I carry a big stick and a few times per year, catch my roosters and tickle their bellies-hard and rub their feet untill they relax. (A soft roughing up, lol). They have a great deal of respect for me, lol. I can easily reach under a hen and get my eggs, with no complaints from them. I have 3 roosters who get along!! They are all in fear of the wicked witch from the East. Lars just couldn't help his hormones. His feet are back to willow and he is back to being docile. That said, I wouldn't put my face near them, and they are in a penned in area. They have to be, since I have hawks who dive trying to catch them. They can't clear the fence, so as long as chickens are in their 40 by 40 area, where ever I choose to locate it, the hawks cant get them.

Yep, I eat a lot of eggs lately.

Well out into the snow (again) to feed the fowl. Did I say I hate winter??