It has been awhile since we checked in on the soap opera that is the life of my flock.
Shelly has had it ... she went running to Reggie for help. "Reggie, Guido is attacking!" Everyday he follows me around and if I don't run away he jumps on my back!" "Look at my missing feathers! I am not going to lay anymore eggs until he is in jail!"
Reggie decides it is time to have a talk with Guido... "son, I am getting complaints that you are roughing up the girls, is this true?" Guido says "nah, I am just looking for a nice girl to raise some chicks with." Reggie says "you need to treat them nice, you know send them to the chicken spa for pampering. Girls need some romance too, ask them out of the coop at night to looks at the stars."then he also says "if I get more reports of you acting like a bully I will tell the human mama.
The next day Copper goes to Reggie and through tears says "Guido is a bully! he just jumps on any female he sees! He told me that he wanted me to hatch his chicks! He has started acting like he OWNS all the girls!" Reggie tells her "That's it! I am going to the human mama"
Reggie waits by the door that leads into the human coop and waits for the woman to open the door, he is so mad! After awhile of waiting he gets frustrated and begins to gobble as loud as he could. The human mama thinks there is a ruckus and hurries to the door and when she opens it, Reggie is there waiting. He tells her about all that has been going on and together they decide to go find Guido.
They find him around the girls, crowing about how he just got out of the rooster air force... and showing them his tattoo and fancy spurs. "Guido! we need to have a talk!" Guido is afraid and quickly runs up under Reggie to escape the human mama. Reggie is not impressed and moves, so Guido is on his own. "Guido! I don't care how handsome you think you are, it does NOT mean that all the girls want you. You have hurt them and you make them try to avoid you! See that pen over there? The one Reggie used to live in... you keep it up and you will find yourself in there ALONE. Got it?" Reggie is ashamed, no crowing now.
I few weeks ago Reggie noticed that Pearl was spending an awful lot of time in the coop, in the nesting boxes. He went in for a talk "Pearl, are you feeling ok?" Pearl says "yes, sir I am afraid to leave the eggs." Reggie wasn't even aware that there were eggs in there, until Pearl moves over and l shows him about 15 eggs! They are not even all hers! He wonders how that happened. Guido asks gently "Pearl, are you telling me that Guido got you in a bad way and then ran off to hit on other hens? Does he DO anything to help you?" Pearl cries and says " no he just makes me sit here and sometimes he has another hens come in and lay more eggs in my nest when I am out for a few minutes to eat. He wants me to try to hatch all of them! I am nothing but an oven!" Reggie says "Pearl how long does it take to hatch an egg?" pearl says 21 days from the time they are laid after being fertilized. Reggie thinks back, trying to figure out how long she has been sitting on them and decides that it has been longer than that. He tells her "Honey, you have been on those eggs longer than that, they aren't going to hatch" Pearl is heartbroken. "Just give me another day?" Reggie says ok and leaves her to her eggs but he is trying figure out a way to remove the eggs with out breaking her heart.
Once again it is time to have a talk with the human mama.
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