tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post6889423952791908110..comments2023-06-05T16:18:39.636+02:00Comments on Snippets from me: The silence of OrpyVerahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-86178247369300404522012-10-02T10:01:01.545+02:002012-10-02T10:01:01.545+02:00Jean and Rusty Duck, I would like eventually have ...Jean and Rusty Duck, I would like eventually have a place where older chickens, especially cockerels, could be retired, but this is not possible at the moment. To keep two cockerels together is not a good idea because they will fight, which makes the hens unsettled and eventually creates a tense atmosphere. For peace and calm there can be only one cockerel, and he needs to be energetic and interested in life, which will then encourage the hens to be a flock rather than the individual hens they have become. It is a dilemma, what to do with our Orpy!Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-57531772005729937022012-10-02T00:18:50.983+02:002012-10-02T00:18:50.983+02:00Oh what a sad story. Will you be able to 'reti...Oh what a sad story. Will you be able to 'retire' him, and keep him on the farm even when there is a successor? rusty duckhttp://www.rustyduck.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-58103103867852117912012-10-01T23:40:02.503+02:002012-10-01T23:40:02.503+02:00Poor Orpy. If he was a human he would be destined...Poor Orpy. If he was a human he would be destined for the old folks' home I suppose.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-60718692394461534252012-10-01T14:46:49.567+02:002012-10-01T14:46:49.567+02:00Diane, I can't remember Orpy not crowing befor...Diane, I can't remember Orpy not crowing before, but that hawk! Crikey but it must have given you a fright!<br /><br />John, thanks for that. It wouldn't surprise me if his heart was not sound, he does tend to look out of puff at a lot of the time!Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-27148059081113717712012-10-01T10:35:48.445+02:002012-10-01T10:35:48.445+02:00bless him vera
he may be suffering from a bad hear...bless him vera<br />he may be suffering from a bad heart<br />(congested comb colour)<br />in my experience my buff cockerels have not been as robust as their hensJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833961486558166275.post-53508441481330015592012-10-01T10:33:49.089+02:002012-10-01T10:33:49.089+02:00I gather that a cockerel does crow more in summer ...I gather that a cockerel does crow more in summer but I am not sure that they actually stop in winter!<br /><br />I was attacked by a hawk on my back once, ripped my shirt and certainly caused a bit of blood around the place. This was one which was trained to the fist and I presume it could not wait to be fed!!! I now watch my back :-)<br /><br />Have a good week DianeZimbabwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07279761983880323632noreply@blogger.com