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Exactly!! My cousins also have a dog that was aggressive and is now the nicest dog ever! Why should a rooster be any differeny.
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Too bad...poster regret.It has been an interesting debate, but now half of it has been deleted.![]()
I second and third what you say. Very good Beekissed. I have a special place in my heart for my roosters. When I discovered I have so many, everyone's response was you need to cull them. I saw what they brought to my chicken keeping experience, I didn't see this as the ultimate option. Not everyone is willing to put in the required time and effort. It's so much easier to discard. Putting out the word about the joy of roosters is becoming a huge passion of mine. And to think I came into chicken keeping to have fresh eggs. It's turning out to be so much more.this is the best reply I have read on this forum. Excellently worded and very true, thanks
Well, we don't just "discard" them.... We eat them instead of buying from the atrocity that is the commercial "poultry" industry. We don't kill out of anger. And every single one of my chickens gets the good life even until the last moment. Unless the good life means everything organic.... even I don't get that.I second and third what you say. Very good Beekissed. I have a special place in my heart for my roosters. When I discovered I have so many, everyone's response was you need to cull them. I saw what they brought to my chicken keeping experience, I didn't see this as the ultimate option. Not everyone is willing to put in the required time and effort. It's so much easier to discard. Putting out the word about the joy of roosters is becoming a huge passion of mine. And to think I came into chicken keeping to have fresh eggs. It's turning out to be so much more.
Ok, now I have to read the rest of the posts....I couldn't help myself. I needed to defend these creatures before I got to the end.
I couldn't imagine having a dog that might attack me when my back is turned with the ferocity that some roosters do to their keepers. I do believe dogs that act like that are put down as vicious dogs. Often in those cases the dog gets the blame too, just like the rooster does. In both cases it's a matter of not understanding animal behaviors and interacting with them appropriately and knowing how to set up boundaries and rules to be followed.I'll admit - I'm of the "off with his head camp. I have rooster and I have a dog. I'm far more invested in my dog than I am my roosters. That having been said, I'd also put down a dog if I didn't feel I could trust it not to attack me when I turn my back. Would I attempt to train it out of that behavior? Of course I would. I can't say how much time I'd put into it as I have never been in that situation. And fortunately it's been years since I've had "that" rooster. I start my cockerels out letting them know from the beginning who is boss. I walk confidently through them, I make them get out of my way, I just don't give them the opportunity to think they are dominant over me. Should I ever end up with a rooster that doesn't catch on, he will be invited to dinner.