American serama thread!

[froggiesheins]

Hi Whintey, How old is your "pet" roo? and dod you put him in with another roo together?

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[bigb-71]

He's not bitting you he is trying to breed your hand lol i have one doing the same thing just push your hand in to him and pick him up when he trys mounting your hand and tell him no it take awhile but sooner or later they will stop or get him a girl of his own good luck ! your little boy is growing up

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[froggiesheins]

Can I be the girl---please Ray?????

Seriously, thats why? WOW I learned something new today and it isn't even 11am. Whintey, Rays all smart n' stuff ya know....

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[TownhouseSeramas]

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He is 4 months old. He was about a 2 months old when I put him in with the other roo who is only a month older. He's half silkie so they were about the same size at the time. The other Roo pretty much excepted him, I think he'd bite him though to put him in his place every now and then, maybe that's where he got it. Ashe the one who bites will try to act big and tough with the other birds until the stand up to him then he runs away. He's pretty submissive if they stand up to him. But right now he's alone, because he's started crowing (which would tick off the dominate male) and bullying the females. He's really rought with them, because they are more submissive than him. So right now he's alone.

 

[bigb-71]

well thats what im thinking when you raise a cockerel by him self he get to an age where thing kick in and it just takes over crazy little thing called hormons so the little guys don't know any better they just want to get there grove on and they don't care if its you or a hen they just want some lol this is what happens when these crazy kids get all growen up .
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[froggiesheins]

OH yeah, he is getting to that AGE where they discover----SEX---[typical male] like Ray said...that is where the biting is coming from.....Yes their foreplay is a tad rough....

......try Rays approach, should help solve that problem.........OR a girlfriend for him.....

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He is 4 months old. He was about a 2 months old when I put him in with the other roo who is only a month older. He's half silkie so they were about the same size at the time. The other Roo pretty much except him, I think he'd bite him though to put him in his place every now and then, maybe that's where he got it.

 

[froggiesheins]

YUP, Now all the things I have witnessed at my house make perfect sense......dang boys and their hormones!

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[bigb-71]

Diffently work with him don't allow him to do this to you or it will contiune when he get older but ya 4 months old thats the same age as my guy who is doing the same thing just work with him it will stop .
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He is 4 months old. He was about a 2 months old when I put him in with the other roo who is only a month older. He's half silkie so they were about the same size at the time. The other Roo pretty much except him, I think he'd bite him though to put him in his place every now and then, maybe that's where he got it.

 

[bigb-71]

you can also put an older hen in with him that won't take his BS and let her kick his butt !

 

[TownhouseSeramas]

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That's why?! My god I feel bad for those hens, I have bruises and welts from him doing that. But I'm not so sure, his feathers around his head go up when I put my hand by his pen, he'll even bite me through the bars if he can. He comes flying out when ever my hand goes down. I'd try putting and older hen with him, but mine are all relatively young and run away from him, it looks like he's attacking them he's so rough with them. So maybe that is it....darn hormones. I'll definitely keep working with him if that is indeed the case. I'll try getting him some treats and continue to feed him from my hands when possible.

Also all my females are Seramas so they are all very much smaller than him. I weighed him a couple weeks ago and he was 23oz. Mine are 16 oz and lower.