Comments on: A Place for Everyone and Everyone in Their Place

By: Ginger

Ginger — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:19:05 +0000

I have 5 chickens, 4 ducks and 2 turkeys in my coop. I feed them the crushed oyster shells they know when they need the calcium. Mine have never ate an egg even if it left on the floor. All my birds even share the same nest even mamma turkey. I have a khaki campbell her eggs are large and white.Cayuga and a mutt female all laying eggs and the duck eggs are really smooth compared to chicken eggs if you look at each egg you will be able to tell the difference. And eat that rooster!

By: Elisha

Elisha — Sat, 23 May 2009 17:25:02 +0000

Hello just to let you know the chickens will attack any egg that gets brocken open they will look like crazy birds! I allways throw the eggs that are just to dirty down on the ground for my chickens. try giving them your overripe tomatoes or watermellon rind they go crazy for that too. oh and you may want to eat that rooster!LOL

By: Sarah Brewer

Sarah Brewer — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:48:41 +0000

Funny stuff. I had a mean rooster, and I always wore knee high rubber boots around the birds.

By: Shelley Savage

Shelley Savage — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:51:15 +0000

I enjoyed your interview on NPR. Will share your blog with friends.

By: lola falana

lola falana — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:52:20 +0000

Suzanne, you’re a bigger chicken than that rooster is!!!

By: Suzanne McMinn

Suzanne McMinn — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:52:05 +0000

Hi, Pony Girl! I really don’t know anything about the SX10 IS, but if it’s anything like mine, it’ll be great! I only know about mine. It sounds like it’s probably like my camera but with a better zoom since it’s in the same model series.

By: Pony Girl

Pony Girl — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:54:46 +0000

I love the pictures in this post! I am sorry that mean old rooster attacked you. Scary! They are small, but boy, they pack a punch, eh? I am glad you posted what kind of camera that you use on your sidebar. I am thinking of getting a new camera, a Canon! I was looking at the Canon Powershot SX10 IS. I think that is similar to yours? Can you let me know what your opinion on either is (I think the one I mentioned is considered an “ultra zoom.”) Thanks!

By: Lola-Dawn

Lola-Dawn — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:07:19 +0000

Don’t let them start pecking eggs! Once they get into the habit, it’s a very bad thing! Do your chickens get oyster shell? The extra calcium in oyster shell generally cuts down the egg-pecking. I recommend a good sturdy broom or shovel or boot for Mean Rooster (okay, send those weenie city pet cops after me now). When he comes at ya, give him a good solid whack ot kick. He may THINK he rules the roost, but he must submit to the HEAD HUMAN! We had a nasty Leghorn rooster one year. It took several whacks and he just wouldn’t get the message. Finally one morning, he attacked my leg and ran my last pair of good stockings … I was picking up eggs before leaving for church … and he promptly found himself in the soup pot! My kids cheered. They hated that mean rooster. He tasted darned fine with dumplings, and we never kept Leghorns again.

By: Debi

Debi — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:14:54 +0000

Mean Rooster needs to go into the stew pot!
As to the eating of the egg, My girls will do this if one gets crcked or broken. They just love a fresh egg. Thier own or someone elses doesn’t matter. Stupid birds.

By: Cranberry

Cranberry — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:55:34 +0000

Yea, girls I just don’t agree with actually hitting an animal, get it over with and cut his head off and eat him with some good gravy but don’t hurt him, he’s a chicken after all and he’s a rooster – they protect their mamas and get carried away. We are the smarter species, right?!