Thanks for your reponses, which really help, and now I have more questions. The roosters....The owner of the farm keeps a baseball bat near the hen house door to sometimes use to fend off the alpha rooster (the other one lives in the rafters). So, is there anyway to instill myself as alpha short of hitting him with the bat? I don't want to have to grab a bat everytime I enter the hen house. Is there any humane way to get me to the top of the "pecking order"? I have raised and trained a few serious dogs and they had no problem at all with me at the head of the household, and I never had to touch any of them physically. Just was fair, consistant, let them know what I expected, love etc. They were all great citizens. Of course, they had brains bigger than a pea......Is there hope training a rooster not to bother me or the other one or the hens short of sending him away? Would squirting him in the face with a spray bottle of water work? Jumping up and down and yelling?
Thanks,
Mac
Thanks,
Mac