He was with a lot of older roosters and a few older hens in a shed when I purchased him. I let my chickens do their thing. I check their feathers and feet once a week. They hate it. He freaks out when I grab his favorite hens, but he has never attacked me.
I've done that with Haihai the three times already. We have been going strong on no issues for 2 months now. When I go in the back to take the leaves, I allow the buttholes to scatter my piles, lol. When my Serama's arrived, I was going to put them in the coop that locks. The other coop is what the girls and my roo use that's open because their run gets locked up every night. Haihai tried dancing for me, I thought that was cute until I learned that it was to dominate me. I guess when he heard the wee one crow, he got angry and started attacking pretty viciously at me. My Serama's will stay inside, well, my micro seramas will. We are building them a run so they can get their exercise as well, but I was hoping to use the locked coop for the breeder pair until we finish their setup. I know it's better to get them when everything is ready, but these guys came from the first American that brought them from Indonesia. They sell fast. Ugh, I dunno. I just gave a peace offering of superworms and at 7:30 when they roost, I'll go get him and do the dominance thing. Your reply gives me hope that he wont attack my elderly dad when he goes out back.
Price tag for that?
The prices vary depending on the vet, here in Germany a friend paid about 50 Euro.
Goes to look up conversion rates.
I had a roo that was aggressive towards me and I rehomed it. The next roo in line to the thrown almost immediately took his place in trying to sneak attack me. Because I like this boy so much more, I work harder at it. When he's being feisty, I immediately catch him with a net and carry him around. Seems to work. Sometimes he forgets and I have to show him what's up again.
