Advantages to a mean rooster

[ThePolishPrincess]

Our roos are very mean. If it weren't for the fact that I love them too much to think about killing them or letting someone finish the job, then they would be out the door.

I mean, does this say kindness to you?

I also see the protection you mention. My meanies are better guard dogs to the girls than the friendly boys. The mean ones are determined to spend all the time with the girls and the others hang with with humans and are less sociable with the chooks. Never eaten my boys, never will. Call it stupidity, call it stubborn-ness, call it lack of control, whatever. I could never hurt something I have raised from the earliest moments of life. I like the satisfaction of knowing that no one would take better care of them than I.

 

[rooster0209]

I would find it very hard to eat my birds too

I found a home for two of my roosters (I had 6) I just couldnt kill them because they were boys. The friend had 30 hens and 1 roo.

 

[Robin'sBrood]

What kind of rooster is Buck? He's handsome!

 

[gwennym]

I also have a meanie roo, Chief, that tries to one-up me in the mornings when I open the door to the run. In the evening he's not too gnarly, and I can walk around the coop without thinking he's gonna spike me.

I've read, either on this forum or other places online, that picking up a mean rooster in front of the other chickens knocks him down a peg, in terms of dominance, and "embarrasses" him. I usually try and pick up Chief every evening, if I can, but it's certainly not been a tried-and-true procedure. Sometimes making him a "rooster football" on the end of my size 9 Wellies is pretty satisfying.

Chief is also very beautiful, but if his attitude doesn't chill pretty soon, it'll be Chief-soup.

Gwen

 

[Beekissed]

And yet another good post to read on this subject:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=137002

 

[the1much]

do an experiment,,, get someone else to start a thread about how their roo held a dog at bay, and protected his flock from what almost everyone says is the biggest threat against birds,, then in there say he's flogged ya a couple times, but you show him your alpha and everything is alright for a couple weeks......

watch the PRAISE the roo gets

that is 1 GREAT roo you got, and i would take him in a minute!!


try another post,,, start 1 saying your roo attacked a thief that went into your run and tried to steal ya hens,,,, and as above,, throw in he's flogged ya a couple times,,,,, bet they'll be even MORE praise....


i am the LARGEST advocate for roo's being what they are, and doing what their SUPPOSE TO DO!!!

kudo's to your roo!!

 

[rooster0209]

HenMamma2 I am not sure what kind he is. Some friends gave me free eggs to hatch last summer from a flock of free range birds, their flock originally consisted of black aust/barred rock/gold & silv wyondottes plus some bantum w/feather feet. So what he is, I have no idea. Just a mutt Rooster.

Today I shoveled snow out of the run and opened the coop, turned the straw. Buck stayed out of my way the whole time; just stuck with the hens as they ran around. He just needs his "pant size readjusted" every couple of weeks so he remembers that I rank above him. He never gives DH a second look.

The1much, I don't understand why the comments would be so different if I had phrased this post differently. Buck is doing what roosters do. I am raising chickens the "old" way, how farmers used to and still do around here, raise their chickens. It is good to have a rooster like Buck.

 

[the1much]

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its because of how people usually "think" about roo's,,, not many people realize WHAT they are, and WHAT thier suppose to do,, so by just changing the wording a little,, you'll get all kind of praises,, or a bunch of "stew pot" responses

dont get me wrong,, i love to eat roo's,, even hens,, lol,, but i eat the ones that are too friendly, wont go after strangers, or wont do their job,,,, just seems to me alot of people think they should be cuddly pets.
i give great kudo's to you, and your roo !!

 

[Toast n Jelly]

I'm with Jim on the subject. I much prefer a roo that does his job and a roo should instinctively not trust dogs as they are predators and he may meet up with one that is not yours.
I had one whose specialty was stopping hen fights and he did it by distracting them which was really neat. I'd keep your guy around he's worth his weight in gold by protecting them.

 

[Beekissed]

My roos and dogs have a healthy respect for each other, but I can't imagine any of my roos attacking one of the dogs. My youngest dog might turn tail, but my older dog would snap a roo's head off for that kind of behavior. She doesn't put up with much nonsense from any of the animals. She keeps everyone in line and protects the flock. If she could be intimidated by a rooster she wouldn't be much good for me....imagine what would happen if a real threat came in the yard?