this is my lemon pekin roo, I have had him since he was 2 weeks old, he is a sweet boy, he runs away from me all the time and I have never handled him as, I got a lavender pekin a few weeks before I got him, and when I picked him up I knew he was different, he is my only roo, he has a leg problem occasionally and that is the only time he allows me to touch him, although he does crow constantly, he is only about 18 weeks old so still waiting to see how he becomes when he is fully grown
Have you got any pics?
This is another of my Roos Blue
Here are a few of my boys. Right now I have way too many. Need to pick the keepers (all the ones in these photos are).
I thought I would share my bit of info when I have raised roosters. Now when I found out I had a rooster it was to late and I already handled him everyday of his life. I still continued to handle him ignoring from what I read not to handle them. When he (actually they) let out there first crow I respected that for them, but if they ever walked around me, got in my way, mounted a hen in front of me, or crowed in front of me I should them who's the boss. Though I was against kicking them, but I read some where if you held them down that asserted your dominance but you have to hold them down until they stay there when you take your hand off there back. I have used this method for three roosters and none have ever attacked and will come up to me. I will sometimes challenge them by walking up to them to make sure they weren't rebellious. Yesterday gave me a good example. I walked to one of my rooster and he excepted the challenge. After a few seconds he quickly decided it wasn't a good idea and crouched down into the position I put them in when I asserted my dominance. I hoped my little bit of knowledge can help you
This is Jaffa, he's the only one that has a go at me. But it only seems to be when I'm wearing something " swishy " ie a skirt, or my dressing gown. He always backs down when I growl at him.
How often do you check for lice, mites ect?
