ShianRainDrop
Chirping
So I have a "move in" rooster that started hanging out in my yard around a year old or just under. I started to take care of him because no one else was and he sort of adopted me over time. He was skittish at first but over the last year or so he has gotten to the point that he would take treats out of my hand. I thought that was a good thing.
I finally got some baby chicks (my first ones ever) after a farmer friend recommending that for him and now that he may have heard them in their brooder in my house, he is starting to do a little shuffle kind of dance and puffing up his feathers while coming very close to me. He has also nipped at my hand a couple of times. He's probably close to 2 years old now.
He hasn't flown at me yet with his spurs but I'm so scared he's going to do that. I'm even more concerned that once the chickie babies get to full size and can be moved out in the coop and run I've built for them, that he may get more aggressive.
Do you know if there is something I can do now to keep him from getting further aggressive? I'd really hate to give him away but I'll be danged if I'm going to let an 8lb rooster come after me.
My hope is to incubate my own eggs in the future so I'll need a rooster. I'd rather have him since he's the entire reason I've jumped into the backyard chickens to begin with.
As a side note, I got a really beautiful photo of him this weekend when he was being fiesty. Meet Colonel Sanders.
I finally got some baby chicks (my first ones ever) after a farmer friend recommending that for him and now that he may have heard them in their brooder in my house, he is starting to do a little shuffle kind of dance and puffing up his feathers while coming very close to me. He has also nipped at my hand a couple of times. He's probably close to 2 years old now.
He hasn't flown at me yet with his spurs but I'm so scared he's going to do that. I'm even more concerned that once the chickie babies get to full size and can be moved out in the coop and run I've built for them, that he may get more aggressive.
Do you know if there is something I can do now to keep him from getting further aggressive? I'd really hate to give him away but I'll be danged if I'm going to let an 8lb rooster come after me.
My hope is to incubate my own eggs in the future so I'll need a rooster. I'd rather have him since he's the entire reason I've jumped into the backyard chickens to begin with.
As a side note, I got a really beautiful photo of him this weekend when he was being fiesty. Meet Colonel Sanders.
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