Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[1TurkenLover]

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.

all are in enclosed Runs and Coop, Only way he can get me is if I'm working on area, and forget to lock him out till I'm done. I'm wondering if that can make problem Worse over time, as he Matures He's Just now getting his Spurs when I was treating all of them for Leg Mites he seemed Calmer to deal with. Now that's done.

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

They are in an enclosed yard, and I've Hit him with Stick, He kept coming back ! then he ambushed me when I went to check Feed ! 2x time he ambushed me as I was gathering eggs, came right up to my chest and went off. I hit him with wool sleeve of coat then harder, he kept coming . . . in closed confined area. NOT on my watch, little shnot, if I could have grabbed and held him I'd have Snap his NN Then Period.
Could his behavior be chicken/Roo Normal ? and or related to the Banty Roo trio .?

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!

He ambushes me unprovoked. To deal with him I try to separate him from where I am. . . do what I need then open door. Not that it should matter.

Not a Quality hen protector, Eats food first, does not call them Period. Hides when Danger comes. Positive side of Him : I Love his Colors, and is passing it off to his Chicks. 2 so far, and is a little Stud Roo Right

good fertility. How did you raise Boys to fear you, ?

 

[hellbender]

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,

Thanks for having fun with me! I only have the one buck because I need him to cover any misses that we have when we AI.

I do feel a bit sorry for his companion...I'm certain he/it endures unimaginable indignities but they are miserable when separated for even the few seconds it takes to cover a doe!

 

[hellbender]

@ For me, they generally get better but I've seen it get worse too. Again, I'm a good sized man and they just don't really intimidate me.

From my point of view, a cock that is bred for production is just as valuable as the hens...perhaps more so. I just consider it part of the deal.

 

[Kassaundra]

all are in enclosed Runs and Coop, Only way he can get me is if I'm working on area, and forget to lock him out till I'm done. I'm wondering if that can make problem Worse over time, as he Matures He's Just now getting his Spurs when I was treating all of them for Leg Mites he seemed Calmer to deal with. Now that's done.


They are in an enclosed yard, and I've Hit him with Stick, He kept coming back ! then he ambushed me when I went to check Feed ! 2x time he ambushed me as I was gathering eggs, came right up to my chest and went off. I hit him with wool sleeve of coat then harder, he kept coming . . . in closed confined area. NOT on my watch, little shnot, if I could have grabbed and held him I'd have Snap his NN Then Period.
Could his behavior be chicken/Roo Normal ? and or related to the Banty Roo trio .?


He ambushes me unprovoked. To deal with him I try to separate him from where I am. . . do what I need then open door. Not that it should matter.

Not a Quality hen protector, Eats food first, does not call them Period. Hides when Danger comes. Positive side of Him : I Love his Colors, and is passing it off to his Chicks. 2 so far, and is a little Stud Roo Right

good fertility. How did you raise Boys to fear you, ?

By not handling or coddling or treating as a cute baby chick. Not being mean, but not treating as a pet. If you NEED to make a chicken a "lap chicken" make sure it is a girl first.

 

[Kassaundra]

Thanks for having fun with me! I only have the one buck because I need him to cover any misses that we have when we AI.

I do feel a bit sorry for his companion...I'm certain he/it endures unimaginable indignities but they are miserable when separated for even the few seconds it takes to cover a doe!

No problem, my Gma used to say I would "discuss" and opinion w/a rock!!! lol lol lol she wasn't meaning it as a compliment, but I always viewed it as one, much to her disgust!!! lol

 

[Desiree Brown]

Last spring I got two NN baby's. my 9 year old son insisted!! They became my favorite chickens. This is one of them last April. We lost one a couple weeks ago from a fox attack but we are getting 3 more this spring.

 

[Desiree Brown]

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Last spring I got two NN baby's. my 9 year old son insisted!! They became my favorite chickens. This is one of them last April. We lost one a couple weeks ago from a fox attack but we are getting 3 more this spring.

is her today

 

[Miss Lydia]

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She sure is pretty, sorry for your loss .

 

[Vamvakas]

Might be selling fertile eggs from my Heritage/SQ Red Naked Necks in March - May depends when the mugs will start laying well. This winter is dragging on to long so it's hard to tell when eggs will come in good. Would love to sell chicks but I don't have the expansive $700 incubator..

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Have we seen pictures of your NN reds?