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[kid_flash_found]

Display Name: Bart Allen
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Notes: Cock(erel) talk

[Bart opens sitting in a pen with a pair of what to the casual eye look like very small chickens calmly enjoying his company.]

So, as some of you may remember, back in the first week of April I got a dozen day-old chicks to raise up to lay eggs in the future. They were sexed to be girls, but unfortunately that's not a foolproof check that early in life. So...

[He pauses to pick up the mostly white one, who barely struggles at the manhandling and quickly calms in his lap after a few protesting caws and pets from his owner.]

This one isn't a hen. Well, technically the girls are called pullets at this age, but this fella here? He's a cockerel. And I'm not planning to breed new chicks, so I need to find him a good home. As you can see he's pretty well mannered and doesn't tend towards bad habits, although he will untie your shoelaces for you if you let him. But he is a boy and he does crow, so make sure you have enough space so he doesn't decide to do it right outside your window every morning. A rooster's crow is so loud you really shouldn't be listening without ear protection. As a matter of fact, nature has given roosters a natural ear protection for when they crow, otherwise they'd deafen themselves.

But enough of that. If you have interest in a good feathery boy, feel free to contact me. All I ask is he be well taken care of and have a good life.

Comments

Text; un: timdrake

[mostdangerousbird]

Sorry, Bart. I don’t think roosters like me.

[kid_flash_found]

Barbara only pecked you because you squeezed her!

[mostdangerousbird]

Is that Barbara? Double no. I just didn’t want to deal with the early morning crowing.

Also, I didn’t mean to squeeze her. She was wiggling, and I didn’t want to drop her.

[kid_flash_found]

Barbara is the red one. I still need to name most of them, other than just by color.

text, un: odinson

[deemed]

[ he's just going to @ his brother. both the older ones, for good measure. ]

I've found you a new friend.

[kid_flash_found]

Please don't volunteer other people. I'd rather he go somewhere he'll be cared about instead of merely tolerated. I'd keep him, but again, he can't be with the girls, and I don't want him in the house even if my cat would love it.

[deemed]

i wouldn't suggest it to them if i thought either would actually accept. they've enough trouble keeping themselves in one piece.

[kid_flash_found]

And you're not interested in a well-socialized bantam?

( text | un: iceicebaby )

[dothelokimotion]

A bird.

[deemed]

a bird

text; UN: THOROFASGARD

[thecoolerloki]

Did you forget my username? :/

Anyways, I'll take it.

[kid_flash_found]

What is your experience with chickens?

[deemed]

you do not require more bird friends

LOKIOFASGARD replied:

[ikols]

[ A cock??? He's not letting Thor know how his lips twist in a reluctant smile at the understated jest. ]

i'm taken, but thank you for the suggestion

[deemed]

like i told the boy, you could always do with more friends

Video; un: Mysterio

[makeanentrance]

Do you have to have farmland to own a rooster?

[kid_flash_found]

It's generally better to have at least a decent yard, and some municipalities have laws against the keeping of roosters specifically. They need at least some exercise and enrichment on a regular basis, and being able to scratch for food and bugs is good for their overall health.

[makeanentrance]

Can you communicate directly with animals and birds?

Display Name: Venom

[frenchkissed]

( no sooner than the camera clicks on do both of eddie's hands fly up in the air like he's waiting to be called in a classroom. )

We volunteer as tribute...!

Video

[kid_flash_found]

Tribute for what? Worshipping at the feet of this handsome boy?

[Bart moves the camera so it gets a better close-up of the cockerel, who promptly starts pecking at his image before it's removed from reach.]

Do you have experience with chickens?

[frenchkissed]

Yeah, something like that. Don't know about worship, but we could totally give him a cool farm life out here in Kansas.

( plus v doesn't seem like he plans on taking no for an answer. )

We had chickens back home. Two of them. Sonny and Cher. They were... good. Good chickens. Both girls, though. Never had the pleasure of raising a rooster.

text, un: ccw

[corpuslingua]

Why not just get eggs from the store?

[kid_flash_found]

You've never had really fresh farm-raised eggs, have you?

[corpuslingua]

Not unless there are some chickens around the manor that I haven't heard about.

Text | UN: David Alleyne

[helpdesk_hero]

Because sooner or later it was obviously going to come to this.

I'd offer but we both know I don't have the sort of situation needed to care for such a lovely bird.