Hi,
I have some 18 wk old chickens of various breeds including two roosters. One of the roosters is dominant over the other and now is trying to be dominant over me...bad move. He originally started behaving like this a few weeks ago when he chased a friend in an aggressive manner. I did not see it. Yesterday when I went out and let the birds out of the coop he was acting different. I could see it in his eyes. He started walking towards me, looked at me and jumped towards me grabbing my hand with his beak. I pushed him backwards and then he got up and did it again! I am glad he does not have full grown spurs yet. This time he walked away. This morning the same thing happened again. Enough is enough and he will be gone soon. I don't want him anywhere near children and that it would not be good to give him away unless he would be put down by them. He would probably not be very tender at this point and the best thing that I can think of is with 4 shot. Painless, quick and clean. Opinions? Thank you very much in advance
I have some 18 wk old chickens of various breeds including two roosters. One of the roosters is dominant over the other and now is trying to be dominant over me...bad move. He originally started behaving like this a few weeks ago when he chased a friend in an aggressive manner. I did not see it. Yesterday when I went out and let the birds out of the coop he was acting different. I could see it in his eyes. He started walking towards me, looked at me and jumped towards me grabbing my hand with his beak. I pushed him backwards and then he got up and did it again! I am glad he does not have full grown spurs yet. This time he walked away. This morning the same thing happened again. Enough is enough and he will be gone soon. I don't want him anywhere near children and that it would not be good to give him away unless he would be put down by them. He would probably not be very tender at this point and the best thing that I can think of is with 4 shot. Painless, quick and clean. Opinions? Thank you very much in advance