Flogging TINY Banty Roosters

[easttxchick]

Oh well, it was a nice thought.

Shoulda known their little brains didn't run that way.
By the way, Kat...you need duckies!

 

[Baymule]

Hi Sheila, I've been doing vacation bible school all week after work with the 3 year old grandaughter and have been off line. I turn on the 'puter and find you with your tiny flogging menacing bad a-- roos! Haha. I still tell people how you picked up your bad boy and pinched his beak shut when he belted out a cock-a-doodle-doo and told him "Shut up, I'm talking" Too funny!! Make that er-er-aagh!! They are sooooo cute, it is hard to maintain any sort of idea that they could actually hurt you, sorta like a Chichuahua attacking a burgular. Sorry, I have no experience with flogging roos. When I had chickens 30+ years ago, my roos were pretty docile. That little porcelain pycheon you had was real determined to prove to you that he was BIG and REAL BAD!! Oh, I know!!! Play him Michael Jackson's song "I'm BAD"

I hope my smilies come out this time, usually they get lost in transmission. Oh well the thought is what counts-right?

Update on Lola and Stella-they enjoy treats, water in their favorite dusting bath place, they always run over to drink the DIRTY water. What? They have plenty of CLEAN water, but they act like I have deprived them of water for days. But they enjoy a cool place to wallow in. My granddaughter fell in love with them, loved to gather the eggs but still won't EAT one. She has special polka dotted rubber "chicken boots" for going in the coop and loved holding a piece of bread for them to peck.

Gee, if you put a Michael Jackson CD on to play for your chickens, do ya' think you might see a tiny roo grab his crotch and moon-walk backwards, crowing at the top of his tiny lungs??

 

[Enchanted Sunrise Farms]

Sorry about your rooster problems. i am a novice next to many on this board. But from my personal experience, once they decide it's okay to attack you, you always have to be on the look-out. i've tried various methods with roosters in the past - picking them up and holding them, or holding them upside down for a bit, or putting them in a cage by themselves to cool off. Nothing seemed to work and i got tired of having to carry a broom around with me all the time. Also got tired of being bitten and spurred. So off they all went to other homes. Hope you can turn your guys around.

 

[DaniLovesChickens]

I did what featherbaby did with my bantam rooster when he started to attack me. I just put him under my arm and carried him around with me as I did my chores. This is supposed to show them that you are in charge.
If you fight with them, then they look at you like you are a chicken. The fighting can then start up later if he decides to challenge you. Our younger bantam roo is always pushing it and then getting chased off by the dominant bantam roo, but he continues to do it.

That has been my experience and goes with what I have read as well.

Good luck! It's just like dealing with hormonal teenage children!

 

[Rozzie]

x

 

[Elite Silkies]

The meanest I had was a Silkie Rooster, yep Gritsar........... get ready

I had to take a tote lid in his coop everyday, or he would kick my butt! I got pretty good with my shield. Until, I decided to make my husband catch him everyday for a week for me. I carried him around and he decided to stop flogging.

I also used a water bottle.

 

[gritsar]

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Jethro wouldn't dare!!!!

I'll feed him to Thor! If it works then I'll send Thor to Sheila to get her little banty roosters in line. Thor may be a little on the dumb side, but he's 13 lbs. of dumb. He can sit on em for ya Sheila!

 

[Elite Silkies]

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Jethro wouldn't dare!!!!

I'll feed him to Thor! If it works then I'll send Thor to Sheila to get her little banty roosters in line. Thor may be a little on the dumb side, but he's 13 lbs. of dumb. He can sit on em for ya Sheila!

I have one of those 13 pounders and boy I tell you, he is 13 lbs of scary! I looked like this

after trying to put Ivomec on him. He got his wormer in his water. Yep, scared me right out of his coop! I think he actually growled at me.

Poor little sweet Jethro, I do hope you don't make Grit angry

 

[gritsar]

Quote:
Jethro wouldn't dare!!!!

I'll feed him to Thor! If it works then I'll send Thor to Sheila to get her little banty roosters in line. Thor may be a little on the dumb side, but he's 13 lbs. of dumb. He can sit on em for ya Sheila!

I have one of those 13 pounders and boy I tell you, he is 13 lbs of scary! I looked like this

after trying to put Ivomec on him. He got his wormer in his water. Yep, scared me right out of his coop! I think he actually growled at me.

Poor little sweet Jethro, I do hope you don't make Grit angry

Thor is usually a sweet boy, but the excessive heat has made him cranky. Sometimes I forget and wear the evil pink flip flops out to the adult coop and he acts like he'd love to jump me. When that happens all I have to do is pick up a twig - I'm talking a skinny little two inch twig and he runs away.
Yep, I'm sending Thor to Sheila, with the pink flip flops, and a twig.