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[cluckcrazy]

Sorry if I am driving all of you crazy with questions, hopefully this is the last one. What do you do when your hens go broody? I really don't want to get surprised with a handful of new chicks.

 

[NotableNancy]

Sorry if I am driving all of you crazy with questions, hopefully this is the last one. What do you do when your hens go broody? I really don't want to get surprised with a handful of new chicks.

Just collect your eggs every day and you won't be surprised with chicks.
Don't worry about a broody hen until it happens; then look at all the info on here about it and you will probably get your questions answered.

It's great you are asking all your questions before getting your flock. Don't be embarrassed and ask all the questions you have. This is a great place to learn!

 

[warmheart]

That's horrible that the son got a kick out of beating the rooster up. The rooster was simply trying his best to do his job.

Not all roosters are aggressive, mine is gentle, good-natured, quiet (yes, really!) and only wants what's best for his hens.

How to get a more non-aggressive, more docile rooster:
1.) Take your time looking through Craigslists for roosters, and select ones that are advertised as being friendly and calm.
2. Keep an open mind, Buff Orpington, Cochin, Silkie roosters may be non-aggressive because these breeds tend to be calm. Calmness can also be found in older roosters-- therefore, an ancient fellow with long spurs may be happy to be in a safe, comfortable new home.
3. A rooster really thinks of his job first: Keeping his hens SAFE and provided for. When a giant person the size of a building (from his hens' perspective) barges into the tiny, cramped, over-crowded pen, sloshing water bowls around, snatching eggs, barging into the hen's personal space-- the hens react. The rooster's job is to prevent anything for upsetting his girls. To make a rooster anticipate GOOD things when people arrive, you want to: Have a r-o-o-m-y run for the number of chickens you have. Walk quietly, respectfully, and gently take eggs when you need to from the nest boxes. A little respect and consideration goes a long way in making a rooster think you're wonderful!

As far as when the hens go broody.. keep an eye. You may not get hens that ever go broody at all. Simply keep collecting the eggs daily, and all should be well.

 

[Hayduke27]

That's horrible that the son got a kick out of beating the rooster up. The rooster was simply trying his best to do his job.

Not all roosters are aggressive, mine is gentle, good-natured, quiet (yes, really!) and only wants what's best for his hens.

How to get a more non-aggressive, more docile rooster:
1.) Take your time looking through Craigslists for roosters, and select ones that are advertised as being friendly and calm.
2. Keep an open mind, Buff Orpington, Cochin, Silkie roosters may be non-aggressive because these breeds tend to be calm. Calmness can also be found in older roosters-- therefore, an ancient fellow with long spurs may be happy to be in a safe, comfortable new home.
3. A rooster really thinks of his job first: Keeping his hens SAFE and provided for. When a giant person the size of a building (from his hens' perspective) barges into the tiny, cramped, over-crowded pen, sloshing water bowls around, snatching eggs, barging into the hen's personal space-- the hens react. The rooster's job is to prevent anything for upsetting his girls. To make a rooster anticipate GOOD things when people arrive, you want to: Have a r-o-o-m-y run for the number of chickens you have. Walk quietly, respectfully, and gently take eggs when you need to from the nest boxes. A little respect and consideration goes a long way in making a rooster think you're wonderful!

As far as when the hens go broody.. keep an eye. You may not get hens that ever go broody at all. Simply keep collecting the eggs daily, and all should be well.

I sure hope my rooster decides to be a quiet one! He crowed for his first time this morning, I told him to can it or it would be the pot for him!

 

[bowen012]

Funny! A friend of mine has a rooster, and everytime they go away, we pet-sit for them. So we need to bring the broom in with us whenever the water and food need to be refilled. The oldest son is very dominant over their rooster, and he got a kick out of beating the rooster up.

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Spend time with your rooster early and often; as with anything, familiarity often removed aggression. Sometimes, no matter what, you'll get a zealous rooster and your best options are re-homing him, or culling him. "Beating the rooster up" should probably never be a viable option.

From your posts, it seems like you're pretty reluctant to have a rooster running around; or you don't have realistic expectations of keeping one in proper healthy housing.... With that, I'd suggest (like many others), that you pass on buying a rooster until you keep chickens for a while...

 

[bowen012]

I'll not debate ethics on a public forum and be drawn into drama. I made a simple observation that I'm unapologetic for. Being an activist for a decade or so for the humane treatment of living beings, I don't feel there is a place on our planet for insensitive treatment for living things, and there is very much a difference in being stewards of our livestock (this includes not allowing poor/aggressive behavior from our animals) and ''getting a kick out of beating the rooster up."

The internet is relatively old by now and it's common knowledge that persons from around the globe with varying views on life participate in using it. I'm still somewhat bewildered by people when they post something that shines a poor light on something, someone highlights it, and then there is an immediate defensive response; not to the poor event, but rather the attention brought to the initial behavior. My recommendation - it's quite simple to 'block members' you don't care for. Click on the arrow beside their name, which opens a drop down menu that allows you to 'Block Member.' A wonderful tool that enables people to be nescient of the printed thoughts of others around them or possible suggestions of improved humane treatment of the creatures, great and small, under their care.


(I know this looks like a random rant, but that isn't the case. Just an issue of not QFT and a deleted post somewhere above me. I'm really not talking to myself)

 

[cluckcrazy]

Okay. Let me rephrase that. My oldest son was both relieved that the rooster didn't hurt him, and pleased with being alpha male for once, because in school he gets picked on. I'm sorry if I made it sound like my family is inhumane. It's not like we are vegetarian, but we aren't animal advocates that spend 75% of our time telling other people that their sons are "dictators".

 

[salt and pepper]

I'm lost? Lol

 

[cluckcrazy]

I'll not debate ethics on a public forum and be drawn into drama. I made a simple observation that I'm unapologetic for. Being an activist for a decade or so for the humane treatment of living beings, I don't feel there is a place on our planet for insensitive treatment for living things, and there is very much a difference in being stewards of our livestock (this includes not allowing poor/aggressive behavior from our animals) and ''getting a kick out of beating the rooster up."

The internet is relatively old by now and it's common knowledge that persons from around the globe with varying views on life participate in using it. I'm still somewhat bewildered by people when they post something that shines a poor light on something, someone highlights it, and then there is an immediate defensive response; not to the poor event, but rather the attention brought to the initial behavior. My recommendation - it's quite simple to 'block members' you don't care for. Click on the arrow beside their name, which opens a drop down menu that allows you to 'Block Member.' A wonderful tool that enables people to be nescient of the printed thoughts of others around them or possible suggestions of improved humane treatment of the creatures, great and small, under their care.


(I know this looks like a random rant, but that isn't the case. Just an issue of not QFT and a deleted post somewhere above me. I'm really not talking to myself)

The red text might help your cunfusion.

 

[salt and pepper]

The red text might help your cunfusion.

Ah, thanks lol