This morning about 6:45, I let the red hens out . . right on schedule. Roscoe was still up in the top of the tree crowing . . right on schedule. As soon as I let the hens out, even though they’re inside the run and Roscoe is outside the run, he flies down out of the tree and spends his day prancing around the fence, wishing he could visit with the hens.
About 8:30, as I was leaving the house heading over to the sewing room, I looked out there and what did I see? Roscoe and a red hen being all intimate! Wait a minute! How did you get out? Never did figure out how she got out but I left them alone to enjoy their time together for a while and then I caught her and put her back in the pen. I found a few possible areas of escape and fixed them so we’ll see how long it takes her to outsmart me.
Roscoe is back to prancing around the fence . . wishing for another visit with the hens.
Linda Steller says
Oh my! Didn’t those two ever hear:
Don’t make love by the garden gate,
Love is blind, but the neighbors ain’t.
;D
Kerstin says
“being all intimate” made me LOL!
Denise says
My grandmother always kept a rooster in the chicken yard. She believed fertile eggs had more vitamins. So don’t worry about it!
Judy L. says
I’m not worried! We eat fertile eggs from the Dominique chickens but the red stars are a hybrid, of sorts, so we don’t want any babies from them. The roosters are rough on the hens and that’s the reason we don’t keep roosters with them.
For the record, fertile eggs are not more nutritious and they don’t keep as long as do non-fertile eggs.
Alma says
Love conquers all!
shirley bruner says
hahahahahahahahahaha
those boys and girls always find a way to be together
Marti says
It was the little red hen that escaped. Maybe she has more on her mind then laying eggs. 🙂
Susan says
Men are never satisfied. LOL
Cathy Stoddard says
I doubt if “intimacy” crossed Roscoe’s mind – LOL!!!! The roosters really are hard on the hens!
Donna F says
I grew up on a farm and didn’t know until I was 20 that chickens were “intimate”. My dad always told me the hens laid “baby” eggs only when he fed then a certain feed. When I did finally find out the truth it took me the longest to figure out how. I still don’t think I actually know what goes on, but do I really want to? Lol
Lee says
I can just hear Roscoe’s crows in the morning after his time with the sneaky little redheaded trollip, hehe.
Madame Tut says
What, no photos of them doing ‘the nasty’?! I’ve never seen poultry in motion like that…
KatieQ says
I guess a man’s gotta do, what a man’s gotta do. That red head doesn’t sound too innocent.
Judy in Michigan says
As Madame Tut says, “What, no photos?”. That’s the first thing that crossed my mind as I was LOL. This summer (my 68th) I first saw a robin be intimate. Who would have thought…don’t read this if you don’t want to know, but the boy flipped the girl on her back and did the deed belly to belly. That may be too much information.