Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

[al6517]

I think you should catch up the mean rooster, and hug it for several minutes several times a day and let the others watch you, this will cure the whole problem the first day and you will never ever again have a problem with a mean rooster.

I have read and re-read here on the BYC in many many threads and it appears the experts who have 3 or 4 hens and have raised chickens for a few months say that this is the best way to cure an ole meany pants rooster, so it must be so and you should try it.

I hope this person decides what's best for both and makes the right choice of action.

 

[Beekissed]

Oh, Al...how I miss your posts! No, I don't have a cut and paste for that topic....I get tired of explaining that one too, particularly when it's all in the thread several times.

The only mean roo around here is you, ya old meany!

I'm just a nasty broody!

Yes, any chicken with a weird hair-do~IMO, the only chicken that should be described as a sizzle better be doin' it in hot oil~ is pretty much a foo-foo bird but folks sure seem to like those crazy things. Variety is the spice of life....even in chickens. I think the ratio of just plain ol food birds vs. ornamental birds is pretty much uneven on BYC and we are pretty much outnumbered, we of the plain ol' standard breed chicken.

Such is life....

 

[Erin~TheChickenLover]

Again !!!! with the mean rooster topic.................... Hey Bee has it ever occured to you that it is a very distinct possibility that we will never ever be rid of explaining the remedy. The last time I tried to tell some hugger lady on a different rainbow thread just exactly how to cure what she had started in the first place. I got the third degree from the Mod hit squad and was banned for god knows how long that prison sentence was LOL, Judge jury & executioner was the response I recieved LOL.

Bee you know as well as I folks want to have good roosters but after they ruin them, they will totaly then refuse to do what it takes to correct the problem. except if it again requires giving it more huggs, I bet you have a standard cut and pasted response to this never ending dilemma LOL.

Sizzle, frizzle, shizzle, another 3 reason for the stew pot. Genetics in these abomnamations is very difficult to detemine let alone breed and cull for certain traits, but hey if it isn't and will never be a recognized breed ever, then what's the problem.

I hope this person decides what's best for both and makes the right choice of action.

I'm not a hugger lady. If this guy was a grown rooster he would have been dead already. As it is, though, he is 1 month and a half old. I have 2 full grown roosters that are great. I do not ruin my chickens with hugs or anything else. I'm really enjoying this thread, I've read to page 100 and you guys have not scared me off yet so I can't be too soft. If this cockerel is still mean in a couple weeks, he's gone. I am not afraid to do what it takes to fix the problem and I won't make the same mistake again.

 

[Beekissed]

Actually, it should be kind of fun to see how this youngster reacts to some roo schooling!

It gives me distinct pleasure to take an uppity roo down a few notches and it's always fun to see the reaction...such surprise and dismay when the tables are turned and they are on the receiving end of a nasty, surprising kerfluffle!

Let us know how he does?

 

[Erin~TheChickenLover]

I'll let you guys know how he does after he's a bit ruffed up. I'll put the fear of people back into him and see how that helps his aggression. He's still just a chick really, maybe he'll learn from a little roo schooling.

 

[Ridgerunner]

I once tried to rehab a rooster that would attack humans. Catching him, carrying him around, making him back down, sending him flying with my foot, putting him on the ground and "massaging" his back, all that stuff. I was able to teach him not to attack me but he would still attack any other human that came around, my wife or any visitors, male or female, young or old. I wanted him for a breeding project, but that dog don't hunt. He was soon gone and I got another rooster.

He was only a little over a year old, but he was also proof that an older chicken can be cooked tender and tasty if you know what you are doing. I agree with whoever said it. Those older birds make better broth.

I don't kill, cull, remove from the flock, whatever word you want to use, any chicken until it is processing size unless it is sick or severely injured. If I run into a severe behavioral problem I might be persuaded to change my mind, but none have been that bad as chicks yet.

 

[therapydoglady]

There are sooooo many OTHER roosters out there to be had. Any rooster that deins to flog me - even once - is a goner. Honey! Find yourself another rooster before he jumps on you head and "puts your eye out!"

 

[stonykill]

There are sooooo many OTHER roosters out there to be had. Any rooster that deins to flog me - even once - is a goner. Honey! Find yourself another rooster before he jumps on you head and "puts your eye out!"

so true. I have one of those to do soon. Little jerk lost his free pass to live a few days ago.

 

[Mommy 2 Wee Ones]

I think you should catch up the mean rooster, and hug it for several minutes several times a day and let the others watch you, this will cure the whole problem the first day and you will never ever again have a problem with a mean rooster.

I have read and re-read here on the BYC in many many threads and it appears the experts who have 3 or 4 hens and have raised chickens for a few months say that this is the best way to cure an ole meany pants rooster, so it must be so and you should try it.

I hope this person decides what's best for both and makes the right choice of action.

Have not been on in a while, Al thank you for the morning laugh, I sure needed it after yesterday's drama.
As for the rooster issue, any rooster I have that gets too aggressive is re-homed, no if's and's or but's!

Three weeks ago, we had to put down our beloved rooster Owl, he twisted his leg 3 months ago, healed, and then a month later did it again, but he never healed from it. I did not want him to suffer, so we put him down. Sad thing was, his only daughter passed the same day. We adopted a friend's rooster, a Hamburg, named him, Mr. Burger Man. A week ago I got flogged, so I chased him with the water hose. I keep a stick with me, and do not turn my back on him. The dogs have adjusted to him & him to them.

Had to share what happened with our EE yesterday. Hubby informs me last night that a storm is coming (we got nothing from the storm, it blew around us, as usual). So at 8:30 I go out to put everyone away. I am on the back deck & look over in the neighbor's yard & see their dog with one of our chickens. I call the dogs name, and she raised her head to look at me, with a mouth full of feathers. My chicken's feet are sticking up in the air, and she is not moving, as I get closer to the fence, I see it is Sweet Pea, one of our EE. Hubby goes to the fence & sees their dog has dug a hole under the wire fencing. He blocks the hole & goes next door to let them know what happened. I finish putting the chickens away, and the neighbor puts her dogs away & goes out to see the chicken & the hole. I went inside, got my kids ready for bed, and a few minutes later, there is a knock at the door. It is our neighbor, she said, your chicken is not dead. We go out to the back yard & there is our neighbor's hubby holding Sweet Pea and she is looking around. Our neighbor said, they went out, the hen was on her back, wings spread, feet in the air, he dug the hole, went to get her & she was gone. Found her in a corner of the yard, went to get her & she trotted down the fence line trying to get back to our yard. She has missing tail feathers, but no puncture marks, her back is still bare from Owl, our rooster loving on her, but no blood. Put her in the dog carrier for the night, and she is sitting quietly this morning. Am going to move her to the dog crate, just to give her some down time & see how she is doing. Am not sure if we should call her, Possum or Lucky

Bee, you should see our little Butt Wiper attack the fence when hubby goes over to their coop. He squats when I go to pet him or pick him up. He has his own flock of 4 hens, he chases them, tries to grab them, but has not learned how to mount. I know he can jump high enough to mount, but maybe he can't see with all those froo froo silkie feathers in front of his eyes.

We have now added two ducks to the mix, and the chickens are not bothering them.
Have a great weekend everyone!

 

[NYREDS]

There are sooooo many OTHER roosters out there to be had. Any rooster that deins to flog me - even once - is a goner. Honey! Find yourself another rooster before he jumps on you head and "puts your eye out!"

Do you actually know anyone that's ever happened to?