutches. LWolf Jan 2013 #6

My rooster is mean and huge womanofthehills Jan 2013 #7

You can keep many roosters in line if you behave as an alpha. FedUpWithIt All Feb 2013 #8

thought i would update this- mopinko Feb 2013 #9

We used a homemade fleece chicken apron/saddle when our hen's backs went bare. FedUpWithIt All Feb 2013 #10

my buffs are the faves, too. mopinko Feb 2013 #11

Mine were totally fine with them FedUpWithIt All Feb 2013 #12

Yes we tried those too fasttense Jan 2014 #19

That's interesting. Ours never even tried to remove them. FedUpWithIt All Jan 2014 #20

I bought some saddles with sunflowers embroidered on them womanofthehills Jan 2014 #21