Always! It's on before I go out the door and it's on until I come back inside and with no exceptions. A mask may not be the most perfect protection, but to me, it serves as a barrier both ways. That's from me to the other person and the reverse also. It may not be 100% effective, but any kind of protection is better than none. And yes, I've had all the vaccinations as soon as they were available.

I've seen people quote figures and percentages trying to prove masks (and even the vaccinations) are not effective, but that means absolutely NOTHING! Anyone can juggle numbers to make any kind of story they want. And just because some Governor (in my case our stupid Premier) says it is safe to be out without masks or vaccinations, well... I want to remind all of you non-believers that the virus DOES NOT listen to the government. It is still out there and just waiting for an opportunity to find a new host... you. All anyone has to do is use a little common sense, or as my grandfather used to say, 'use a little horse sense'.

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Ha. No. He is outside 100% of the time now, unless he can run and hurl himself into his playpen when I'm not paying attention. My Bielefelder girls are currently sitting on 7, 9 total, Crested Cream Legbar eggs, Loud's breed, which is a breed of concern per the Livestock Conservancy.

Also, he tries--instinctively, presumably--to do that kick thing roosters do, plus the biting thing (see the the thread for pics of my forearm post-Loud encounter)--however, it's proving difficult to look like a Very Definitely Absolutely Normal rooster, because a) the girls, when not ignoring him, are actively rebuking him and b) now I just reach down or over, grab him, and tuck him under my right arm, and he immediately starts the cooing thing he's done since hatching, wanting a cuddle.

There's other things, like his falling off the ramp to the coop on the regular, and he's still sleeping on his back or side, only in a nestbox. Still pulls bedding over himsellf, like a Extremely Normal Grown-Ass rooster does. Or not.