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[MeepBeep]

I don't mean to be rude or callous but if he's showing aggression to you should he really be rehomed

I personally see nothing wrong with re-homing an aggressive rooster as long as you are upfront with the new owner of his aggression...

Plus we have to face the fact that most re-homed roosters end up in stew pot anyway, so aggression isn't much of a concern in the end to most takers...


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[chickendreams24]

True I get your point. I never thought of it that way. I always just think if I gave someone a roo that later attacked them if I knew it was aggressive or not I would feel badly about it. Then again if they know its history they would know if it was a chance they were willing to take.

 

[Pixie]

I don't mean to be rude or callous but if he's showing aggression to you should he really be rehomed? I mean I suppose to each his own and I do admit it would depend on his level of aggression, which of course only you can judge. A charge is one thing but if he attacked I wouldn't rehome. Unless it was to a freezer. Having had two aggressive cockerals in the last year, one mild-moderate but escalating, and one severe. I will never tolerate another aggressive roo in my flock.

I would not hide the aggression to anyone wanting to take him. I will be testing him out today with the rest of the flock in the afternoon to see how that goes. The man I received him from got the rooster into a dog crate to transport him to me and said it was tame. (He was not a young man either.) So it may just be me it doesn't like?

 

[Junibutt]

I would not hide the aggression to anyone wanting to take him. I will be testing him out today with the rest of the flock in the afternoon to see how that goes. The man I received him from got the rooster into a dog crate to transport him to me and said it was tame. (He was not a young man either.) So it may just be me it doesn't like?

One of my rooster only goes after my daughter. I noticed that happens when she is wearing pants with flowery designs. My Legbar rooster always tries to peck me if I am wearing gloves or neon sandals. So something triggers them! I just spray water on the Legbar with a spray bottle and he is fine after that.

 

[Faraday40]

I just spray water on the Legbar with a spray bottle and he is fine after that.

I used that trick with a ferret I had many years ago. She had an obsession with toes, so a spray bottle sat on the end table. I can still picture her freezing in her tracks with that little shocked & surprised face. Priceless. That little girl was so mischievous! That's why I got her - for free. She was an escape artist & completely destroyed her former owner's apartment.

 

[Junibutt]

I used that trick with a ferret I had many years ago. She had an obsession with toes, so a spray bottle sat on the end table. I can still picture her freezing in her tracks with that little shocked & surprised face. Priceless. That little girl was so mischievous! That's why I got her - for free. She was an escape artist & completely destroyed her former owner's apartment.

We need some pics and some cool stories

 

[MeepBeep]

I have never been a big fan of USPS tracking and have always just considered it shipping and delivery confirmation not actual tracking... But, even so it has got better over the years...

Anyway, my gripe, yesterday my chicks were shipped from McMurray, and tracking has not updated since they were picked up at 4:26pm yesterday, it also doesn't give an expected delivery date like most packages do... i went to the post office today to notify them thy chicks were coming and I would like to be called ASAP after they arrive so I can pick them up vs being tossed in the truck with the carrier, no problem with that request, but even their system could not give me an expected delivery day for the package...

So I sit around waiting not knowing if I'm going to get a call at 5am from the local post office to come and pick them up tomorrow or if it will be another day, kinda just left in limbo... I'm really hoping it updates sometime later tonight and gives me a clue, so I can sort of make plans...

 

[Pixie]

Good day here. I let the roo out and other than a little pecking order business, he was just fine. Both boys were keeping the girl fights in check too. He even made it back into the barn at dusk just like the others. e

 

[Faraday40]

It's a crazy chicken week here.

I set eggs at a preschool last week & will return on Mondays to visit / teach mini lessons. On Monday, we also locked down 20 test eggs -

They somehow found their way into my incubator????? We already had 2 chicks hatch tonight (an EE and a Bielefelder male) and 10 pips. Looks like most will hatch tomorrow - day 21.

Today I set eggs at a second preschool classroom where I am teaching a park district class. On Tuesday I went in to set up the incubator & was told that I had 7 students, but an additional kid was likely going to join. Today I was handed a class list of 11!! I scrambled to gather a few more supplies. The class went well, we set some eggs, & I brought in a few hens. The topic was chicken anatomy. Most kids didn't know the difference between a chicken, hen, & rooster, so the kids learned a lot. Next week, we'll do egg activities.

Yesterday I sold most of the remaining orig test hatch chicks. I'm keeping some of the "80s hair band" (Appenzeller Spitzhauben), so they are moving to a cage inside the run tomorrow. Not a moment too soon because I need the brooder cleaned out for tomorrow's hatchlings.

Like I said, it's been a crazy chicken-themed week. This is what I need because my mom died 1 year ago today. We visited the cemetery this morning & I had a good cry. Next week is the anniv of the funeral & the day after that, her birthday. Keeping busy distracts me during this rough time. Yesterday Cuddles was acting off again. I brought her inside for a long session of chicken therapy. I think it helped both of us. Thank you to everyone here who has been praying for our family.

Here's a pic of my mom & I. Also a more recent one of my parents. We were close & talked daily. I miss her.

 

[Pixie]

@Faraday40 I was wondering how (and where) you have your brooder area? You seem to have babies hatching at different times and I was imagining what it would look like here if I did it! Let me say, it would be a HUGE mess if I did it here! LOL

Do you keep them in the house or do you have an outside setup?

I am on chronically disorganized, but love to know how you do it!