Thank you for clarifying, that helps a lot. Pretty much what I have been doing, but I was wondering if, like with dogs, there are certain things to do/not do to keep them on their best behavior. The only time I got nervous was when they circled me the other day. Reminded me how I was afraid of...
Can you say more about monitoring my behavior? I have read some about how to establish order but would like more info. I am used to training dogs for proper pack behavior, but not chickens. In other news, I separated Alpha and the Delta became Alpha and started just hogging the food and...
Thank you, everyone, for excellent guidance as usual. My end goal is first of all flock warning/protection and less of a priority would be hatching some eggs once a year or so. The 1st rooster I had was a champ at this but died doing his duty.
I also have zero tolerance for human aggression...
Good Morning! I searched the site and read several posts about roosters, but still would like an opinion or 15 about my situation.
I have been raising chickens for 4 years. Right now I have 27 2-year-old hens. Six months ago, we had a hatch of 5 from these hens. Three of those are roosters. The...