Protection from Bing

Bing is the Polish Rooster that wondered into my neighborhood and he is the reason we both came to the Dancing Goat Farm. When Bing was young he was bold, out going and very confident of himself. As Bing got older he started to get aggressive toward people and I knew it was time to find him a better place to live. Through friends of mine I was introduced to Pam the owner of the Dancing Goat Farm and she took Bing in with the promise of my help on the farm. Well four months later Bing and I are doing well we have found a second home on the farm. Bing now has three ladies who are also polish chickens and they all share a nice large cage together. When it is time to clean Bings cage you have to be careful because he will protect his ladies with his life. It started to become a problem to get into the cage to clean, feed and collect the eggs. Every time I went in I had to take a trash can cover in with me to use as a shield this was hard on us both and I did not want Bing to get hurt during his fury. If I have learned one thing on the farm you have to be able to think outside the box. After a few days of thinking about the situation of controlling Bing safely I decided to use a plastic milk crate as a temporary holding cage. When I came in the next day I was ready to try out my new idea. I went and got a red plastic milk crate and went to Bings cage opened the door and as I walked in Bing started to approach me but instead of having to protect myself I calmly placed the milk crate over him at which time he just sat down and started to complain. This was a great moment because I now was able to clean, feed and collect the eggs with no problems. When I was done I turned to let Bing out but was surprised to see his ladies sitting on top of the milk crate enjoying the view of their man in captivity. After enjoying the ladies for awhile I let Bing out slowly as I was leaving the cage he just looked up at me turned around and went to get some food. I have been using the milk crate for a few weeks now and Bing has become used to it and calmly waits in the crate until I am done. Well its been another wonderful few days at the farm so please check back soon to see what the City Boy on the Farm is doing.