Last fall, I gave my mom (who also has chickens) two of my three blue/red Wyandotte roosters. She was in need of some good roosters and they are so pretty I hated to butcher them... :-) It turned out one of her Jersey Giants she bought ended up being a rooster. He is an enormous bird and he was making life miserable for one of the blue reds. So, today, my sister, on her way back to school, stopped by and brought him back home again. He, and his one brother who I kept, had occasional sparring today, but neither look worse for the wear, so as soon as they establish hierarchy, everything will be peachy keen, I'm sure. There are 40 hens and now 2 roosters, so there should be enough females to keep them each busy... :-) I was wondering whether he'd remember living here (do chickens have a memory of any length??) and I think maybe he did since he's now perched in the summer run and not in the truck with most of the others, since the truck didn't exist as a coop when he was last here. Well, hopefully he likes living here! Those blue reds are such a pleasant, even-tempered bird and so nice to have around!
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