Cockerel attacked my foot!

[Let There Be Light]

So I had an aggressive rooster named Rockabilly. He was so sweet as a chick but when he matured he turned mean.
Well to teach him who's the boss I took the fishing net I use to catch guineas and ran after him with it until he started screaming. He hardly was ever mean to me after that and I was able to make him tame enough to dare eat out of my hand. He actually almost ended up in our bellies but he found himself in a coyote's belly.

 

[ElizaMay]

So I had an aggressive rooster named Rockabilly. He was so sweet as a chick but when he matured he turned mean.
Well to teach him who's the boss I took the fishing net I use to catch guineas and ran after him with it until he started screaming. He hardly was ever mean to me after that and I was able to make him tame enough to dare eat out of my hand. He actually almost ended up in our bellies but he found himself in a coyote's belly.
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I too have a fishing dipnet I use to catch my birds, they were all handled gently daily as chicks up to 4 months, but once the 5 mature golden comet hens came to my barn this year, they all started having hysterics if I so much as moved an arm towsrds the. Welp, dipnet it is.

 

[LaFleche]

But one of our family (my husbands, all farmers) has a friend who will take cockerels/roosters and put them in a pot for his restaurant I don’t know how to feel about that, bearing in mind I eat lamb, steak, pork, chicken Any thoughts on this?

Best solution for everyone.

You gave him many chances and he obviously is just too dense, as many other cockerels are as well.

Chicken keeping should be a fun and relaxing thing to do, why would anyone want to sneak about their own yard always afraid of another attack?

 

[Mrs J]

Best solution for everyone.

You gave him many chances and he obviously is just too dense, as many other cockerels are as well.

Chicken keeping should be a fun and relaxing thing to do, why would anyone want to sneak about their own yard always afraid of another attack?

Hi
Funny enough, my uncles friend took him Monday along with my uncle’s faverolle rooster! My uncle had to get shot of his because he was beating his other roosters and everything else up. His friend told him the next day…that Bantam cockerel was a fiesty little thing, it kept beating that big faverolle up, so he went first!! At least he hasn’t just been culled, he’s made a lovely dinner for someone.

 

[LaFleche]

Yes, having them for dinner is the way to give their nasty existence the best purpose !

 

[Mrs J]

Yes, having them for dinner is the way to give their nasty existence the best purpose !

Exactly! I was quite upset, in two minds about letting him go. Then I wondered if I had done the right thing. Absolutely everyone is so calm now, the baby bantams have settled and even run up to me when they hear me coming

 

[McChooky]

Bielefelder roosters are a docile German breed if you're wanting some docile chickens. They're a little pricey because they're rare but well worth it in my opinion if you like big chickens. https://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/bielefelder.html

 

[Mrs J]

Bielefelder roosters are a docile German breed if you're wanting some docile chickens. They're a little pricey because they're rare but well worth it in my opinion if you like big chickens. https://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/bielefelder.html

Hi
Interesting, thank you! I’m just going to write the name down (or I’d never be able to spell it ) to see if I can get them in the UK.

 

[McChooky]

Hi
Interesting, thank you! ? I’m just going to write the name down (or I’d never be able to spell it ?) to see if I can get them in the UK.

I'm ordering some with my meat birds in the spring if the hatcherys aren't sold out. They're popular it seems.Still considered rare.Thanks!

 

[Mrs J]

I'm ordering some with my meat birds in the spring if the hatcherys aren't sold out. They're popular it seems.Still considered rare.Thanks!

I found a place that sells them for £45.00 each bird, but out of stock, no hatching eggs anywhere. Now I have read up on these..I want some I too will wait until spring and see what I can get then! Cheers