HELP! I have 1 rooster and 2 hens... all nearly a year. This poor rooster has a story. He and 1 hen were fine with me and everyone until the hen got attacked and killed by a rogue dog. Then he spent about a month with no hens. He was extremely friendly and visited the neighbors. I could pet him and call him to come...all good. Then I felt sorry for his lonely soul and got 2 more hens...Well now I have a problem. every time I'm in the yard, he might be over by the barn but he comes sneaking up on me and gets int hat 'I'm gonna get you' pose. I have now taken to carrying a broom or muck rake just to walk around. This is ridiculous.... I have already had some whopping fights muck rake in hand but that booger is still on the prowl for me... Do I have any alternatives????
My other concern is that he is now walking by the road where people often stop...It's a matter of time before someone complains.... or worse, gets hurt...
and then I have one question about crowing...he crows nearly constantly.. is that normal... 3AM, 11PM.. if a horse moves in the barn we know about it.... If he's walking around we now about it... In the last minute he's crowed 15times... it doesn't really bother me much bu I have heard the neighbor mention his interesting choice of crowing hours...luckily my tenant doesn't care and he lives over the barn... and Yes, he's been attacked too..as have my dogs.... but not the cats or the llamas or the ponies....this is a quandary...
Being driven crazy by a deranged roo....... Thanks for your expertise and help!
My other concern is that he is now walking by the road where people often stop...It's a matter of time before someone complains.... or worse, gets hurt...
and then I have one question about crowing...he crows nearly constantly.. is that normal... 3AM, 11PM.. if a horse moves in the barn we know about it.... If he's walking around we now about it... In the last minute he's crowed 15times... it doesn't really bother me much bu I have heard the neighbor mention his interesting choice of crowing hours...luckily my tenant doesn't care and he lives over the barn... and Yes, he's been attacked too..as have my dogs.... but not the cats or the llamas or the ponies....this is a quandary...
Being driven crazy by a deranged roo....... Thanks for your expertise and help!