Recently, we invited two new hens into the hen house. Before their arrival our flock was all Banty hens and roosters. The two new girls are Leghorn's or as we affectionately call them, Big Ass Girls. They are about four times the size of our pretty little Banty hens. Even though their size is imposing, the rest of the gang accepted them in to the fold.
The funniest thing is that we have three roosters, two adult and a juvenile. According to all the chicken books out there, you are not supposed to be able to keep more than one rooster with a flock of hens. However we don't seem to have a problem.
The dominant rooster, Dotty (we named him when he was still a baby, we got the sex wrong. Ooops) has laid claim to the hens and poor Blue, the other adult, had no one. Or should I say, up until the arrival of the Big Ass Girls. He is smitten and probably in rooster heaven. He lucked out and is dating twins. My Oh My. I'm not sure he is ever going to be able to consummate the relationships but as they say, where there's a will, there's a way. You got to give Blue credit for thinking big.
As you can see by the picture above the size of eggs are just a tiny bit bigger than the ones we normally get from the other girls.
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