grannys gone and done it

[Granny Hatchet]

so what would happen if you put everyone but the polish in the layer coop ?? Or is he mean to the other polish hens as well??

the hens whipped the roos. the mean roo would still whip GS or myself.

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

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you could always take a stick in the coop with you. and then when you have lots of eggs with his "juice" give him the chop.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

LOL bzzz that is a lot of time and I dont want to do it but they are so hard to come by ! I understand what your saying Wishing. I have never trained a roo to be nice. I hold them as babies and they let me walk up and pick them up as adults. I looked over the baby good today and leaning more to hen.

I think if you try it a few times in a short session, you will know pretty quickly whether his behavior will change. I could see the seramas thinking about it. I can still walk up when they are outside and pick them up, but they no longer bite. Well, twice the following day. Mistakes were dealt with swiftly.

The only other way I know is to carry a stick and make him keep his distance. Not by hitting, but by keeping him away out of your space. It is time consuming either way.

Maybe just keep him in solitary, see what happens, but I doubt he will change without some focused intervention. He's too old to outgrow the behavior. Tolerate him until you get a bunch of cockerels. Enough that you can weed out the mean ones and keep a couple for breeding. More than one for sure because they seem a little fragile. Except for your ornery guy! Tough as nails. Maybe a bit of that is not a bad thing.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

you could always take a stick in the coop with you. and then when you have lots of eggs with his "juice" give him the chop.

GS had a stick. Not sure what happened there.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

I did tell GS if we can put all the polish away from my other roo then every few days stick one in the cage with him. I think they need to be roo-less for a couple weeks before I can gather "his" eggs.

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

I did tell GS if we can put all the polish away from my other roo then every few days stick one in the cage with him. I think they need to be roo-less for a couple weeks before I can gather "his" eggs.

yep I think I read somewhere a month to be sure

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Thank you all for the very warm welcome!

Wishing: "Hey!

I"ll have you know I met my husband on a tennis court, and I played pretty well too. So there!

The only time I hit myself with the racket was trying to smack a hornet off the court.

Oh no...
Welcome to the thread. How far north are you in Northern California? You want some Seramas? I have a couple of cockerels and a pullet that need a home. What kinds of chickens do you have? I will think of other questions later." (I haven't figured out this quote thingymabob yet, so that's what I got.)

Playing on a tennis court is much different than swingin' at insects. hahaha
(runs to look up Seramas)...

Tiny little chickens! You can have 3 or 4 in the space of one big chicken.


Box of 6 youngsters. Almost full grown.



2 adults.

Quote: Ah yes, you have geniuses on your town council too. County as well here. You get any farther with the dead elm tree controversy?

 

[Ellenaj]

We live about 45 minutes North of Sacramento. Let's see...
we can not have roos, because our neighbors would make chicken stew of us (lol)
We have:
1 Silkie pullet
1 Silkie hen
1 Americana hen
1 Sex Link hen
2 Rhode Island Red hens
1 Blue Orpington hen
2 Barred Rock hens
and (you're going to love this, it's just too stupid)
2 Serama hens (I didn't know that's what they were, because I always just called them Iris and Artemis) which hatched and is now mothering a single two and a half week old chick.

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

for all you ladies on this evening.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

yep I think I read somewhere a month to be sure

I have a couple white egg layers I will need to figure out who put them in the polish coop with my old roo and take the tolbunts and candy corn and put them with the layers (no roo) then let them take visits to the cage . sound about right ?