05/17/2026
So. Little Dumpling, the mean 12 week old cockerel, will be in Jameson’s dumplings next week.
Not only did he bite Jameson, Laura, and I yesterday, he tried to flog Jameson today. I knocked him, Dumpling, across the yard. (Jameson is three.)
This evening I was herding, very similar to herding really fast cats, the 25ish cockerels back to their coop. I just about have all of them in, when…..you guessed it. Dumpling came running out with his hackles up, wings and head dropped, trying to flog me! I picked him up and continued rounding up the rest that scattered. Did I mention that Dumpling had a mouthful of my shirt this entire time? 😠
Next week’s picture of Dumpling will be him in a bowl.