- Aug 24, 2012
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Hi,
I am tending to agree with the cull crowd here. That is pretty aggressive for a roo that young. I had 4 at 1 time. 2 I planned to keep all along and the 2 packing peanuts that came with my chicks were up in the air. The 2 extra boys turned out both mean and ugly so off to the freezer they went. My blue wyandotte who is currently the oldest at 8--9 months got into this thing where he would run into us. My hubbie and I took to fluffing up waving our arms and chasing him around the yard every time. He does not mess with us now and will step aside if we move toward him. He is good with girls so I wanted to keep him. My younger plymouth rock roo is a sweetie. He will walk up near you and stop and look and cock his head. I can pick him up and while he is not happy about it, he does not try to hurt me. He squaws in protest until I put him down and then he runs off. Both are happy boys although with only 14 hens they have not yet sorted out who will be the dominant roo. Some thing I can handle as being normal behavior. I get toes pecked often as I walk around in flips and my hens like things the wiggle. Neither of my boys has actually tried to injure me at this point, just a little dominance behavior. I can understand not wanting to eat him, but he is too aggressive to be safe for such a young bird.
Good Luck to you
Alice
I am tending to agree with the cull crowd here. That is pretty aggressive for a roo that young. I had 4 at 1 time. 2 I planned to keep all along and the 2 packing peanuts that came with my chicks were up in the air. The 2 extra boys turned out both mean and ugly so off to the freezer they went. My blue wyandotte who is currently the oldest at 8--9 months got into this thing where he would run into us. My hubbie and I took to fluffing up waving our arms and chasing him around the yard every time. He does not mess with us now and will step aside if we move toward him. He is good with girls so I wanted to keep him. My younger plymouth rock roo is a sweetie. He will walk up near you and stop and look and cock his head. I can pick him up and while he is not happy about it, he does not try to hurt me. He squaws in protest until I put him down and then he runs off. Both are happy boys although with only 14 hens they have not yet sorted out who will be the dominant roo. Some thing I can handle as being normal behavior. I get toes pecked often as I walk around in flips and my hens like things the wiggle. Neither of my boys has actually tried to injure me at this point, just a little dominance behavior. I can understand not wanting to eat him, but he is too aggressive to be safe for such a young bird.
Good Luck to you
Alice