Re:Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US
by voisin on Thursday January 12, 2023 @01:07PM
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The value of a rooster from me experience is protection. Last week I went out to close up the coop and found blood all over the place. Turns out my poor rooster (Cluck Norris, natch) was covered in blood and had clearly been in a tussle defending the hens from a predator. Perhaps a cat or a bird of prey. He is totally fine now and I am quite thankful that he was there.
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Re:Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US
by softfalcon on Thursday January 12, 2023 @06:47PM
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Yeah, we get fox, opossums and weasels here. The roosters do a good job of fussing their day up.
For the opossums, it's a stand off, the rooster just acts tough and makes a lot of noise so you can hopefully show up and scare it off. Weasels are annoying as they'll destroy eggs. Fox are particularly problematic though. They'll easily kill a rooster and are very quiet and conniving.