Has anyone ever tried to hobble a rooster? I Googled for info and found a reference to hobbling pheasants, so if you can hobble a pheasant (to keep it from running away) why cant you hobble a rooster?
Seems to me that hobbling them would keep them from chasing one another, and keep them from mounting a chicken. A hobble long enough would not prevent them from scratching. Or probably flying but landing high up may pose a problem.
I dont want to clip wings but did read where putting a rubber band around the long flying feathers on one wing will prevent flying too and may, in time influence the bird from trying to fly when the band is removed. Im not sure about that but a rubber band will temporarily prevent flying that may cause harm by a hobbled rooster trying to land high up somewhere.
The guy hobbling pheasants mentioned using duct tape, or rubber bands and a couple other things but I dont see why a small zip tie around each leg connected by something not long enough to present a strangling situation, or stiff enough to prevent a normal walking stride would not work.
Ive put my roosters in jails in the coop and in the spring they will be moved into A frames with a hen or two of their breed so I can produce purebred chicks, or fertile eggs. They mostly just chased one another but the biggest rooster who was not the boss got way too rough with my new little girls just starting to lay. It was only a matter of time before these newly mature roosters actually started fighting with one another.
Only three roosters were problems two of mine are very mild mannered little guys. They are living happily ever after together in one jail cell. Needless to say they got chased a lot. My DUccle with his big feathered feet cant hardly run even if not fettered in some way. My goal is to level the playing field with this chasing thing when I let them out to free range they cant fight if they cant catch one another. Hobbling too may inhibit the ability to inflict damage should a fight occur.
So has anyone tried this? Im serious someone had to be the first one to think of glasses, diapers, and aprons for chickens.
Terry in TN
Seems to me that hobbling them would keep them from chasing one another, and keep them from mounting a chicken. A hobble long enough would not prevent them from scratching. Or probably flying but landing high up may pose a problem.
I dont want to clip wings but did read where putting a rubber band around the long flying feathers on one wing will prevent flying too and may, in time influence the bird from trying to fly when the band is removed. Im not sure about that but a rubber band will temporarily prevent flying that may cause harm by a hobbled rooster trying to land high up somewhere.
The guy hobbling pheasants mentioned using duct tape, or rubber bands and a couple other things but I dont see why a small zip tie around each leg connected by something not long enough to present a strangling situation, or stiff enough to prevent a normal walking stride would not work.
Ive put my roosters in jails in the coop and in the spring they will be moved into A frames with a hen or two of their breed so I can produce purebred chicks, or fertile eggs. They mostly just chased one another but the biggest rooster who was not the boss got way too rough with my new little girls just starting to lay. It was only a matter of time before these newly mature roosters actually started fighting with one another.
Only three roosters were problems two of mine are very mild mannered little guys. They are living happily ever after together in one jail cell. Needless to say they got chased a lot. My DUccle with his big feathered feet cant hardly run even if not fettered in some way. My goal is to level the playing field with this chasing thing when I let them out to free range they cant fight if they cant catch one another. Hobbling too may inhibit the ability to inflict damage should a fight occur.
So has anyone tried this? Im serious someone had to be the first one to think of glasses, diapers, and aprons for chickens.
Terry in TN
