Official BYC Poll: The Worst Predator

[the_peanut_coop]

Then it's you that's the predator not the roosters.

Whell I dun kill em! They're too twiggy to eat

 

[McChooky]

Whell I dun kill em! They're too twiggy to eat

Human raised roosters are the worst when it comes to aggression.

 

[the_peanut_coop]

My roosters were not at all agressive, it's the darn ranging laws

Human raised roosters are the worst when it comes to aggression.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Human raised roosters are the worst when it comes to aggression.

I raise a lot of non-aggressive roosters.

 

[-Flash-]

I've actually only ever had foxes, and our dog kill chickens. Thank goodness.
But a goshawk has tried multiple times to get some chicks.

 

[McChooky]

I raise a lot of non-aggressive roosters.

Most complaints come from Op's who raise a mixed gender of day old chicks together as a flock (hence the term "human raised" ) They don't have an established flock of older chickens to integrate their chicks into when they feather out good (or choose not to) Many don't have a mature alpha rooster to keep young cockerels in line either. If you've managed to raise a lot of non aggressive roosters without the help of an established flock and a good rooster you've done better than most! Most people can't sorry!

 

[The Moonshiner]

Most complaints come from Op's who raise a mixed gender of day old chicks together as a flock (hence the term "human raised" ) They don't have an established flock of older chickens to integrate their chicks into when they feather out good (or choose not to) Many don't have a mature alpha rooster to keep young cockerels in line either. If you've managed to raise a lot of non aggressive roosters without the help of an established flock and a good rooster you've done better than most! Most people can't sorry!

If you're going the integration into a flock route iMO the hens are the ones that teach young cockerels the majority of manners. Adult roosters can also be detrimental to young pullets.
The problem with human raised cockerels that become aggressive is almost always because of how they're raised by humans not that they are
My birds are pets but I raise then as chickens not as my children.
Spoiled babied cockerels grow up to be a holes.

 

[McChooky]

If you're going the integration into a flock route iMO the hens are the ones that teach young cockerels the majority of manners. Adult roosters can also be detrimental to young pullets.
The problem with human raised cockerels that become aggressive is almost always because of how they're raised by humans not that they are
My birds are pets but I raise then as chickens not as my children.
Spoiled babied cockerels grow up to be a holes.

Last month I lucked up and found a a 2 yr old rooster raised in a flock that needed a good home . He was barely tolerated by their Alpha rooster so they decided to give him away . He's a good boy!

 

[Sara S]

I've actually only ever had foxes, and our dog kill chickens. Thank goodness.
But a goshawk has tried multiple times to get some chicks.

YOuR dog?

 

[Sara S]

My dog grabbed one of my chickens when they were about 2 months old and I got so mad at him and I kicked him, he’s a super nice dog normally so I was surprised. He hasn’t gone near them since and my head hen used to chase him before she was stolen