attack rooster! help!

[bobbi-j]

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The right thing isn't necessarily the easiest. YOU DID THE RIGHT THING.

 

[cherwill]

Thank you. Thanks to everyone for the comments. I'd likely have deluded myself and made things even harder. This board has been the find of the year for me.

 

[HeidiG]

cherwill, I'm sorry for your loss!

I'm doing my best attempt at bravado, but I am dreading having to get rid of my roo. (I've stopped calling him by his name to make things easier on myself).

 

[Kittymomma]

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In my experience it amounts to the same thing. Roos (and hens too) establish the pecking order by asserting themselves over those in the flock that they think they can dominate and they often do this violently. It seems that many of the "Help, my roo is attacking me" threads that come up are from people who have hand raised their roos. I know it's done with the best of intentions and sometimes it works out just fine, but more often then not that sweet little cockeral (why are they usually so much friendlier then the pullets when young?) doesn't grow up with any respect for his humans and challenges them for the "head roo" job when he starts to reach maturity. It's completely natural, but doesn't bode well for the little roos lont-term outlook. As I said before, I'm not rough with my boys, but I'm not lovey to them either. By enforcing when they get treats and limiting their ability to mate while I'm in the area I'm able to keep myself (and other "two legged chickens" including my kids) in the top of the flock spot. So far it's worked well for me, my two oldest roos are about 18 months old now and have shown no signs of human aggression even when I pick then hens up. I also have a zero tolerence policy and if they ever do go after me or one of the kids they'll be in the crockpot ASAP.

 

[flowerchild59]

Info here has been very good, I really liked the posting on how to make the roos submit to you. Is that somewhere in the archieves or something for future reference?

 

[damion]

u lucky

 

[emptynesterMom]

Sigh, the experienced chicken keepers are right. I held them upside down in front of the hens, pinned the to the ground until they were still and every other thing recommended, no use. I could not leave my house with out a stick, and the straw that broke the camels back, was an unprovoked attack on my daughter in law who was sitting at a table outside. She was afraid to leave the house with my grandaughter. NO more. The roosters were beautiful but not worth it. They were processed on Monday and yes, I cried, but no more. The remaining roo is a sweet heart. I will never again tolerate a mean animal on my property, for me. it is not worth it. My Dad would not tolerate a mean animal on his property, and I should have known better. It was hard, but the right thing to do.