Got Flogged by A rooster tonight

[mamawholuvsu]

I agree, video!!!

 

[Chris09]

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So Ok he calms down when you pull him from the flock, well sure he does any 5th grader will tell you that.

Not all roosters will calm down. There is a small percentage that will continue to show aggression to humans and there the ones that need to be put down.

but then where does that leave you in regards to the roo and now what to do with the roo ??

You are showing the rooster that you can controls him, when he is out of the breeding pen you will be able to tell if he is just protecting his hen or if he is a true man fighter. On the first day If /when he attempt's to attacks you again you simply pass him up (no food or attentions at all) on the second day if he attempt's to attacks you again you simply scoop him up and hold him like you are checking him for lice and mites and then just act like you are doing a condition check on him before a show (Do Not Baby Him). Before you put him back down fill his feed cup and check his water then if he is on a tie cord just drop him on the ground (at tie cords length) or if he is in a holding pen then you simply place him back in the pen and close the door, if when you put him on the ground or in the pen and he attempt's to attacks you again you pay no mind to him. You do this for a week and if he continues to attacks you at the end of the week then you prepare him for dinner.

Please !!!! you had better come up with something a little better than that, if you plan to make a blanket statement so blaitantly Obtuse

This way of dealing with aggressive birds has been used by top breeders, for far longer than you or I have been on earth and done on far more aggressive fowl with great success.

A little scaring his pant's off and a swat in the caboose will do many other things. he will be better in the flock, he won't even come close to flogging you or another human,

If you kick/swat a chicken and he gets the paints scared off him to the point that he no longer attempt's to attack you then I would say that the bird was not all that aggressive.

This thread was written and concieved for folks who want to keep their roosters and make them the part of their programs they hoped they would be, quickly, efficiently, and humanely without injury and without any further incidents in the future, and in such a manner where as the cutesy tootsey, huggy pie kissey pooo approach just ain't working for them

Who said anything about a, "cutesy tootsey, huggy pie kissey pooo approach"?​

 

[Chris09]

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Most games are non-human aggresive and it is very much a function of breeding. Some strains are prone to produce man-fighters that do not respond to conditioning and as a result pose a threat to handlers. Like with any breeds, improper handling or other environmental conditions can promote aggression to the keeper.

centrarchid,
I agree 100%.
Every man fighter I seen was do to improper handling, environmental conditions (sometimes breeding but that has to do with Man Fighting being hereditary)

Chris

 

[Chris09]

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Then why continue to have and or breed the rooster that shows aggression in your flock?
I mean if you don't have 5 minutes a day to work with the bird that shows aggression then why not replace him, besides breeding him and taking the chance that his offspring will be just like him. (a man fighter) ? At least If you separate him from the flock you can tell if he is a man fighter of just protecting his flock. If he is just protecting his flock then you can deal with him (how ever you choose) and if he is a man fighter then he needs put in the pot.

Chris

 

[Beekissed]

I've been raising chickens for 35 years now and I don't believe I've ever even heard of a "man-fighter"....

I'd say you have something serious on your hands if you have a chicken who actually fights you when he is not in the flock situation. This is either a bird that has been encouraged to fight by teasing or baiting it, or you've maybe exaggerated the aggression of the bird in some way to prove a point.

I've seriously never met a rooster in all those years with any inclination to actually fight with a human being, though I can see why yours would if you tied a cord to his leg. I've never heard of anyone tying up a rooster either...

 

[galanie]

Game roosters are often kept on a tieout cord, i.e. a cord on their leg. And they don't attack people. There are some supply houses that carry the cords, stakes, and the leather part at the end that goes around it's leg. Games that are mean to humans have been culled vigorously in the past. What is hardwired is the propensity to fight other roosters, not to fight humans.

 

[Beekissed]

Game roosters as in fighting roosters? Because I can see no plausible reason for anyone tying a domestic bird to a cord like they would do a dog. That's why there are fencing materials, pens, etc. What earthly reason could one provide for actually tying a rooster by the leg?

 

[al6517]

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The main reason is for not only security to each of them by keeping them seperated, but it is an easier alternative to caring for them as they will fight with each other through closely built pen's. So guy's use 55 gal barrels custom cut and secured to the ground, each with seperate feeders & waterers. They get leashed to stay in their area, it's just the way those game folks raise them.

 

[Beekissed]

Weird! And why would one raise such vicious animals? Why perpetuate that level of aggression? I can only see one answer....to breed a rooster that will fight another rooster without due provocation.

 

[al6517]

I think it's a little complicated, but in a nutshell some still do. not willing to discuss why they raise them here on the BYC.