ChookieG
Crowing
Hi guys,
I have an Australian Araucana Roo that's a real jerk and very bossy. He crows the whole goddamn day and dances around me when I get close to his run and crows continuously when I approach the run. He has pinched me several times already. He's so noisy that I have to keep indoors at night and let him out only around 10am. As soon as I release him into his run, the first thing he does is rush across to the hens and mate with them and begin crowing.
The problem already started when he was a chick. The only reason I didn't get rid of him was because he was a lone chick. When I finally manage to introduce him to hatchlings 3 weeks later, the first thing he did was pull their legs from behind them. When he was growing up with them, he would often peck at the other chicks during meal times and he would often pick on one of the more submissive cockerel with no provocation.
I was told his dad has the same aggressive behaviour and I'm hoping his personality is just due unique to his family history and not purely because he carries the blue egg gene.
So my question is what has been your experience with Araucana roos or any other breed that carries the blue gene? I'm returning him to his breeder and am at the cusps of giving up on Araucanas altogether if this type of behaviour is the norm for Blue-Egg breeds. Also my OE girls are very noisy and terrible screamers. I'm wondering whether their temperament is due to the blue-egg gene as well. Mind you their mum was a very noisy White Sussex cross so I'm hoping again that's it's because of her and not related to their egg colour.
I have an Australian Araucana Roo that's a real jerk and very bossy. He crows the whole goddamn day and dances around me when I get close to his run and crows continuously when I approach the run. He has pinched me several times already. He's so noisy that I have to keep indoors at night and let him out only around 10am. As soon as I release him into his run, the first thing he does is rush across to the hens and mate with them and begin crowing.
The problem already started when he was a chick. The only reason I didn't get rid of him was because he was a lone chick. When I finally manage to introduce him to hatchlings 3 weeks later, the first thing he did was pull their legs from behind them. When he was growing up with them, he would often peck at the other chicks during meal times and he would often pick on one of the more submissive cockerel with no provocation.
I was told his dad has the same aggressive behaviour and I'm hoping his personality is just due unique to his family history and not purely because he carries the blue egg gene.
So my question is what has been your experience with Araucana roos or any other breed that carries the blue gene? I'm returning him to his breeder and am at the cusps of giving up on Araucanas altogether if this type of behaviour is the norm for Blue-Egg breeds. Also my OE girls are very noisy and terrible screamers. I'm wondering whether their temperament is due to the blue-egg gene as well. Mind you their mum was a very noisy White Sussex cross so I'm hoping again that's it's because of her and not related to their egg colour.