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Great information. and insight.
What actions or behaviors would increase aggressive behavior?
I am new to having roosters for my self.. but i have seen behavior in dogs and horses - and how they react / to their different handlers. When i grew up the horse trainer used a wooden post.. and now there are lots of trust and respect trainers.. getting great results.. with out the beatings. I have used the clicker training.. with my dog and gotten great results.. I ask you because .. i like your perception of the different human personality types. I am curious about human behavior that can cause agressiveness in the animals. A friend had a little banty roo that went bad after a summer visit from kids..
My concern is that I will have a free range flock and the utility reader will be coming by and I want to encourage polite behavior between human and chicken.
Like the dog behind a fence that is teased by the school boys coming home from school, I think even a tame rooster could be trained / or teased to be aggressive by un knowing children or adults.
I had an issue with my dog.. and found this book on amazon.. On Talking Terms With Dogs: Calming Signals by Turid Rugaas it is an excellent book.
It explained the non verbal communication that i was not aware of.. and now when i think of what kids learn.. about chickens.. - its to crow.. -- I'm thinking that kids comming around and crowing could be a challange to a rooster.. and if this is so.. what other behaviors should i be aware of that could turn a good rooster bad..
Possible other non verbal threats could be.. -Walking directly to the rooster and -Direct eye contact -vocalizations that mean " lets take it out side" to a rooster.
I bet you can tell i'm in the #3 catagory .. however, i wont be afraid of culling an attitude that is not safe to be around. I look forward to your observations..
What actions or behaviors would increase aggressive behavior?
I am new to having roosters for my self.. but i have seen behavior in dogs and horses - and how they react / to their different handlers. When i grew up the horse trainer used a wooden post.. and now there are lots of trust and respect trainers.. getting great results.. with out the beatings. I have used the clicker training.. with my dog and gotten great results.. I ask you because .. i like your perception of the different human personality types. I am curious about human behavior that can cause agressiveness in the animals. A friend had a little banty roo that went bad after a summer visit from kids..
My concern is that I will have a free range flock and the utility reader will be coming by and I want to encourage polite behavior between human and chicken.
Like the dog behind a fence that is teased by the school boys coming home from school, I think even a tame rooster could be trained / or teased to be aggressive by un knowing children or adults.
I had an issue with my dog.. and found this book on amazon.. On Talking Terms With Dogs: Calming Signals by Turid Rugaas it is an excellent book.
It explained the non verbal communication that i was not aware of.. and now when i think of what kids learn.. about chickens.. - its to crow.. -- I'm thinking that kids comming around and crowing could be a challange to a rooster.. and if this is so.. what other behaviors should i be aware of that could turn a good rooster bad..
Possible other non verbal threats could be.. -Walking directly to the rooster and -Direct eye contact -vocalizations that mean " lets take it out side" to a rooster.
I bet you can tell i'm in the #3 catagory .. however, i wont be afraid of culling an attitude that is not safe to be around. I look forward to your observations..
