This is Fancy Pants. A Silver Laced Polish Hen.....oops I mean rooster! He was supposed to be a hen but turned out to be a rooster. We have had a love hate relationship since he started to declare himself a 'him'.
I have five hens living in a good size coop and 'play pen' but Fancy Pants had more needs than they could fulfill especially Evelyn who lost back fathers from his 'saddleing' her. Last June, 2014, he was kicked out of the hen house. Enough was enough. He not only was wearing out the girls he was attacking me! It is not good to bite the hand that feeds you! It is now January 2015 and Fancy Pants is doing just fine. I made him a 'man cave' that I put him into each night so he will be safe from night predators. As to the day time predators he seems to be big enough and tough enough that he is not bothered.
He goes to roost on the top of the girls playpen each night. It is about 6 feet high. Each night I go out to close up the girls in the coop and reach up and grab 'him' and take him to his 'man cave'. Tonight it was misty and cold. We had freezing rain the night before and today did not get above 32 degrees. There was street work being done in front of the house behind me. Perhaps all of this contributed to his stance on the 'playpen'. He was about a foot or so in from the edge so I was not able to just reach up and get him He was also standing looking a bit alert even though it was dark and usually he would be sleeping. I though, oh my I will need to get the ladder to reach him but then an idea popped into my head- try the 2x2 to push him to the edge of the pen so I could grab him. Well! Did I strike gold! He hopped onto the 2x2 and allowed me to bring it down with him on it where I could hold him and bring him to his 'man cave'! Rooster rescue done successfully!
Good night to all and to all a good night!
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