>>>In the past I’ve trained them<<<
They do train pretty well - My wife has one hen who comes running whenever she sees her in the yard. My wife always picks her up and carries her a while - they cluck to each other...
I have one rooster who when he hears me coming, gets up on the top perch and when I bend over to take the top off the waterer, he jumps on my back - and moves to my shoulder - he ‘supervises’ me gathering the eggs from each nest from his command position. Then he jumps off when I am done.
Since I have a small incubator, I have 4 batches already spoken for - people wanting some of their own a bit later in the spring. Geeesh almost 3 months of incubating...
Training chickens? That sounds pretty neat. I’m anxious to get started with this survival living so I can raise some chickens. {Living in the city now - where the jobs we need are ;(} I’ve trained one of my cats to do tricks - she can beg, sit, stay, fetch (when she wants to), speak, touch with right or left paw, do high 5, shake, and lots more. She’s a very willing student - none of my others stick around long enough to learn, but Cotton follows me around all day waiting for training time.
Since I have a small incubator, I have 4 batches already spoken for - people wanting some of their own a bit later in the spring. Geeesh almost 3 months of incubating...
Every rooster I've owned has been one mean son of a gun. I used to have to keep a 'rooster stick' by the front door - never left home without it for fear of being attacked.
Where I live now there's a lone rooster that lives in the woods next to my house. He used to have a few ladies but because of one mishap or another, they're all gone now. I hear him daily and see him once in a while when he strays into my yard. I'm hoping he'll be attracted to my hens. I feel so bad for him, they're social critters and like companions.
Ive never had an incubator, I might have to get one of them someday. The grandkiddies would be fascinated.