Best and worst Roosters?

[AgCrazy]

Happy Chooks I didn't see the cage with the bobcat...I thought there was still a question as to what it was. So glad you caught one, at least you know what it was. Wow, just one more critter to at to my watch out for list. We seem to have everthing here. I want to add a guardian puppy to the farm. We have two very spoiled indoor/outdoor Canardlies. It would be good to have a watchful eye on the outside. We have had Great Pry, which are fabulous dogs but they like to wander and bark all night. We thought about donkeys but they don't like dogs so we would need to get a baby donkey to raise with our dogs. But then I am afraid the donkey while great at keeping coyote, etc. out would be no match for grizzlies or the giant wolves the gov. is planting. I want to put up an acre perimeter fence around the smaller runs that the dogs can patrol to keep the dwarf dairy goats and the chickens...and the garden/orchard safe from preditors. Anyone have any other suggestions on how to protect the perimeter that doesn't cost an arm and a leg?Moving is out of the question...LOL

 

[azygous]

Happy Chooks I didn't see the cage with the bobcat...I thought there was still a question as to what it was. So glad you caught one, at least you know what it was. Wow, just one more critter to at to my watch out for list. We seem to have everthing here. I want to add a guardian puppy to the farm. We have two very spoiled indoor/outdoor Canardlies. It would be good to have a watchful eye on the outside. We have had Great Pry, which are fabulous dogs but they like to wander and bark all night. We thought about donkeys but they don't like dogs so we would need to get a baby donkey to raise with our dogs. But then I am afraid the donkey while great at keeping coyote, etc. out would be no match for grizzlies or the giant wolves the gov. is planting. I want to put up an acre perimeter fence around the smaller runs that the dogs can patrol to keep the dwarf dairy goats and the chickens...and the garden/orchard safe from preditors. Anyone have any other suggestions on how to protect the perimeter that doesn't cost an arm and a leg?Moving is out of the question...LOL

If you really want to train predators in the area to stay away, you will need to install electric hot wire. The chargers come in inexpensive plug-in types to more expensive solar types. To make the hot wire effective, however, you need to install a perimeter fence that a predator isn't able to jump over or in between the fencing. The objective is to make it necessary for a predator to come into direct contact with the hot wire in the process of trying to get over the fence. I put a dab of peanut butter at intervals on the charged wire. This invites the predator to sample the peanut butter and in the process, it gets a strong "message". That particular predator will not return.

Hot wire with a pulsing charge is the most effective predator deterrent. All wild life officers will tell you this. It's the best investment you can make in the protection of your flock and for your own peace of mind.

 

[AgCrazy]

Thank you Azygous, that is a very helpful suggestion.

 

[Folly's place]

Dogs are good protectors, but much more expensive than electric fencing! Mary

 

[AgCrazy]

Folly's Place, Thank you Mary, yes...LOL...dogs are very expensive, but we love 'em. Maybe we would be better off to stick with the two canardlies we have and go with the electric fence.

 

[Prescottchick]

I had a hateful rooster when we first started keeping chickens. He would stalk you if you went outside and drew blood on both myself and my husband multiple times. It got to the point where we left a rake by the front door to protect ourselves when we went outside. Lol He was great at protecting the flock against birds of prey, but eventually I thought to myself-“why am I feeding an animal who tries to attack me every chance he gets”?
So we gave black Bart away, twice. The first adopter thought she could tame him and then brought him back a few weeks later. Second adoption stuck.
I then decided to change breeds and got my first batch of Langshan chicks. It’s been some years and the roosters are amazing big sweet teddy bears. My rooster comes when I call him, eats out of my hands, loves getting a wattle rub and is very tolerant of being handled. There are amazingly sweet and gentle roosters out there. Don’t keep the jerks and certainly don’t breed them and pass on fowl temperaments. ( pun intended lol) Here’s a picture of my sweet big boy.