Got Flogged by A rooster tonight

[al6517]

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Well Don't assume but keeping your distance and not treating him like he's well........ a girly girl isn't helping to get him trained to not make the evil change. As it stands now your treating him like he's the boss and coddling him as your doing will only serve to enhance his top dog status to him. This just so happens to be the number one behavioral mistake the ladies make when caring for their home flocks, the he's so cute pet chicken mentality often proves to have an adverse effect, beleive me. I would rethink your behavior toward him right away and hope it's not too late, cause something tells me your not the kind to have a serious woodshed talk with the youngster.

 

[al6517]

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As we often say in the south................. Bless yer heart.

 

[oshun55555]

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Amen, roosters are not that hard to train, just scare the crap out them and they know the deal, I have been told by younger folks that I have the best peripheral vision of any old dude they know, I tell them that comes from always knowing where my roosters are when I am in the chicken yard.

 

[oshun55555]

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Well Don't assume but keeping your distance and not treating him like he's well........ a girly girl isn't helping to get him trained to not make the evil change. As it stands now your treating him like he's the boss and coddling him as your doing will only serve to enhance his top dog status to him. This just so happens to be the number one behavioral mistake the ladies make when caring for their home flocks, the he's so cute pet chicken mentality often proves to have an adverse effect, beleive me. I would rethink your behavior toward him right away and hope it's not too late, cause something tells me your not the kind to have a serious woodshed talk with the youngster.

Mam I would listen to al6517 and some of the folks on this thread if i was you. I love my old rooster almost as much as I love my Carolina Wild dog, and both of them know it, but they are what they are ... and knowing who is top dog is not well served by what you are doing with him, if you like to love up your chickens, do it with the hens.

 

[StormyMoon]

I have often wondered if Roosters are kind of like dogs, you know how they pick up or sense that there is a slight bit of fear there or can feel when someone is challenging them, or maybe they misread body language?

I have 6 roosters they are fully grown and 1 is 3 yrs old, we have never had a problem out of any of them. My children handle them , pick them up by their feet lay them over on their laps and the roosters go to sleep. They can roll them over on the ground and the roosters just let them. My girls even dress them up in clothes, and pretty fru fru feather wraps that go around your neck when you play dress up.

Yes I know humiliating its a sad shame to see it lol but they do look like they are enjoying it.

Our roosters are BO, BR, D'Anver , Light Brahma , White Leghorn and 1 mix BO/BA

My way is I can grab you , dominate you and you better abide by my rules. This is the way I treat my roosters.
If not they wont be here long...

 

[spacecowgirl]

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Well Don't assume but keeping your distance and not treating him like he's well........ a girly girl isn't helping to get him trained to not make the evil change. As it stands now your treating him like he's the boss and coddling him as your doing will only serve to enhance his top dog status to him. This just so happens to be the number one behavioral mistake the ladies make when caring for their home flocks, the he's so cute pet chicken mentality often proves to have an adverse effect, beleive me. I would rethink your behavior toward him right away and hope it's not too late, cause something tells me your not the kind to have a serious woodshed talk with the youngster.

Mam I would listen to al6517 and some of the folks on this thread if i was you. I love my old rooster almost as much as I love my Carolina Wild dog, and both of them know it, but they are what they are ... and knowing who is top dog is not well served by what you are doing with him, if you like to love up your chickens, do it with the hens.

Thanks, guys. I'm sure you are right, but it breaks my heart that my friendliest chicken is the one that I'm gonna eventually have to boot in the butt.

My hens are super sweet, too, so they get just as much coddling...I will keep in mind what you recommend for my rooster, but it's gonna be pretty hard, since he just demands attention. I am going to take both of your advice to heart, though, and try to treat him as what he is: a rooster.

 

[al6517]

Our point is that you won't have to do any butt booting, if you start to de-sissifing him. Don't assume you have have a problem before it's a real problem. What we are trying to point out is how to prevent it, but if you don't mind me saying you still seem a little bent on treating him like the girls, often emotions can & do cloud good chicken sense.

 

[StormyMoon]

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Thank you for saying that I was wondering if they pick up on things like that.

 

[al6517]

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Thank you for saying that I was wondering if they pick up on things like that.

Well they do !!! and unfortunately the BYC is the epicenter of this sorta emotional nightmare regarding animals, to the point of active encouragement, some day's just glancing at the RP's make me think it's soap Opra or an episode of Oprah LOL.

 

[StormyMoon]

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Thank you for saying that I was wondering if they pick up on things like that.

Well they do !!! and unfortunately the BYC is the epicenter of this sorta emotional nightmare regarding animals, to the point of active encouragement, some day's just glancing at the RP's make me think it's soap Opra or an episode of Oprah LOL.

LOL yea I can see that too.

We have to be confident when dealing with these animals. But that dont mean you have to stop loving them either. Just make sure they know who the flock leader is.