yeah we have a neighbor with Border Collies who have already been guilty of chasing cows. and i've seen them in my yard. they probably would never make it to the coop though. my Alpha dog doesn't take kindly to strays in her territory. she is 12 years old and would still make dog food out of those border collies.
I'm so sorry for your loss!
I appreciate that. I didn't think I would get so attached but I was quite upset. I have 4 BR chicks (1-rooster, 3hens) that hatched in January and another 8 in the incubator but they will be May/June before I possibly get eggs. She was a very good, consistent layer
Was he hatchery sourced?Is it a part of the breed that made my rooster so very aggresive? I can't seem to get passed the fact that somehow I failed him. Nothing worked, not keeping him in his own pen, not a broom, throwing water at him did not work, I could not pick him up to carry him around because he would bite to draw blood. I tried a tennis racket, I tried the old you run at me and I'll kick you, I tried treats, I tried ignoring his behavior. Nothing worked. He learned a few days back that he could scale a fence to attack me. That was it. I called my spouse at work and told him he goes tonight. Are Barred rocks normally aggresive? Was it something I did or did not do? The worst part is I do miss seeing him in my yard, I don't miss being attacked, but I do miss seeing and hearing him.
It's likely that the people that bred him, did not select for temperament. Temperament is usually inherited. Mean roosters tend to pass that behavior on.No, he was hatched at a house in the same town as I live.
