X100!!! Eat him.
Barred Rocks!!
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Thanks...that's what I've been thinking. My daughter is pretty scared of him and cannot even ride her bike in our driveway without the little jerk running up on her. He came out on a dead run toward me tonight, puffing himself up. I was so mad that I marched in and told my husband that he has to go. Unfortunately due to work schedules, his demise will have to wait until the end of the week as I work 12 hour shifts and teach on Tuesdays. Hopefully my daughter will just stay clear until Friday. Thanks for the advice!
I am under the belief that a rooster even a bad one can be taught. The problem is you have to act like a dominant rooster. That's fine for some of us but for a kid they will always think that the animals think the way humans do. They don't! So sadly our kids are the ones that get hurt. My roosters understand very well that when I come in I am the king.
But my kids are not so lucky so the mature roosters that I keep for breeding go into breeding pens and don't come out.
My rules for the kids.
#1. do not kick! When you use your feet that is a challenge to spar. And a rooster can take much more of a beating then you would really have the hart to give. Never use your feet!
#2. If they drop a wing to you then you have to catch him! Do not let him think he got away with it. Chasing is not enough. You must catch him! Then carry him around for a while. Not petting just holding. If they still aren't getting it a dominant rooster will put the lesser one in a corner and continue to peck at the back of the head and the back until he is fully submissive. You can put him in a corner. And do that with your finger tip. This is not tourture time. You do not have to draw blood or pull feathers or hurt him at all, it's going through the motions and they still get it without pain.
They just need to submit to your rule. NO NEED TO HURT THEM.
#3. If they are not causing trouble. Then they don't exist. If they are in your way walk right through them. They will move. Don't change anything you do around them. If they see it they assume your world evolves around them. You just lost.
The thing is you have to be consistent and stay on top I've it. But that only protects you. Every member of the family must be willing to do it. Sometimes we can't tell are chickens apart but they can definitely tell us apart. They know who they can pick on and who they can't. I don't trust my kids to do it right so they are not allowed in the breeding pens.
But it is possible to find good roosters as well. Most roosters are extroverted and thrive to be on top of the pecking order. But a few are introverted and seem to be perfectly content being a few steps down. I have a wyandotte rooster that is very friendly. He has never dropped a wing to my wife or my kids. He is so infatuated with my wife he follows her around everywhere constantly trying to show her where he finds food and keeping the young roosters away from her. To be honest I think she likes the attention! I have no need for him but my wife will not let me get rid of him. That's her pretty boy and he stays.
Just thought I would share how I do it. But I'm with every one else. If you do not have a separate breeding coop and you have young kids then he really needs to be dinner.
But my kids are not so lucky so the mature roosters that I keep for breeding go into breeding pens and don't come out.
My rules for the kids.
#1. do not kick! When you use your feet that is a challenge to spar. And a rooster can take much more of a beating then you would really have the hart to give. Never use your feet!
#2. If they drop a wing to you then you have to catch him! Do not let him think he got away with it. Chasing is not enough. You must catch him! Then carry him around for a while. Not petting just holding. If they still aren't getting it a dominant rooster will put the lesser one in a corner and continue to peck at the back of the head and the back until he is fully submissive. You can put him in a corner. And do that with your finger tip. This is not tourture time. You do not have to draw blood or pull feathers or hurt him at all, it's going through the motions and they still get it without pain.
They just need to submit to your rule. NO NEED TO HURT THEM.
#3. If they are not causing trouble. Then they don't exist. If they are in your way walk right through them. They will move. Don't change anything you do around them. If they see it they assume your world evolves around them. You just lost.
The thing is you have to be consistent and stay on top I've it. But that only protects you. Every member of the family must be willing to do it. Sometimes we can't tell are chickens apart but they can definitely tell us apart. They know who they can pick on and who they can't. I don't trust my kids to do it right so they are not allowed in the breeding pens.
But it is possible to find good roosters as well. Most roosters are extroverted and thrive to be on top of the pecking order. But a few are introverted and seem to be perfectly content being a few steps down. I have a wyandotte rooster that is very friendly. He has never dropped a wing to my wife or my kids. He is so infatuated with my wife he follows her around everywhere constantly trying to show her where he finds food and keeping the young roosters away from her. To be honest I think she likes the attention! I have no need for him but my wife will not let me get rid of him. That's her pretty boy and he stays.
Just thought I would share how I do it. But I'm with every one else. If you do not have a separate breeding coop and you have young kids then he really needs to be dinner.
I just got my BR on Saturday. she's the biggest pullet in the flock of a white leghorn and 2 Wyandotte. She's always picking on the leghorn 
. She's not friendly at all. I hope she changes!
. She's not friendly at all. I hope she changes!
They have to figure out who's queen. Can take a few days or can take a few weeks. Usually just a few days. The only thing you can do is walk away. They will figure it out.I just got my BR on Saturday. she's the biggest pullet in the flock of a white leghorn and 2 Wyandotte. She's always picking on the leghorn. She's not friendly at all. I hope she changes!
Are rocks known to lay two eggs a day sometimes? It's happened 3 times since sat.
I had them lay 3-4 eggs a day so I would say they do lay more then once a day.
My Barred Rock, Cuda, just turned six months old, yet she still looks like a four month old. Her comb is barely started, she has no wattles, and her face and comb are still pink. She is also at least a third smaller than a full grown BR. Also, her size and appearance have remained completely unchanged for at least two months. What could be going on? Does a chicken ever fail to mature and stay a pullet?
She is too big for a bantam. It is mainly her lack of maturity that has puzzled me more than her size, even though she is much smaller than she should be.
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