No. Not sexier farming.
Lordy – get your mind out of the gutter!
Sexist farming.
The hens and the roosters have been separated!
All the boys have been left outside.
And all the girls are in the hen house.
I do not want those huge roosters in with my hens for the winter. When they cover them their claws pull out the feathers on their backs and often (as well) the rooster will hold onto the hen by grabbing the back of her head with their beak. To hold them still.
It is a violent affair. Cover is a nice word for breeding on the Farmy.
So, sorry guys.
🤭But you are living outside.
They have two barns to shelter in and without any hens to fight over the barn yard is a much nicer place. All up I have counted thirteen roosters. Though – honestly – they are hard to count so there may be more!
The chook house where the hens are living is large and has a deep litter of straw and pine shreds and dry autumn leaves. it will make wonderful compost in the spring!
Later in the winter the hen house door will be opened in the early evening and shut again after they all go in at bed time. (If all goes according to plan the chickens will take themselves back inside the chook house in the evening because chickens always roost in the same place. This is why I leave them inside their home for at least a month to re-home them).
️I expect there to be reckoning with roosters again though!
These shots were taken yesterday evening when the sun was out!
Today is overcast and blustery. Nobody’s favourite!
Have a lovely day!
Remember we Live Simply so the Planet can Live Long. We can but try!
Cecilia
The Kitchen's Garden 
39 responses to “Sexist Farming”
Hello! I haven’t been by for awhile. I thought you had closed shop as it were. I was delighted to see you are back in the saddle. I always enjoy your farm photos.
My shop is still open – just life that ebbs and flows. I am at the farm for the winter!
I grew up on a farm and know how it goes. Roosters can be mean as hell.
Yes they are!! And without any hens to fight over they are so much more manageable.
If I remember correctly, my parents kept only two roosters—the main one and a back up. We had cattle also, and my dad did the same—two bulls that were kept in their own separate, fenced pastures, and only allowed to visit the cows once a year. Males are aggressive and territorial, but it’s in their nature to be so.