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[sol2go]

and congratulations to everyone who is posting high pullet counts =)

 

[KPenley]

re: raging roosters

Has anyone correlated color with the aggression they are experiencing?

I noticed with all my troublesome roosters (non-CL's) the problem seemed more apparent to me after I was wearing a coral colored raincoat or other red/coral clothing.  With some, the problem persisted and/or increased regardless of color.  

Recent comments made me wonder about the color of the buckets, clothing, or boots when people have had problems.

My buckets are blue (scraps) or white (regular feed) and they about do backflips when they catch sight of them.  

I haven't had any problems as a result of looking the chickens in the eye, but I understand with African greys as well as other birds that can pose a significant problem.

Yes yes yes! Red, orange, or even bright pink makes my roosters go crazy!

 

[dretd]

re: raging roosters

Has anyone correlated color with the aggression they are experiencing?

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I haven't had any problems as a result of looking the chickens in the eye, but I understand with African greys as well as other birds that can pose a significant problem.

I was really hopeful that the red color was the problem when it was brought up before--was it by Chibola Chooks?

I have been very careful to not wear any red at all (or any warm colors) and it doesn't seem to matter--the stalking seems random with regard to color or what I am wearing.

Definitely note that if I do not make eye contact, he is much more likely to stalk. If I watch him as I walk he will pace me for awhile and usually veers off. If he approaches and I stop and stare he will walk off. As soon as he turns away I reward him by breaking eye contact and moving on. Its sort of a similar approach as pressure-release in training horses by Natural Horsemanship if anyone follows that.

 

[ChicKat]

I was really hopeful that the red color was the problem when it was brought up before--was it by Chibola Chooks?

I have been very careful to not wear any red at all (or any warm colors) and it doesn't seem to matter--the stalking seems random with regard to color or what I am wearing.

Definitely note that if I do not make eye contact, he is much more likely to stalk. If I watch him as I walk he will pace me for awhile and usually veers off. If he approaches and I stop and stare he will walk off. As soon as he turns away I reward him by breaking eye contact and moving on. Its sort of a similar approach as pressure-release in training horses by Natural Horsemanship if anyone follows that.

Low stress cattle handling -- kind of the same - once they start doing what you want (i.e. moving in the direction you want - you stop thus taking off the pressure)

Anyone else try the squirt bottle?

 

[HaplessRunner]

My CL rooster was sweet as a baby and into a teenager. Once he hit around 6months old I noticed he was becoming cautious of me. Not mean but eyeing me and walking in a manner that resembled dancing. He started trying to spur me at about 1year old. It seemed he didn't like the water and food buckets I carried with me. The spurring went on for about 3months and I was just done with watching my back so sadly he got processed 2 weekends ago. I have some fine looking CL boys growing out, one of which will take his place. I hope the one I choose will be sweet natured.

I agree with what ChicKat said about the roosters being very good to their hens and also very protective. I don't think my rooster was human aggressive per say, I think he for some reason saw me as a threat and he wanted to protect the hens. It really did seem to revolve around the feed and water buckets

Were the buckets red? Red seems to be a trigger for rooster aggression.

 

[chicken pickin]

Were the buckets red? Red seems to be a trigger for rooster aggression.

Buckets are orange, pink, green, and yellow and I also use daily a clear/frosted water pitcher used for feed. He seemed to respond the same to all of them.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

so in this case, this rooster is more gentler and not as forceful to the hens as my past rooster and that could be why I get more pullets? See out of 9 chicks only 1 is a roo this time around. Last time I had 18 and 3 were roos

could be but that's too small of a sample size to be sure. When they say chicks hatch roughly 50/50 ratio they are talking large sample sizes like 50-100 chicks. Smaller than that and chance can skew any batch either way. Just like flipping a penny in the air you might flip heads three times in a row before you get tails but if you flip the penny 100 times you will be pretty close to 50/50. Until you get to a large sample size you can't really see the long term trends is what I'm trying to say.

 

[TherryChicken]

could be but that's too small of a sample size to be sure. When they say chicks hatch roughly 50/50 ratio they are talking large sample sizes like 50-100 chicks. Smaller than that and chance can skew any batch either way. Just like flipping a penny in the air you might flip heads three times in a row before you get tails but if you flip the penny 100 times you will be pretty close to 50/50. Until you get to a large sample size you can't really see the long term trends is what I'm trying to say.

got it

 

[afreeman0405]

Hey all! I just got a pair of CLB from someone around here in Alaska. They are about 8 weeks old now. I'm not sure if I will breed them or not, but I think they are great birds already. They are a little more timid than my others, but it may be because they are the newest and a little smaller still than the rest of my flock who are all a week or so older. I also got a CLB/EE mix who was an "accidentally fertilized by the wrong roo" egg. I'm excited to see what color she lays. I'm hoping she will lay blue as well.

Belle (pure)


Penelope (mix)





Beast (pure)

 

[ChicKat]

congratulations! Looks like your chicks have found a happy home.