Tag Archives: culling
The Boy Who Lived
We have found ourselves inundated with roosters of late. Now, in a flock of about four dozen chickens, give or take, you really don’t want/need more than three rosters, tops. I’m super happy with two. In wintertime, when the hens … Continue reading
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Early this spring, we added about a half dozen leghorn chickens to our flock. Of these, only one turned out to be a rooster. And he is a beauty–pure white with bright red comb and wattle–really, he looks exactly like Foghorn … Continue reading
Make Way for Chick(ling)s
Y’know that lovely old children’s story, Make Way for Ducklings? In it, a mother duck and her newly-hatched babes make their way through the crowded streets of Boston in order to meet up with Dad, who had flown ahead to find … Continue reading
The Mad Rooster Culler
We have some beautiful roosters. Our main man, Tough Guy, is a Black Copper Marans and he, quite literally, rules the roost. The hens belong to him and he is strut and swagger from crown to talon. He’s a truly … Continue reading
Culling the Roosters – Part Two (Culling the Roosters)
This is how the coop looked last night when we closed up the chickens. We let them go in and roost and, once they were settled, we grabbed the seven roosters slated for culling and crated them. If you ever … Continue reading
Culling the Roosters – Part One: Making a Kill Cone
I’m not a huge fan of killing animals. Raising animals for food means that there comes a day when those animals will need to be killed. Since we’ve embarked upon this particular journey, I’ve encountered myriad euphemisms for the task. … Continue reading
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