Got Flogged by A rooster tonight

[Beekissed]

I don't know if I do...I'll have to search the archives. He sure is pretty. I had to clip the spurs once as they were touching the opposite legs and he had accidently speared a meatie chick at feed time with one. It's about time to do it again...I've never had the nerve to twist them off completely like some do on here...it looks too painful.

He's a good roo....rarely crows, good flock master, gentle with the hens.

 

[Minniechickmama]

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If you have any questions about the size of a LF Cornish, you need to meet one in person, they are a walking brick outhouse in build. They don't look that heavy because people are used to seeing fluffy chickens. You pick up a Cornish and they are SOLID. No fluff except a little bit on their butt and that is it. Even the girls make you hesitate because they are almost as beefy as the boys. And since this is AL we are talking about, you betcha that when he says he had a 10 pounder, it was all of that 10 pounds. Imagine a 10-pound dumbbell hitting you in the legs. My DC hit my hand as I was reaching in with a glove on this spring and I was certain he broke my hand, I couldn't move it for a couple of hours and it was bruised like you wouldn't believe. It ended up just a really bad bruise, but at that time, I bet he was over 12-pounds. couldn't be too upset, I was reaching in passed the nest boxes to pick up egg off the floor where some dummies were starting to lay. All he saw was a black thing coming it to take the eggs from the screeching hens. WHAM! I won't make that mistake again.

 

[M.sue]

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Pretty bold....it's almost like they know when to hit (arms full carrying feed buckets).

 

[spiritdance]

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Yup, a good roo doing his job! Painful lesson, though, as I know from experience ....

In my case, I had a hen try to go broody under a horse trailer. My Deli roo was with her when I reached under to get her. With the trailer blocking me from view and the sun in his eye, all he saw was a big, hulking shadow, too. My wrist was sore for two weeks! But at least I know that Deli's a keeper.

 

[Beekissed]

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Yes, I guess we will. I don't think that hand nurturing is needed to "socialize" a roo, as his social structure doesn't really include humans, nor their affection. His social peers are his flockmates. Humans are merely the food source to a chicken.

wherein all modes of kindness must be dismissed as "coddling"!

One can be kind without cuddling and hand feeding treats to a roo. I'm kind to all my animals and they are kind in return. I'm kind enough to not force my idea of affection onto their life and into their space....one doesn't often see one bird cuddling with another unless they are mother and chicks, or they are beside one another on the roost and I still don't see them offering physical affection there either.

What you call socializing, I call inflicting one's idea of love onto an animal that neither wants it nor requires it. I chicken is quite content to be left alone to just be a chicken...all the other things like jumping up into human's laps or on their shoulders is learned behavior from receiving treats for the action. Even that reward system will not keep a roo from deciding to act like a roo one fine day.​

 

[al6517]

First off BEEE !!!! you have always been on of my favorite BYCer's, can always count on your voice of reason.

All I can say to the new naysayers of our topic is this, your views on socialization and interaction are the same reasons 85% the roosters in the care of folks who employ the same animal nutriting technics as you have unruly roosters. That's a fact not an assumtion. You give the chicken way to much credit for brains, they aren't that smart and I think we all know that. You prefer that your chickens respect you................ which makes no sense as respect is not an emotion they know.............

What is happening in your chicken world is the same thing that happens in 90% of the pet flock community, and that is you mistakenly associate your human emotions onto your animals and hence you think they think as you do and with the same emotional instability.

To stay on topic this thread is mainly to aid those who have handled their roosters as you do and because they aren't as good at Chicken whispering as you they need real help and real answers to the problem. We prefer to work out these problems in the coop with our real flocks and not just repeating what sounds like a well rehearsed article someone read.

AL

 

[kell]

LMAO My Barred Rock rooster loves to sneak up on me and nail me. I need a sign that says attack rooster. My son is terrified.

 

[Beekissed]

I have a sister who had to take a buggy whip out the door with her when she was tending the chickens....she had 4-5 roos and a tom turkey who just loved to flog the tender hearted can't kill an animal weak human every chance they got.

Funny thing is, they never bothered me when I visited....could have been all the blood on my shoes from assaulting and brutalizing my own roo.

Darn it! Where did I leave that foofoo chicken I was wiping my boots on.....

ETA: Thanks, Al....the feeling's mutual!

 

[al6517]

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Just to show you that you haven't ever seen a real chicken here you are, he is every bit as said, please be sure to take a good long look, and check out the itty bitty 3" spur's. Now I am very sure if this bird were to hit the back of your calf the words that would shortly be coming from your lip's would certainly be different from the love songs sung in your F00-Foo coop, and will resemble some very colorful medifores. These are what I raise and they are indeed very big solid non Hatchery Godzilla's.

This one is called the HULK for good reason, note the very small 3" calf cutters. One look into his eyes let's you know he ain't into cuddling and all that ooohy gooohy stuff, and he is one hell of a speciman.

 

[Farm_Maven]

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Just to show you that you haven't ever seen a real chicken here you are, he is every bit as said, please be sure to take a good long look, and check out the itty bitty 3" spur's. Now I am very sure if this bird were to hit the back of your calf the words that would shortly be coming from your lip's would certainly be different from the love songs sung in your F00-Foo coop, and will resemble some very colorful medifores. These are what I raise and they are indeed very big solid non Hatchery Godzilla's.

This one is called the HULK for good reason, note the very small 3" calf cutters.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/10364_img_0711.jpg

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Good Lord!!!!! That boy is a Sherman!!