New Additions to the Homestead

Ozarkgal said:
He is a great bird and I can't believe how much I really already like him.
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I'm glad you do - and I'm also glad you and your friends aren't having chicken tacos tomorrow night.

He looks so at-home on that railing - as if he's been there his entire life. :D
 

Ozarkgal, I think we need an update on how BBB is getting along. Has he become a reliable alarm clock???? And maybe I missed it, but are you getting him some chickens to play with too??
 

BBB Update

BBB is fitting right in to the homestead. All the cats and dogs have come to terms with him, and he follows the dogs around like he's one of the pack. I can finally trust them not to have a chicken lunch. The white cat who was the hardest to convince that BBB was here to stay has finally gotten back on routine after not coming in to eat in the morning, but sneaking in later.

BBB starts his wake up call about 5:30 to 6:00 most mornings and really fusses at me if I'm late with breakfast. I have started waking up in the morning anticipating his call. He's getting us well trained to be a rooster owner.
He will crow on command by calling his name. This helps me keep track of where he is when I haven't seen him for a while. He's quite a self confident, look at me kind of guy, like he knows he is handsome.

Hubby finally finished remodeling the chicken coop for him. I was able to coax him into it with food, but never locked him in. Last week we were going to be gone most of the day so I locked him in for his own protection. When we got home he was one indignant rooster, and was swearing at me in rooster cuss words as he was beating a hasty retreat out of there. I haven't been able to get him near the place again. So much for the expense and labor of remodeling his home.


No plans for any harem chickies for BBB. For now he's an only chicken child.
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Some of our in-house musicians should probably created a song for this fellow, something along the lines of "The Rooster-Rail Strut" ...

(in a blues tempo)

Oh, yeah, I'm a rooster
Yeah, man, I'm a rooster
And I'm doin' my little
Rooster-Rail Strut ...

Oh, and when my momma left me
She put in that ol' coop,
I left her a couple of tail-feathers
And a mountain of rooster poop

Because I'm a rooster ...
Yeah, babe, I'm da' ROOSTER!
And I'm doin' my little
Rooster-Rail Strut
 
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