RLockhart68
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- Oct 19, 2020
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Any ideas are appreciated. My lavender orpington roo has started being defensive/aggressive since the girls started laying. Today he actually attacked me as I was walking through the run. The wing flapping, feet coming at me type of attack. In the coop he will snap at me, only sometimes actually making contact.
I seriously don't want to cull him because I love that he would be a good protector for the flock. I just want him to stop attacking me and my daughter. I have never raised a hand to him (okay I did the first time he actually latched on and it was gut reaction, but not since that time). I talk to him and try not to act jumpy or overly defensive while around him. I'm sure my body language has changed since he started this. I don't expect him to get back to the sweet chick I brought home from the store, I just want to be able to be around him without being attacked. I've never hand fed any of them. Just isn't my thing.
I seriously don't want to cull him because I love that he would be a good protector for the flock. I just want him to stop attacking me and my daughter. I have never raised a hand to him (okay I did the first time he actually latched on and it was gut reaction, but not since that time). I talk to him and try not to act jumpy or overly defensive while around him. I'm sure my body language has changed since he started this. I don't expect him to get back to the sweet chick I brought home from the store, I just want to be able to be around him without being attacked. I've never hand fed any of them. Just isn't my thing.