The Poultry Keeper

Knobby · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:02 am Post subject: Cockadoodledoo !!

When i let the babies out this morning I heard the first "cockadoodledoo" from the little boy Pekin ! It was soooo sweet, Hes 9 weeks old today too !!
Pity.......he's now got to go into the cooker ! Confused

jaydee67 · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:04 am Post subject:

Aww! Let him get a bit bigger! You gonna eat this one then Knobby?

Knobby · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:11 am Post subject:

Im just amazed how small he is.....I knew Bantams were small, but surely not THAT small....there isnt even enough for a sandwich !
No Jaydee.....there is no way I could eat one of the babies Ive hatched.......he's in with his girlfiend & some silkies at the mo'......when i know what sex the silkies are then i have to make the decision who stays & who goes !!! Sad

Do u think a pekin cock, could live in peace with a Buff Orp Cock ??

jaydee67 · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:18 am Post subject:

At the moment we have 2 silkie cocks in with a big Shetland cock, all our birds bantams and standards are together. One of the silkies is boss.

Knobby · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:20 am Post subject:

How old are the boys that live together ?

jaydee67 · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:25 am Post subject:

The silkies were hatched in April and August and the Shetland (he's HUGE!) was hatched on the 28th June (by my son on his birthday - they were a day early!) last year.

Knobby · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:28 am Post subject:

Quite old then.....maybe I can keep the one thats in with the Buffs too then !! Very Happy

jaydee67 · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:32 am Post subject:

K - stop posting now I have to get dressed and go to work! c u later!

NannyP · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:38 am Post subject:

Aw, how sweet, so pleased there won't be enought for a sandwich. Maybe one of mine will be a cockerel and I'll hear thte same one day.
I cannot imagine that he won't get on with another hen, specially if they've grown together?
Off to work.
Wink

Knobby · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 11:40 am Post subject:

Hearing my little Boy "Cockadoodledoo" for the first time is almost as nice as the girls laying their first egg !! Good job I dont have any neighbours !

Deb_Moderator · Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 3661

That first little squeeky, crackly, crow just melts a heart! I can't wait to hear Little Rich do his.

Knobby, if you don't have any neighbors, why would you even think of putting him in the cooker? Sad

Knobby · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 2:34 pm Post subject:

Too many cocks spoil the broth !

mojo · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:32 pm Post subject: coq

frech coqs shout cucck adoodadoo well sqreach it really,brits cockcadoodlldoo do yanks coqs shout differant deb....i was astounded when i came to france to hear coqs crow differantly but talking to a ornithologist he tells me the same breed has fractionally differant callls across the world for example on tv he watches a british christmas scene but the soundtrack is actually a usa robin etc intresting? or just an a old fools ramblings.....mojo

Knobby · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:34 pm Post subject:

Youre joking right ??? Confused

NannyP · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 9:17 pm Post subject:

I think Mojo could be right, as you'll notice that birds imitate local sounds, I should imagine (or could imagine) that they imitate loacal dialect/language. I mean, everyone must have heard that Russian Cockerel, surely Confused