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Relynn said:
Well, he has been chasing these ones around... he jumps on her back and was pecking her head, he tore up some of her comb... he already has a red sexlink that he mates with daily... which he started doing before she was laying, but it wasn’t violent and an attack like this was... It happened yesterday, and she just lays down except to run to her mates if they get to far away... I put the 4 of them into the coop with a run that they came out of a couple weeks ago...
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It isn’t the color, since he has a silver laced, and gold laced in his flock...
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Yeah, I wouldn't keep him either.
 
I think he's just young and hormonal and has never learned from an adult rooster. I've had plenty of unruly cockerels who didn't do the tidbit thing or the dance that turned out fine and did them later on. The main thing is that they don't attack people because that should never be tolerated. I usually give them a pass the first time and go after them but if it happens again then I know I'll be having coq au vin for dinner in the near future.
 
Relynn said:
Well, he has been chasing these ones around... he jumps on her back and was pecking her head, he tore up some of her comb... he already has a red sexlink that he mates with daily... which he started doing before she was laying, but it wasn’t violent and an attack like this was... It happened yesterday, and she just lays down except to run to her mates if they get to far away... I put the 4 of them into the coop with a run that they came out of a couple weeks ago...
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It isn’t the color, since he has a silver laced, and gold laced in his flock...
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Then I would agree with debid. :) Doesn't sound good on the rooster's part. I had a rooster like that (he beat up my Australorp). :hit We didn't keep him around much longer after that incident.
Btw, did you check her back for injuries? I would advise cleaning her comb and putting some salve on that if you haven't already. :)
 
Jed you're a softer touch than I am. Cockrels got to dance, tidbit, and Lord help them if they ever turn on me. I have to be impressed, I do feed the guy and he doesn't make eggs so he's got to bring something to the table besides trouble and noise. And yeah I know hormones and all that but being randy does not excuse the fact that I should be seeing behaviors in a juvenile that are desirable in adulthood. Fellas got to show me the goods asap or be replaced with one that will.
 
Chickassan said:
Jed you're a softer touch than I am. Cockrels got to dance, tidbit, and Lord help them if they ever turn on me. I have to be impressed, I do feed the guy and he doesn't make eggs so he's got to bring something to the table besides trouble and noise. And yeah I know hormones and all that but being randy does not excuse the fact that I should be seeing behaviors in a juvenile that are desirable in adulthood. Fellas got to show me the goods asap or be replaced with one that will.
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Not to mention that this one is drawing blood! That's not a little rough, that's nearing scalping territory. It could be really bad really soon.
 
Chickassan said:
Jed you're a softer touch than I am. Cockrels got to dance, tidbit, and Lord help them if they ever turn on me. I have to be impressed, I do feed the guy and he doesn't make eggs so he's got to bring something to the table besides trouble and noise. And yeah I know hormones and all that but being randy does not excuse the fact that I should be seeing behaviors in a juvenile that are desirable in adulthood. Fellas got to show me the goods asap or be replaced with one that will.
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I do get rid of a lot of cockerels simply because having too many is trouble all around. But I like to give them time to show what they can be before I decide who stays and who goes. And since most of my chickens are allowed to free range in the day, I want roosters with some spunk-- those are the ones that will go after hawks, crows, cats and whatever else sneaks into their area. It's a fine line, though, I agree with that. If I had young children about I would have very different standards.
 
debid said:
Not to mention that this one is drawing blood! That's not a little rough, that's nearing scalping territory. It could be really bad really soon.
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My interpretation of that is that he's just inexperienced and is grabbing onto the wrong part of the head when he tries to mate. If that's not the case then yes, he's probably only fit for the pot.
 
Well that's a given, nobody wants a paper tiger guarding the flock. Fine line is indeed walked and around here the sucker has to be cut in half as well "lots of kids and seniors come and go". This year's cockrel had alot riding on him. I paid actual money for him, he tidbitted but I was his main target and he danced like a lunatic. The misplaced tidbitting almost got him but he alerted me to a hawk and that saved his bacon. Got decent sense too, quite pleased with that.
JedJackson said:
I do get rid of a lot of cockerels simply because having too many is trouble all around. But I like to give them time to show what they can be before I decide who stays and who goes. And since most of my chickens are allowed to free range in the day, I want roosters with some spunk-- those are the ones that will go after hawks, crows, cats and whatever else sneaks into their area. It's a fine line, though, I agree with that. If I had young children about I would have very different standards.
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