About a year ago I moved into a house in which I am responsible for some chicks. Now these are grown up and after some investigating I found out I have some american game fowls. Mind you, I have no experience with chickens and took some getting used to. Out of all 14 that were born (and after nature took its course) I was left with 4 roosters and 9 hens. Now I got rid of two of the roos about a month ago because they were just way to aggressive. I have a 4 year old and she is my concern over the roosters.
So now I have two roosters and sure enough one is turning aggressive like the two I got rid of. I have come to appreciate my birds and I really like everything about them. I can't let them free range with the hens cuz im afraid they are siblings (and I have no way of finding out if they are or not). So he is separated (as well as other rooster) from all the hens. Im pretty sure him being alone in a 3' x 5' cage has definitely made him aggressive. Yesterday he tried flogging me when I opened the door to change his water. While he didn't succeed in flogging me he did succeed in scaring the crap out of me. I have been flogged once or twice by the other roos i got rid of and luckily not been injured. Now I am a grown man but im scared of these roosters and I would have no problem culling if it came down to it.
Yesterday after his attempted flogging he stood there and looked at me from behind the cage and if I read his mind right he was saying "yeah I did it. What you gonna do about it? Come back in here and see what happens. " and if I didn't walk away we probably would still be staring each other down. So my questions are as follows:
Is it possible to tame him at this point?
HOW IN THE WORLD AM I SUPPOSED TO PICK HIM UP WHEN HE WONT BACK DOWN AND STANDS HIS GROUND???
Do I just have a breed that is impossible to control?
Do they sense fear?
The flogger
So now I have two roosters and sure enough one is turning aggressive like the two I got rid of. I have come to appreciate my birds and I really like everything about them. I can't let them free range with the hens cuz im afraid they are siblings (and I have no way of finding out if they are or not). So he is separated (as well as other rooster) from all the hens. Im pretty sure him being alone in a 3' x 5' cage has definitely made him aggressive. Yesterday he tried flogging me when I opened the door to change his water. While he didn't succeed in flogging me he did succeed in scaring the crap out of me. I have been flogged once or twice by the other roos i got rid of and luckily not been injured. Now I am a grown man but im scared of these roosters and I would have no problem culling if it came down to it.
Yesterday after his attempted flogging he stood there and looked at me from behind the cage and if I read his mind right he was saying "yeah I did it. What you gonna do about it? Come back in here and see what happens. " and if I didn't walk away we probably would still be staring each other down. So my questions are as follows:
Is it possible to tame him at this point?
HOW IN THE WORLD AM I SUPPOSED TO PICK HIM UP WHEN HE WONT BACK DOWN AND STANDS HIS GROUND???
Do I just have a breed that is impossible to control?
Do they sense fear?
The flogger