Can a roo kill a hen?

[janinepeters]

Potocki, here is another thought on the cause of death of your hen. One morning I found a previously healthy hen dead on the floor of the coop, and it appeared that her neck was broken. Neither she nor any other bird had any other sign of injury, and I don't have a rooster!!! I wondered if something spooked them during the night, and she accidentally flew into the wall and broker neck??? That is the only thing I can think of, but whatever it was, it did not take a rooster to break her neck.

 

[Christie Rhae]

I would have thrown him too... hahahahahahahaaaa!!! They have wings for pete's sake. Not like throwing a cat or something. Jeez...gotta give people the benefit of the doubt. It is easy to take things wrong in typed black and white. We must practice tolerance on this forum.

"I threw that duck against the wall and broke its neck" That would have been worse....unless that is how you butcher your ducks. I have heard of people killing their chickens by holding onto the head and thwacking it against a tree. I have also heard of people taking a big knife and cutting theirs birds heads off!!!

Lol..Ok maybe I need to have my first cup of coffee this morning... lol

 

[Red Barn Farms]

OMG, I just realised it was 2 different posters! Duh, do I feel stupid. Anyway, yes, I would cull the rooster. This is not a desired trait you want passed along. They are a dime a dozen, you could get a good one, and enjoy that bad boy on the BBQ. Sorry about your hen.

Don't feel bad,

It took me a few minutes to see that too! I just suggested culling the rooster to one poster because I don't see it as a desired trait to pass on either if I ever seen him kill another. The poster suggested putting it on free-cycle!! I couldn't live with myself giving him away and maybe taking the chance on him killing someones else's chickens either. But now I'm just being judgmental!

 

[JoePa]

Ladies - we must be practical - I had a rooster that kept trying to bite me whenever I would go into the run - tried just about everything to keep him from doing that - then one day he nailed me - but good - I got mad and drop kicked him about 5 yards - you know what - after that he would go and hide whenever I came into the run - he learned his lesson - he wasn't the toughest guy on the block - now if he did not learn to behave I would have culled him - so you see sometimes a little tough love (like a good kick in the pants) is the thing needed - what would you prefer - being drop kicked or culled ?-

 

[MsBagawkbagawk]

I actually found a Naked Neck that had a broken neck once too. Turns out he was trying to get out of the run in the morning and hit his head on the wire on top.

Yeah, the duck was perfectly fine, just followed my mom around with his neck stretched out (he's a runner though, so really his neck is always stretched out) and quacked as loud as he possibly could until I could put him in the run again. It was pretty funny though.

I had to kick my d'Uccle the other day because he had a rough life (kept in a very very small box with three other chickens) and is really aggressive now. I did not kick him hard, just pushed him a bit with the side of my shoe. He stopped. I'm teaching my d'Anver to be good, just hold him upside down for a second when he tries to attack me, he's doing a lot better now, and is very calm and easy to handle now. Sometimes a little tough love works wonders.

 

[potocki99]

I'm not a fluent poster, but I read a lot and gain a lot from these boards.

Until now.

That's fine if you want to question the choices I make, but don't act like a douche canoe about it.

Stop for one moment and perhaps look at a different perspective/idea. Mayhaps I came across someone that raises this breed of chicken, and has been told the situation, and still would like him?

So, whatever, think what you want. Enjoy the view upon the seated throne of your high horse, Barn.

 

[Fly 2006]

As you see, I have apologised to msbagawkbagawk but explained why the post was taking wrongly, I do not understand why we now need to be told of ways to cull birds and then be laughing about it, it is often necessary to cull birds for various reasons but it is never funny unless you are a sick human being !

 

[amcconnell]

We had 2 male mallard ducks that tormented my hens and roo. My roo is a gentle giant blue cochin and they (the ducks) would gang up on him and chase him off and then they would chase my hens. If they got a hold of one they would hold it down and pull its feathers out. We got some mallard hens hoping that would take their mind off the hens and it did for a while but then started back up again. We had to get rid of the ducks sorry to say.

 

[looneyrooster]

There domestic abuse and coopestic abuse(coopestic,as in of the coop)

 

[MsBagawkbagawk]

My ducks used to do the same thing to my roosters with long tails, but they liked my Phoenix, so he was their boyfriend. They just walked around together all day and quacked and clucked and crowed away all day. People have told me that they won't be so weird if I get them some girls, but the girls only survive a few weeks tops, or else they don't show any interest. I'm pretty sure that they are in love with each other, they just sit together and talk all day.

I'm sorry you had to get rid of your ducks, sometimes it's just best though.