Re: pink area between toes?

Hi All,
I have been thinking. :-) May be its his hormones. I do not know how large
his breed is. But usually roosters start to try to dominate hens I had a
hand reared rooster once and as he got 7 ,8 months old he started to bash
any thing he could to keep them away from the hens. He did not go red on his
feet though. My ram at 12 months did not have any red on him . But & a half
just about all skin that was not covered with wool did.
yours Peggy
"Nicholas" <njloch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Cindy Edgington wrote:
> > Nicholas,
> >
> > I am happy others are having the same type of thing going on. I have
not
> > been able to find anything on red between the toes except the answers
here.
> > Guess we will just not worry too much about it and keep an eye on the
> > roosters toes. Do any of you hens show red between their toes? None of
> > mine do. We have 3 roosters and 6 hens so far. They all get along and
the
> > girls don't seem to be stressed or exhausted. Will probably have to cut
> > back to 1 rooster eventually so we have only named 1. His name is Curly
> > because he goes whoop-whoop-whoop like the Curly from the Three
Stooges -
> > very funny to listen to. Sorry, I am sure that was way more info than
you
> > wanted...
>
> Hello Cindy,
>
> No, my hens don't have the red markings only Elmo. All of my chickens
> are Barred Rocks, nine hens and a rooster. The red seems to be spreading.
>
> Elmo been getting on my nerves lately too. He attacks anyone who visits
> our farm. He seems to like intimidating my youngest daughter, she is
> afraid of him and he knows it! He knows better than to get cocky with
> me and my oldest daughter. Last time he messed with her, she kicked him
> like a soccer-ball and got after him with a willow branch. It's been a
> while since he messed with me, the last time I just grabbed him and made
> him sit with me for about 1/2 hour while I petted him, I think that
> bothered him more than being kicked! :)
>
> I had 4 PR roosters, but butchered 3 a few months ago. It wasn't easy,
> they all had names! Now I wish I would have kept Little Bo and BBQed
> Elmo! However, Elmo was my kids favorite.
>
> Nicholas


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