Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[Kassaundra]

You can always pick a "Georgia boy" or a "Nava" bird out of a pic! lol Georgia boy's birds always make me smile.

 

[Georgia Boy 1970]

A few more pics of my other naked necks.


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[1TurkenLover]

Aggressive Roo, 7 hens and my one and only Roster, who has attacked my coats 4x different colors of Coat ( I was in them @ the times )

Red - and Black coat different times. Now what. Not able to kill him. . . workable Ideas he's last springs chick.

 

[Nava]

I just bought another Buff hen, it was funny the seller was calling her a turkey, I knew he meant turken, I bought her off craigslist
the guy tryed to sell her to me because of her beautifull black spots on her back and how good they matched the tail and wings, I knew I wanted her the minute I saw her
It will be good for my project, and all those beautifull blacks spots will be bred out.

I'm going to put her with the rooster in 2 weeks when she gets out oft quarantine pen, then I'll put her in another pen and bring the rooster, I will be watching closely what each of my hens give me

 

[Kassaundra]

Aggressive Roo, 7 hens and my one and only Roster, who has attacked my coats 4x different colors of Coat ( I was in them @ the times )

Red - and Black coat different times. Now what. Not able to kill him. . . workable Ideas he's last springs chick.

I had good success????? sort of w/ water boarding mine, but that isn't an option this time of year. And it wasn't a great option since it was only temporary, after a while he would forget about the water boarding and come at me again, and I never knew when it was going to be. I got to where I would water board him even when he wasn't attacking every few weeks just to keep it fresh in his mind.

When I say water board I had the garden hose on the jet setting and aimed for his head and kept spraying until he got out of hose distance. The first time I did it I was actually trying to drown him, he had put a hole in my leg and I couldn't catch him to kill him. I hit him more times then I can count w/ various stick weapons at hand, once thought I had killed him for sure, but never broke him, I would have killed him, but he had a protector, my husband. He was smart and would come to his name, and good w/ the hens, and our first ever roo. I have never raised the boys hands on again, I decided after him I wanted the boys fear, not love!

 

[hellbender]

Aggressive Roo, 7 hens and my one and only Roster, who has attacked my coats 4x different colors of Coat ( I was in them @ the times )

Red - and Black coat different times. Now what. Not able to kill him. . . workable Ideas he's last springs chick.

I usually don't pay any attention to them. I'm wise enough not to wear short pants around the cocks so the worst they can do is feel good about themselves. It's a chicken, not even my very large birds can do a damage to me. Just go about your business and let him do his thing. Or ..kill him and get another that might be worse.

If you're going to deal with cock birds, it's something to expect...it's the nature of many if not most of them and in my opinion...the more aggressive ones are generally the more virile. Naturally, not a popular opinion but it's mine.

 

[Kassaundra]

I think once they start they will not be stopped cannot be trusted ever. You have 3 options, you can sell him at an auction and let him be someone else's problem, likely their dinner, you can live w/ it and always enter his area w/ protection, like a long stick, or eat him.

I personally would never tolerate another human aggressive roo, ever again. Would not have tolerated the one except for my husband, who by the way he never attacked. My chickens run in the back portion of my yard, where my garden it, and it is MY YARD, not his (the roos), I go to work every week to pay for it so if I want to wear shorts when tending my garden I will, and any animal that has the audacity to attack me in my yard, and after I have provided food and shelter for it will not be tolerated. jmho

 

[Vamvakas]

Check these out...http://jimspetsandpoultry.weebly.com/greg-chamness-mohawk-line-rhode-island-red.html

Thanks for the link, I think seen this website before. I like Mohawk line (the legend) and Hortsman lines the best, not a fan of Don Nelson lines even though he's popular in my area. Can't go wrong with getting some nice RIR pullets to add with NN roo.

 

[hellbender]

I think once they start they will not be stopped cannot be trusted ever. You have 3 options, you can sell him at an auction and let him be someone else's problem, likely their dinner, you can live w/ it and always enter his area w/ protection, like a long stick, or eat him.

I personally would never tolerate another human aggressive roo, ever again. Would not have tolerated the one except for my husband, who by the way he never attacked. My chickens run in the back portion of my yard, where my garden it, and it is MY YARD, not his (the roos), I go to work every week to pay for it so if I want to wear shorts when tending my garden I will, and any animal that has the audacity to attack me in my yard, and after I have provided food and shelter for it will not be tolerated. jmho

Different animal, same principal. I despise buck goats but they are a necessary evil. I have one magnificent 3 year old Saanen buck that weighs over three hundred pounds. In the Spring, I bring him out from his poor wether companion, clip and bath him. He's a pussy cat albeit still a very rank smelling one.

This same buck in rut is dangerous because he's aggressive and big and powerful enough to push a big man around. He even flung me over the gate once. He's a very valuable animal and I tolerate his natural temperament faux pas because I NEED him. It's part of the price I pay to have a magnificent dairy goat herd.

Now back to the cocks... go ahead and stand your ground, I can understand that. Don't let any cock bird make you give up one inch of your dignity.

We all make our decisions based upon what we feel is important to us. I'm comfortable enough in my own skin (and jeans) that I will not feel too deflated if a silly chickens thinks he gets the best of me...

 

[Kassaundra]

Different animal, same principal. I despise buck goats but they are a necessary evil. I have one magnificent 3 year old Saanen buck that weighs over three hundred pounds. In the Spring, I bring him out from his poor wether companion, clip and bath him. He's a pussy cat albeit still a very rank smelling one.

This same buck in rut is dangerous because he's aggressive and big and powerful enough to push a big man around. He even flung me over the gate once. He's a very valuable animal and I tolerate his natural temperament faux pas because I NEED him. It's part of the price I pay to have a magnificent dairy goat herd.

Now back to the cocks... go ahead and stand your ground, I can understand that. Don't let any cock bird make you give up one inch of your dignity.

We all make our decisions based upon what we feel is important to us. I'm comfortable enough in my own skin (and jeans) that I will not feel too deflated if a silly chickens thinks he gets the best of me...

Oh trust me I have never backed down, I have always won every encounter, even if I was bleeding, he still got the worst, but never learned his lesson.

We had a billy when I was young that was mean beyond reason, and the main reason if I ever had goats would still not keep a billy

I agree circumstance makes a big difference. In my case I need to get in the same area as the chickens on a regular basis, I need to be able to do that w/o threat, so I will make sure that is taken care of, but if your chickens have an area where you rarely need to access than you can tolerate a more aggessisve roo. Roos are easy to come by, I can hatch out tons so for me in my circumstance not needing to meet any SOP a human aggressive roo is dinner,