Thread: My Splendid Cock

Originally Posted by malmomike77

I don't think that's true, he used post up pics of it regularly and send them to Lulu through repo

I do have long arms

Originally Posted by Reg Dingle

I do have long arms

You have previously mentioned your genetic heritage

Originally Posted by Mendip

I took this picture of Nelson the day before we left Korat for our holiday in Bangkok and Ol' Blighty, so I haven't seen him for three weeks now.

I miss him a bit to be honest, but spare a thought for Reg Dingle.

I heard that he hasn't seen his cock for two decades!

Your chook pen is cleaner and more organised than most.
Adding geese and ducks to these fowl experiments would be essential, Mendy......if one is gonna do it right.

Cheers.

Originally Posted by HuangLao

Adding geese and ducks to these fowl experiments would be essential, Mendy

Would you open a Mendy thread titled "Have a Gander at this" ?

Originally Posted by HuangLao

Adding geese and ducks to these fowl experiments would be essential, Mendy......if one is gonna do it right.

You've got me thinking now...

I used to keep ducks with the hens when I was a kid, but they do make a lot of mess so I haven't thought about it in Korat.

But... I do prefer ducks, they have great characters and are fun to watch, and the occasional duck egg wouldn't go amiss. I still have the bath from the upstairs bathroom and I'm now thinking of building an extension to the chicken run, setting the bath into the ground to make a small pond, and getting a few ducks to join my flock. It'll give me something to do.

Do Ducks and chickens get on?

^ Yeah, they do.

We used to use broody bantams to hatch out duck eggs and the chicks were very confused.


I've only been back a couple of days and yesterday morning I went to check on a broody jungle fowl hen and much to my surprise a chick had hatched out overnight.



As it hatched on the wife's Birthday I thought it would be nice to name the chick after the missus, to mark the day.

Meet little 'Fuhrer'!



I have the cock that never rests... even when I'm away it works tirelessly.

Congrats on another child, Nelson!

A splendid looking cock in the early morning light.

While wise avoid hen parties these are splendid pictures of your menagerie, do you put ducks in the big pond where predators might bother?

Originally Posted by Mendip

I have the cock that never rests..

No wonder it is so red in the top.

And black and blue round the centre

Originally Posted by Mendip

^

tune in to see Mendip choke his chicken

What kind of Sasquatch arm is chocking that chicken? And a leftie.

Originally Posted by DrWilly

And a leftie.

Well, I've had some insults in my time...

I'm very much a 'rightie', hence my watch worn on the left wrist. I used my right hand to hold the phone for the pic.

If I was to 'choke a chicken', as Mike puts it, I would use my right hand as I wouldn't be taking a photo.


Yesterday, Fuhrer was introduced to the big wide world. The second egg hadn't developed and was liquid inside.



I'd noticed these three idiot broody hens who spend all their time sat atop one another, crammed into a nest box.



So I prepared the newly vacated 'broody hutch' for them, thinking that they'd enjoy the three weeks incubation period sitting next to each other.



I managed to transfer two of the broody hens but the third flew off and wouldn't let me get near.



I checked on the two this morning and as soon as I opened the hutch doors, they both immediately flew out. The eggs were stone cold and the birds obviously hadn't settled on their clutches, as I had hoped.



What a mess the bedding was in... the Reg Dingles of the chicken world.

I haven't been in touch with Ootai for a few months, so tonight I thought I'd break the ice by sending him a picture of my cock... with a '?'



And no... this wasn't a drawn out version of Aussie foreplay. I have a small black cock that needs a home, but Ootai wasn't interested. A shame because usually he will take any cock on offer.

To reciprocate, Ootai sent me a picture of his big white cock.



He wasn't offering his cock up for new accommodation, but just showing it off. I used to have a perfectly white, unblemished cock the equal to Ootai's until Nelson eventually attacked it and it died.

I have no idea as to the provenance of Ootai's big white cock but would put money on it coming from an egg laid by one of the red egg-laying hybrids. I have noticed time and again that the first generation from these hybrid's eggs come out pure white, whether cocks or hens. My eggs have always been fertilised by wild jungle fowl cocks and I believe Ootai is the same, or maybe his have been fertilised by the usual big wild Thai cock, the type used for fighting.

Anyway, I also have a brown cock looking for a home. It's not all about white and black cocks. This one is, I reckon, 80% male but will know for sure in a couple of weeks. He's going to be a big cock so needs a home before Nelson starts to fight, as I think Nelson will lose. The progeny from this cock will surely be good egg layers as he's 50% an egg-laying hybrid.

Anyone interested in my brown cock?

It's good to see when it comes to cocks, you're not racially biased.

Originally Posted by Mendip

Anyone interested in my brown cock?

Send a pm to MM, she's shown interest in them in the past.

^ Sad story.

And there was me thinking that you only had small cocks opp norf.

I’m not saying I strangled this rooster… but he is no more. The vegan mother is crying, but meh.

I took a close look at my cock today and it has developed a fair bit lately.

The tail feathers are now growing and turning a glossy, greenish blue hue. This bird is definitely a male and will have to go soon as he's now bigger than Nelson, having obviously developed from an egg laid by one of the red egg-laying hybrids. I don't want to risk any fighting.



My small black cock will probably go to the same new home. So long as they aren't enclosed, several cocks can live together without fighting.



Unbeknown to me, after the failed attempt to get the broody hens to settle on clutches of eggs three weeks ago, the gardener left the marked eggs with the hens in their shared nest boxes. I've been busy and have taken my eye off the ball these last few weeks.

Today I heard a cheeping...

And there was a newly hatched chick with the two orange hens on the right. It looks as though it's biological mum may be in the nest box on the left... there's three hens crammed in there.



Cute...



I must admit that I'm surprised any eggs went the full term in this chaotic environment, with several hens competing with one another to be mothers. I checked for any more chicks, and found a part-hatched egg under the three hens on the left. The shell had been almost completely broken away but the chick was trapped inside the almost completely dried out membrane inside the shell. As I picked it up, the chick started cheeping and wriggling, it was still alive!

I gently peeled away the membrane and placed the chick back under the mother hen. The chick felt strong but I fear that it had been trapped for too long and had just used up too much energy and won't survive.

We shall see.

Interesting. Who said issan is boring?

^ I may have said it a couple of times...

But anyway, I just checked and the chick has survived and is looking good.

It's a weird set-up with a white child, one black and two brown mums, but maybe not so unusual, it is 2024 after all!



I have to say that I've been having a dose of the 'three week Isaan Blues' lately, but saving this chick from the desiccated shell membrane has really cheered me up.

I just hope it's a girl because this garden ain't big enough for two big white cocks.

If you know what I mean.

Originally Posted by Mendip

'three week Isaan Blues'

Applying for NZ , Burkina Fatso or Paranoiaguay passports and citizenship could require innumerable "VISA/PISSPORT" to Bumcock?

^ NZ!!?

FFS man, I'm British.

I'll check out the other two!

Originally Posted by Mendip

I'll check out the other two!

The research trip to Bangkok might perk you ...up?

If really miserable visit me and then you'll realize it could be dire here