Roo chased me arround the yard!

[slyfoxpeeps]

Oh Farmer Kitty, I was agreeing with you, I hope you didn't think otherwise. I was getting frustrated with other post I'd been reading. Reading your post made me brave enough to speak out.

 

[Queen of the Lilliputians]

In the heat of the moment, I think whatever action it took you to keep you and your roo as safe as possible was the correct one.

My feeling is: Get away safe from whatever situation first, figure out a strategy later. I guess I read your post a bit different than others, I did not see that you were going after some helpless rooster, who was minding his own business. I read that you were ATTACKED and were defending yourself in whatever manner you could. It wasn't like you could say, "Hold on there a minute, <insert roo name here.>. Let's talk this out." Doesn't sound like there was time.

I haven't kicked my roo, but if he was attacking me I wouldn't hesitate. And I HAVE chased him around before for lesser crimes (I do not feel he should be crowing in my presence.. since lower ranking roos do not do that to superiors.). So far so good with my guy. If I pick up his hens, he keeps an eye on the situation, but doesn't interfere. We respect him, also, though, so my kids aren't allowed to chase or scare the chickens. We don't brutalize anyone. All are loved, and respected.

Heck, I'm a HUGE dog lover, but if some nasty beast was trying to bite me, I'd kick, hit, punch whatever it took to keep myself safe. I wouldn't consider THAT abuse. Now, if you casually walked into the run, your roo was eating, and you proceeded to kick him all over the place.. now THAT would be abuse.

Stay safe.. then come up with a strategy. and sounds like that is what you are doing.

Good luck with your roo. Hopefully he learned his lesson, and won't try it on you again.

Meghan

 

[beckt]

Brooster, I have been in your shoes before. I used to have a beautiful big RIR roo that I raised from a day old chick. He was great untill a mink got in & killed all his hens. From then on he was the roo from hell. I did learn one thing that the more I kicked at him to defend myself the more it made him go after me, I used to carry a broom handle where ever I went if they were out free ranging. Then one day I decided whats up with this? This is my yard. I just stood my ground the next time he came after me and instead of kicking at him I used my open hand and slapped him on top of his head. Not hard either. He just stopped and looked at me like what the heck was that?. From then on all I had to do was slap him on top of the head he would stop & go about his way & leave me alone. Good luck with yourroo. I know how it is I loved mine and was willing to put up with him like he was. As a side note, there were no children to worry about.