Wow! What an amazing response. Thank you so much!
If you couldn’t tell already, he’s a really confident roo and has no problem getting extremely close to me. The main problem with grabbing him is how quick he is with his spurs. He’s drawn blood from me twice before so I’m considering wearing...
Not sure yet, seems like I’ll have some time before he gains the courage to face me again. In the mean time I’ll have to read up on some ways to make him more docile. A lot of people have given me some good advice so far.
Update!!
The big man seems to have made a full recovery! At some point he snuck out of the coop and quickly herded his flock back together. I observed him for a few and he didn’t seem to be displaying any strange behavior. He’s back to being very noisy and is even getting busy with some of the...
Thanks for the reply!
I’m never beating on him again that’s for sure. The fact that he’s still alive gives me hope he’ll survive. Currently he’s sleeping in a nesting box and is mildly alert to my presence. I’ve placed some food and water within reach of him and plan to just leave him alone for...
Hey everyone,
This morning I went to go do my daily barn chores and my particularly feisty Australorp rooster for whatever reason decided he wanted me dead.
He chased me around the yard for a minute jumping in attempts to sink a spur or two in me and even tried to get some in with my dog...