Let me get this straight: The sideways dance is a flirt??

[joneus]

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I know it words wonders on my dogs- I didnt know it would work on a chicken, too!

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He did it for the third time when I went to let them out after it stopped raining, and I dont think it was a flirt. He got himself between me and the hens that had followed him out. So- as suggested, I just kept walking at him. He squawked, jumped away, ran a few steps, ruffled his feathers, and turned his back to me. I kept walking at him until he just ran away and didnt turn around when I stopped following.

Will that be enough for now?

 

[gryeyes]

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yup. I will walk "through" a rooster so he has to move out of my way, or even walk him backwards until he turns tail to me in acquiescence. That larns 'em.

 

[Happy Chooks]

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yup. I will walk "through" a rooster so he has to move out of my way, or even walk him backwards until he turns tail to me in acquiescence. That larns 'em.

Yes. But follow up with walking through him, not around him. Make sure he knows that he yields to you and you NEVER yield to him.

 

[nickie]

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Same idea, but I give a quick jab to the breast or side under the wing. He no longer has any interest in throwing down with me. Lol, I win, always.

 

[Brightside1]

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He doesnt do that for any of the hens, tho (that I've seen anyway). So far, its been just for me. Could that be because I dont back down or submit to any of his other behavior? Is all the other stuff he's been doing just his hormones, then?

Regardless- I cant keep him. I dont have enough hens for 3 roosters and his crowing goes from "annoying" to "obnoxious" between breakfast and getting my son on the school bus. If I want to visit my husband (who is stationed out of state) for the weekend- "The General" is going to drive my neighbors nuts!

Get more hens. Problem solved.

 

[Brightside1]

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Yup. It's not cute at all when followed by a full flogging - EVERY darn day. Yeah, that boy went bye bye.

How manly of you

 

[Grandmas Coop]

The wingdance can be a flirt. It can also be the prelude to a challenge. Nip it in the budd. The next time that he wing dances/challenges you walk towards him and disrupt his 'little dance.'

Bob Rooster is pushing his luck- I have given him a bit of grace with him due to the whole new chicks in the coop and up on the roost and all, he actually has been better to the chicks than the hens have, but toward me, holy cow my calves and shins look like I have chicken pox- He wants to run the show and doesn't want me in there ....Oh to bad Bob, Lolololo

 

[sourland]

Get more hens. Problem solved.

If only this was correct, life with roosters would be much easier.

 

[Cazook]

I think the wing dancing can be either flirt or dominance behaviour. Sometimes my dominant rooster will try to dance at me but I just start chasing him. Then a couple weeks later he will try again. Since the pecking order is fluid, they will occasionally test the boundaries.

 

[Tonyroo]

Sounds like he's acting like a young adult, I had the same issues when my young roosters were at that age, aggressive towards everything and acting like they own everything and won't share. I let it play out of his system and he is a definite prince towards his hens and myself now. I can even pet and pick him up without a negative reaction from him other than the wing flapping to adjust himself.