dino's got to go

 

 

well, our once very friendly and docile bantam americana rooster attacked claire twice yesterday. i didn't see the first attack just saw her running from dino and crying. i saw the second one, however, and gosh, it was just plain mean. he flew up to her face and started pecking and scratching at her. she suffered a small scratch on her chin and was traumatized. i chased dino down, yelling, "bad rooster! bad rooster!"

so my next project is to find out which silkies are roosters and find someone who will do the butchering.

i am going to keep our other americana rooster and our bantam brahma rooster and hope for the best. i hear fertile eggs are healthier, they do a good job protecting the hens, and i would love for some of the hens to raise their own chicks.