Raising a rooster

[MissChick@dee]

I made mistakes because I just didn’t know.
What I have learned is:
How to pick out pullets instead of all cockerels at 4 weeks of age (buying autosexed lol) no really I have a much greater understanding.
What a pendulous crop is.
How to treat sour crop.
How to vomit a bird (fun)
How a dominant male can will actually mount a subordinate male and lead you to thinking it might be a hen.
How the subordinate male will blossom, fill out, grow plumage all in a short amount of time after the dominant has been culled.
And go from my beloved patient to my worst nightmare.
What a overbred hen suffers.
Wound treatment.
Besides all the re-correction techniques. Picking up and carrying. Holding breat to the ground. Using a switch to keep distance. Etc...none of which worked for me.
I have learned most of all that my hens are just fine without a Roo.
I’ll never say never but...
This is why I love this site. People here relate and are so helpful. Thanks

 

[HeiHeisMom]

Have a happy little Cockerel that whirrs, sings, chirps and coos...but he will pecked you in the face with no regrets!
He's only three weeks old...also the only surviving hatch of a clutch.
I'm hoping he'll be able to integrate with other flocks, but all three flocks have a head roo already.
Is there a forum to re home roosts here?

 

[chickengr]

Not sure what was sent by indoor roster either, but I currently have an indoor Cockerel.
He was severely injured a month ago (half his head and face pecked off), but he's healing well and is close to reintroduction to his flock now.
Definitely imprinted on me at the moment. He's been in house in his own room at night and allowed to socialize with people in living room during the day.
He's a Sweety, at 9 weeks old... I'll be interested in seeing how the bonding changes as he returns to flock.

I had a cockerel for about a month in the house when he was sick. when he returned to flock he continued to be a puppy. never learned to be a roo. he was about 5 months old when he was in the house.

 

[Shadrach]

my experience is like yours. I don't have aggressive roosters and some of them from time to time try to feed me, lol. some of them did dance around me but I think they didn't find my shoes sexy enough so they didn't try to mate them

A thread about how sexy does your cockerel find your boots would probably get a few of us locked up under the mental health act.

 

[Chickassan]

A thread about how sexy does your cockerel find your boots would probably get a few of us locked up under the mental health act.

Boots are for amatuers anyway. Got to mentally scar them properly.

 

[Shadrach]

Boots are for amatuers anyway. Got to mentally scar them properly.View attachment 1628801View attachment 1628803

Aww,

(better not put up a pic of my feet. They haven't seen daylight in years.)

 

[Chickassan]

Lol! Funny enough Shadrach I broke his foot courting by putting on shoes. He'd go for feet, see the shoes and shuffle off dissapointed.

Aww,

(better not put up a pic of my feet. They haven't seen daylight in years.)

 

[Shadrach]

Lol! Funny enough Shadrach I broke his foot courting by putting on shoes. He'd go for feet, see the shoes and shuffle off dissapointed.

That could be the answer! I bet if I took my boots off and went barefoot he would find something else to make love to.
On second thoughts he's daft enough to try out Jenny the Muscovy duck and she ain't no pushover like me.

 

[Chickassan]

You've got to play at least a little hard to get or you'll never even get dinner out of him you know?

That could be the answer! I bet if I took my boots off and went barefoot he would find something else to make love to.
On second thoughts he's daft enough to try out Jenny the Muscovy duck and she ain't no pushover like me.

 

[Shadrach]

You've got to play at least a little hard to get or you'll never even get dinner out of him you know?

Hard to get isn't an option with my looks. Eager and grateful works well though.