mint farm

[minty]

How exactly does the pecking order and behavior work with chickens you raise? If one of the males gets too aggressive with the others, you are always forced to put him down?

depends on the chicken
as for the pecking order: it's natural and it's exactly what they would do in the wild. some roosters look at a bigger roo and know that because of size they stand no chance so they don't bother. boo is well aware he is second to blonky. he is fine with that arrangement and doesn't challenge.
bandit, despite her size, will absolutely go after full-size hens if they disrespect her.
pip is about the same size as blonky.
i simply had too many roosters at the moment because i hate putting them down, watching them try to fight with the ones i have had since day one made me make the choice to put them down. i have put down 4 the past 2 days and i expect little buddy to pass soon
blonky, boo, honey, pip, spare and little buddy are left. now that spare is lower on the tier than he used to be he is becoming about as cuddly as little buddy is. i think i may just keep a tiny pocket roo around no matter flock size just for funsies

simply put: up until last week i had 12 roosters and unless you have like 100 hens and several coops to keep them in that is an unnecessary amount of cock. that many overmate with the hens and tear up their feathers, stress out the hens from the near constant male attention and it's too much. i'm gonna get like, 8-10 more hens n with the flock being mixed with bantams n the coop size everything should be fine

but yeh it's kind of a shame nobody wants excess roosters. i'd love to set up a rooster resort animal shelter some day. they are more showy and just beautiful boys but it's not feasible at the moment to do that

 

[minty]

alright i have decided to try buying from a hatchery, since you can ship chikken through the mail
the order even comes with a free surprise chick!

they won't be here til may and i am going to try and get a few next time i am at atwoods in the meantime but i have wanted a few of these breeds for a while

thread oldheads will recall this is probably the same chicken type my sweet lady jane was

and that one of the first roos i had to put down was a golden laced wyandotte (sorry tomie, shoulda been a hen)

speckled sussex will be pretty too

and hamburgs are dalmatian chickens

can't wait til the end of may

 

[Illuminati 2.0]

depends on the chicken
as for the pecking order: it's natural and it's exactly what they would do in the wild. some roosters look at a bigger roo and know that because of size they stand no chance so they don't bother. boo is well aware he is second to blonky. he is fine with that arrangement and doesn't challenge.
bandit, despite her size, will absolutely go after full-size hens if they disrespect her.
pip is about the same size as blonky.
i simply had too many roosters at the moment because i hate putting them down, watching them try to fight with the ones i have had since day one made me make the choice to put them down. i have put down 4 the past 2 days and i expect little buddy to pass soon
blonky, boo, honey, pip, spare and little buddy are left. now that spare is lower on the tier than he used to be he is becoming about as cuddly as little buddy is. i think i may just keep a tiny pocket roo around no matter flock size just for funsies

simply put: up until last week i had 12 roosters and unless you have like 100 hens and several coops to keep them in that is an unnecessary amount of cock. that many overmate with the hens and tear up their feathers, stress out the hens from the near constant male attention and it's too much. i'm gonna get like, 8-10 more hens n with the flock being mixed with bantams n the coop size everything should be fine

but yeh it's kind of a shame nobody wants excess roosters. i'd love to set up a rooster resort animal shelter some day. they are more showy and just beautiful boys but it's not feasible at the moment to do that

I think you mentioned before you grew up near a farm and had prior experience in raising them. I would see chickens occasionally outside my backyard but they never came close to the fence, unlike the turkey who would puff up and strut around.

 

[minty]

I think you mentioned before you grew up near a farm and had prior experience in raising them. I would see chickens occasionally outside my backyard but they never came close to the fence, unlike the turkey who would puff up and strut around.

i lived at a place that had chickens when i was 6, hardly a lot there to remember
in high school my mom n i grew crops tho and i remember a lot more about that

the chickens were an impulsive decision brought on by my likely having adhd and i ran with it and it forces a more structured schedule in my life and it's beneficial
they have absolutely made my life better. their poop makes for great fertilizer/compost and this weekend ima till n get some spring crops in the ground and their poop is gonna be there assisting in the process. any excess crops/food grown i can recycle right back to them, including their own eggshells

pip and artemis are doing fine in their coop and i can rotate around where they stay at, their clawing motions and grazing and pooping will prep wherever i choose to grow stuff at naturally
i just need to fence the area in so blonky and pip don't go to war again.

but yeh, chickens are hella sustainable for small homestead/farm operations. i'm never going back

 

[Illuminati 2.0]

i lived at a place that had chickens when i was 6, hardly a lot there to remember
in high school my mom n i grew crops tho and i remember a lot more about that

the chickens were an impulsive decision brought on by my likely having adhd and i ran with it and it forces a more structured schedule in my life and it's beneficial
they have absolutely made my life better. their poop makes for great fertilizer/compost and this weekend ima till n get some spring crops in the ground and their poop is gonna be there assisting in the process. any excess crops/food grown i can recycle right back to them, including their own eggshells

pip and artemis are doing fine in their coop and i can rotate around where they stay at, their clawing motions and grazing and pooping will prep wherever i choose to grow stuff at naturally
i just need to fence the area in so blonky and pip don't go to war again.

but yeh, chickens are hella sustainable for small homestead/farm operations. i'm never going back

Reminds me of 2nd grade when we had a class garden and I grew beets. We had a small garden on the side of our house with strawberries but the birds kept getting into them.

 

[minty]

speaking of birds on the side of the house
little buddy is currently serenading me outside the bedroom window

 

[minty]

took today off to handle business
this morning i went to let the chickens out and mercury stayed in the coop... she wasn't making broody sounds or anything, so i was a little confused. she then went missing for several hours, scaring the hell out of me, and returned around night-time. turns out, since artemis and mercury are the only cochin hens and honey, the black frizzle, is a cochin, they're "his type"
the other roos aren't picky about who they bang, but honey is all about that cochin ass and since i moved artemis over to the pip coop, he turned his attention over to the milf
i have now put mercury over in the pip coop, not specifically for stepson chicken porn purposes, but because i don't want to put honey down and if he runs my favorite chicken off again that is exactly what i am going to do
while searching for mercury, my man dug under a small nook near the side of the house the hoe cat will sometimes hide her kittens in and found... an empty egg, that looks a lot like the type jane used to lay... mystery kind of solved?

i have planted the spring crops:
3 rows of carrots, 2 rows of string beans, 2 rows of cauliflower, a row of spinach, 2 rows of mustard greens, and some varieties of bok choy

the baby potatoes are sprouting

as are the onions

found some kale from the fall crop planting that got hid under that stupid fucking tree debris

the flowers are coming back up and blooming too

bought 2 baby rose bushes. they're cute

 

[Viril.Feline.Wyyzrd]

Do your chickens follow laser pointers?

 

[Jimmy Rolfe]

I recently had mint chocolate chip ice cream from baskin robbins

 

[Illuminati 2.0]

I recently had mint chocolate chip ice cream from baskin robbins

Wrong thread king

 

[minty]

I recently had mint chocolate chip ice cream from baskin robbins

i'm a bit away from ownin' cows to make home farmed ice cream with...
but rocky road is dank

Do your chickens follow laser pointers?

i don't have a laser pointer

 

[Viril.Feline.Wyyzrd]

i don't have a laser pointer

It works sometimes.

 

[SuperChongus]

@minty
so i decided to grow some frost grapes
issue is i don't think there's enough cold left in winter to put the seeds in the dirt to like make them trigger whatever they need from sitting in cold asf dirt for 4 months
have you tried growing seeds that need this? if so, what alternative process would you recommend for these kinds of seeds?
google says it's "stratification" but i can't find a "set in stone" process

 

[minty]

@minty
so i decided to grow some frost grapes
issue is i don't think there's enough cold left in winter to put the seeds in the dirt to like make them trigger whatever they need from sitting in cold asf dirt for 4 months
have you tried growing seeds that need this? if so, what alternative process would you recommend for these kinds of seeds?
google says it's "stratification" but i can't find a "set in stone" process

let me read up n get back at you

 

[minty]

@minty
so i decided to grow some frost grapes
issue is i don't think there's enough cold left in winter to put the seeds in the dirt to like make them trigger whatever they need from sitting in cold asf dirt for 4 months
have you tried growing seeds that need this? if so, what alternative process would you recommend for these kinds of seeds?
google says it's "stratification" but i can't find a "set in stone" process

okay so i had never heard of frost grapes before but from looking around at some sources (google kept trying to recommend normal grapes and how to protect them from frost ) stratification, if regular cold is unavailable, involves putting them in wet peat with some vermiculite and putting them in a plastic bag and then throwing them in the crisper drawer in your fridge until they sprout, and even then you may be possibly waiting for up to a year. but if you are successful these are some sturdy, hardy, low maintenance plants it seems. so i guess set an alarm on a calendar and check on 'em once a month til somethin' green sprouts

 

[Dildo Baggins]

@minty
My purple gmo tomatoes came, and they have a user agreement to boot!

 

[ASSBLONKER]

HI MINTY... SRY THIS THREAD HAS WAY TOO MYNY WORDS AND IM HALF ILLITERATE SO I CANNOT READ IT
CN U GIVE ME UPDATE ON BLONKY IS HE STILL ALIVE AND KICKING??

 

[Sneed]

HI MINTY... SRY THIS THREAD HAS WAY TOO MYNY WORDS AND IM HALF ILLITERATE SO I CANNOT READ IT
CN U GIVE ME UPDATE ON BLONKY IS HE STILL ALIVE AND KICKING??

TL;DR
Blonky is no longer undefeated
His first begotten son tried to clap him, failed, and paid for his failure with his life

 

[minty]

View attachment 90884@minty
My purple gmo tomatoes came, and they have a user agreement to boot!View attachment 90883

monsanto watchin' you, homie. be careful

HI MINTY... SRY THIS THREAD HAS WAY TOO MYNY WORDS AND IM HALF ILLITERATE SO I CANNOT READ IT
CN U GIVE ME UPDATE ON BLONKY IS HE STILL ALIVE AND KICKING??

BLONKY WON A 3 MATCH ROUND ROBIN FIGHT
what sneed says is true buuuuut i mean blonky fought three roosters n won. then the following day, one of the roos that lost got a lucky pin on him because he only had one match to recover from
both are almost fully healed btw.
here is blonky after winnin' his three match round robin and bangin' a victory hoe

LOOK AT THIS STUNNING BEAST

 

[Demonic]

monsanto watchin' you, homie. be careful

BLONKY WON A 3 MATCH ROUND ROBIN FIGHT
what sneed says is true buuuuut i mean blonky fought three roosters n won. then the following day, one of the roos that lost got a lucky pin on him because he only had one match to recover from
both are almost fully healed btw.
here is blonky after winnin' his three match round robin and bangin' a victory hoe
View attachment 90889
LOOK AT THIS STUNNING BEAST

A beautiful boy! Not to change the subject somewhat, but my 9 and 5 year olds enjoy watching this. Again, my 9 year old son's favorite is the silkie and my 5 year old son's is the Silver Laced Polish lmao

 

[minty]

A beautiful boy! Not to change the subject somewhat, but my 9 and 5 year olds enjoy watching this. Again, my 9 year old son's favorite is the silkie and my 5 year old son's is the Silver Laced Polish lmao

oh wow that is a lot of cock

i would love to own a lot of land where i could have some of them jersey giants, myself

silkies are muppets and adorable, one thing about them tho is that because their feathers are floofy they don't repel water the way other bird feathers do (neither do owls, iirc) so when it rains you have to blow dry or towel them off
silver laced birds are always gorgeous. and polish got the crazy hair that's a solid chicken choice
altho according to our polish culture professor @chuj polish chicken breed is seemingly not actually from poland

 

[minty]

with no cochin hens to follow, honey has taken to strutting his stuff around me

boo is still a beautiful man

blonky is back to 100%

flock on a walk fo today

since cutting down the fence portion n the girls being able to graze n have space to run from unwanted rooster attention, egg yolk has reached peak vibrancy. almost as if ra and helios have blessed the yolks themselves

poofy floofy boy

but my top dawg is still irreplaceable
and now that it is warm enough out

the king can perch upon his mountain and let loose a mighty, majestic crow again

 

[ASSBLONKER]

monsanto watchin' you, homie. be careful

BLONKY WON A 3 MATCH ROUND ROBIN FIGHT
what sneed says is true buuuuut i mean blonky fought three roosters n won. then the following day, one of the roos that lost got a lucky pin on him because he only had one match to recover from
both are almost fully healed btw.
here is blonky after winnin' his three match round robin and bangin' a victory hoe
View attachment 90889
LOOK AT THIS STUNNING BEAST

THIS PLEASES ME. HE RIDING OFF INTO HIS SUNSET YEARS AS A SEASONED VETERAN (HOW MUCH DO CHICKENS LIVE LOL)

 

[Sneed]

THIS PLEASES ME. HE RIDING OFF INTO HIS SUNSET YEARS AS A SEASONED VETERAN (HOW MUCH DO CHICKENS LIVE LOL)

Idk like 6, 8 years?

 

[Demonic]

Idk like 6, 8 years?

I read 5-10, but the way minty babies and cares for them, I can see them living longer as long as they don't duke it out with one another.

 

[BiteySnek]

I recently had mint chocolate chip ice cream from baskin robbins

Almost as good as pistachio!

 

[BiteySnek]

Minty is like a crazy cat lady... but if they had a farm... with chickens.

 

[Sneed]

I read 5-10, but the way minty babies and cares for them, I can see them living longer as long as they don't duke it out with one another.

Point is, Blonky has a long career left to go
That belt may be Pip's, but he'll be taking it back soon enough

 

[BiteySnek]

I bet Minty runs underground virtual cock fights on the Dark Web.

That or she may be supplying terrorists with eggs.

Like over in Europe, it's clear that farmers are the enemy of human civilization. Why else would governments be at war with them all a sudden?

 

[Retarded_FAG]

I bet Minty runs underground virtual cock fights on the Dark Web.

That or she may be supplying terrorists with eggs.

Like over in Europe, it's clear that farmers are the enemy of human civilization. Why else would governments be at war with them all a sudden?

And i bet your Just a pre-trannie "Dr." Chris Chan Queerce