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RE: Glass gem corn.
I wanted Guinea Hens because of the crazy rise in tics and Lymes here in the N.E. I could not garden without getting bitten. Never used to be so many! I think they are being released... and also the natural predators of tics are being reduced. So after I knew I needed Guinea Hens, I agreed to maybe a few chickens for eggs and so forth... SMH. I didn't want to support the industry just indesciminantly slaughtering tons of baby boy chicks and being mean to the females for eggs either... So Idecided I would keep the boys... but I got way more than I expected... and made a bachelor flock because a homesteader in sweden said it can be done. It can, and mostly it works... but some have fought with eachother and needed to be separated...
I got attacked by the one rooster I really wanted (seriously, I was shaking because I really didn't expect it, and used to laugh at people afraid of roosters!) so we had to have a we throw down a few times( I didn't hurt him), but he's still my baby :D =)! He's pretty good now. Most of our boys don't mess with us so far, but the real test I think will be the next month or two, because they are pretty riled up with spring weather coming on. cringe I actually really love the boys but we'll see what happens... Haha! I was traumatized by watching relatives kill chickens the old fashioned way when I was little, so I would prefer not to have to eat them...
I've been gardening most of my life. My mom had me breaking up dirt clods as a baby lol. My used to raise chickens and pigeons. The pigeons were really cool. Very mild mannered compared to those A-hole roosters lol. He had a couple mean ones...