I'm giving up on this whole rooster thing.

[bkwurth]

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[Moochie]

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[BWchicken]

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There's your solution. Get a new bird and give Charlie to the Temple, that way you can be rid of him and he still gets to live. You've found your loophole and you don't have to think about killing him anymore. In the meantime just steer clear of him as much as you can, and don't fight with him anymore.

 

[Moochie]

I'm not entirely sure how Charlie was raised. But if I had raised him since he was a chick I think he'd be different.
I think the ranchers don't spend one on one time with their chickens.

 

[honeydoll]

I am sure many ranchers don't spend one on one time with their chickens. That statement made me chuckle, in a good way. I can picture a gruff looking, cowboy hat wearing, cuddling a silkie. Funny image.

 

[BooBear]

There are books n such on how to butcher and process. If you are too squimish on this idea; then just get rid of him.
Too bad your parents are clueless on the danger of keeping such an aggressive rooster. Charlie needs to disappear either into the freezer or crockpot as a future dinner or to someone else who probably will invite Charlie to their supper table.

 

[azygous]

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There's your solution. Get a new bird and give Charlie to the Temple, that way you can be rid of him and he still gets to live. You've found your loophole and you don't have to think about killing him anymore. In the meantime just steer clear of him as much as you can, and don't fight with him anymore.

I think you've pretty much got your solution worked out. I must say I've enjoyed this entire thread - highly entertaining! I love your way with words!

Some people think it's a simple thing dealing with roosters - if they're nice, they get to live, if they're nasty, it's the crock pot. But some roosters can really inspire conflicting emotions. I have a roo I hand-raised from a three-day old chick who now wants to take big bites of flesh out of my hide. Over Christmas I had a contract out on him, offering him up for holiday dinner to anyone who would kill him and pluck him. (No takers) Since then, I reconsidered - I really do love him.

What I do is beat him to the attack. When he sidles up to me, doing his little dance of aggression, I real quick-like swoop down and mash him to the ground with my hand, and hold him there with his head down flat to the ground in submission. He struggles to get free, but I keep him held down until he quits struggling, then I let him go. This lesson is good for the rest of the day, but it needs repeating almost every day since he has trouble remembering who's boss.

Until you can make the hostage swap, you might find your life easier with Charlie if you can establish dominance over him. The rules are be consistent and show no fear.

 

[BrattishTaz]

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Absolutely right!

 

[CarolAnn]

I had a black australorp roo I'd raised from a day old chick. Held him every day until I put my flock in the big coop, then it wasn't feasible to try and hold each one. But I spent a lot of time in the coop and run with them. They were sweet gentle birds. My two granddaughters have been around helping with my chickens from day one. One day my BA roo started flapping his wings and jumping at my 9 yr old gr daughter. He clawed down the front of her legs (not leaving marks) and scared her half to death. One day when I let them out to scratch in the open yard she was shutting a gate in the run for me and he followed her in and cornered her jumping and flapping his wings. She screamed and I came out of the coop and swatted at him with a dust pan. It didn't faze him so I swatted him with the side of my foot. He came right back at me so I kicked him about 9 feet out of the run into the yard. He flapped his wings at me and them walked off. Before the girls were to come over a few days later I called a friend to come take him away. I imagine he made a nice meal for his family. He was beautiful and I miss him, but I'll not have an aggressive animal here. I want my girls to be able to go to the coop and spend time with the chickens like they've always done since I started this venture last spring.

In my opinion there are reasonable things you can do to nip that kind of aggression in the bud. Sometimes it'll work and sometimes not. My hubby grew up on the farm and around chickens, and says once a roo starts flogging he won't stop. He knew he needed to go but waited for me to make the decision since they're my chickens. I made a responsible decision on my own. Swatting in self defense as I did is one thing, but hitting a chicken in the head with a stick and chasing him to do it again is mean and will only make him more aggressive.

 

[Moochie]

Last night I had a HUGE arguement with my mom about it.
I'm going to try to ask again, and I won't ask for pullet in return. I tried using what my dad said but my mom said no and got angry about it. What frustrated me is what she said :
"We are not getting rid of him! If you start acting bad do you want us to get rid of you?" .................
I tried to tell her that it's different, that if I started attacking her and my dad and injuring them would they get rid of me? But my mom cut me off and started yelling like mad. I then suggested the temple but she said no to that too.
I told them both that when I'm 18 and I can make my own decisions that Charlie is going whether they like it or not. I can't kill him, I tried last night by using a dog leash first (didnt work), and then with a towel over his head. I figured with it over his head I could snap his neck but he was flapping his wings around and hurting the other hens in the coop that I stopped.
Then my mom started saying that it costs too much money to feed them and that if we get rid of Charlie then we get rid of all of them. Right when she said that I was at tears and she told me to stop crying, "im not a baby".
I don't know what to do.