Got Flogged by A rooster tonight

[Chris09]

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What earthly reason could one provide for actually tying a rooster by the leg

It's been done for meany years to keep more than one rooster (of any breed) on your property at a low cost without the roosters running together and possibly fighting.

Chris​

 

[jbourget]

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Its actually pretty common, and i have had severall EE roosters terribly mean for no reason, no teasing at all. Different breeds have different temperments, and tying by the leg is very common in the game breeds...stags all you will see them housed is usualy a barrel and a leg tie. how was my spelling?

 

[Beekissed]

Oh...where I come from the only people who do that are using them for fighting. So...why would you guys want to breed and keep birds with that much aggression? Why wouldn't someone breed/cull for docility in their roosters instead of tolerating that kind of genetic flaw?

 

[oshun55555]

I ain't never putting any of my roosters on the chain gang, I have learned them to behave. It would hurt my feelings to have to tie up any of my boys, I would rather seem them in the pot resting peacefully on a bed of dumplings.

 

[Beekissed]

Yes, I agree. I never wanted a rooster so badly that I'd tie one up away from his flock. Chickens are a social animal within their species and it seems unnecessary to isolate one continuously for our own wants or needs. I'd kill mine first.

 

[oshun55555]

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Amen to that

 

[Chris09]

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A lot has to go on what you are raising your poultry for.
If you just want a bunch of birds to look purity in the yard that is one thing, but if you are breeding birds for show then you are sooner or later going to be separating roosters and hens so that the birds are in good conditioning for the show. Some people have conditioning pens others have barrels.

I have Large Fowl R.I. Reds and a few other breeds and when I am conditioning them I prefer the barrel over the conditioning pen.

Chris

 

[Avalon1984]

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X2

 

[johnsons-r-us]

Very interesting series of posts. I never fail to learn on BYC

 

[centrarchid]

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I am relatively new to the concept of teathering (kept birds > 35 years before using) but additional advantages are worth noting. Teathered birds can interact directly with other birds that are not teathered which helps a lot with natural social interactions. Teathered birds are easier move to fresher pastures and typically have access to more and greener forages than penned birds. In respect to killing extras before confining, confined birds provide depth / backup in the event a rooster with flock is lost or culled. No depth means more frequent need for getting backup rooster from somewhere else (genetics and quarantine become greater concerns.