Rooster started humping my TV remote.😱

[Hei 20]

Haha!

By the way I am looking into him going back to where I got his egg. I am working those details. In the meantime, I am going to continue to care for him and love him even more.
I am already starting to miss him.

 

[SulkyBantam]

I'm so sorry and I understand. It is so good of you to think of him. Make sure he will be happy and visit him to check that he is OK.

 

[MykaMom]

I would find a local farm or place where he can live as a happy chicken and will allow you to visit. Then maybe get a cat or a small dog? Eventually you are going to get sick and the animal you love so much is suffering.... it will be much more painful if someone discovers him and animal services comes and takes him from you. If you give him away you can control his future.

There's rescues for poultry, where they can live out their natural lives. Check the internet, see if you can find once close by.

 

[DaisyBuff]

Is that Hei Hei ? The one that wears the pants? He is a pretty rooster! I do not know how to stop him from humping the TV remote though. Maybe hide it?

 

[Hei 20]

Is that Hei Hei ? The one that wears the pants? He is a pretty rooster! I do not know how to stop him from humping the TV remote though. Maybe hide it?

Yes, that is my Hei Hei. LOL

 

[DaisyBuff]

I get what you mean, My pet Buff Orpington hen Daisy is my baby and I would never get rid of her.

 

[Sarah koma]

Thanks. I was curious so I actually went digging too.

I found many studies on the physiological aspects of stress in chickens. The biggest one is that roosters in particular who experience stress growing up show a delay in developing sexual maturity and mating behaviors, and fearful and aggressive behavior towards unusual stimuli. If anything, I'd say that makes this topic proof that he's doing rather well.

But I couldn't find much on chickens in pet situations of course. It's not exactly a well studied subject.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4433227/
https://outdoorsly.org/best-fish-finder-under-200/

Fantastic research!

 

[AntiqueB]

I don't know about potty training chickens, but mine do jump off my lap, poop, then jump back up, so they seem to at least have knowledge that something's going to come out!

I agree that chickens are adaptable. They live in confined conditions (or free range), overcrowded (or on many acres), in hot climates (or extremely cold). I see no reason why they could not also thrive in an apartment with a human and a cat for a flock.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

Yes, that is my Hei Hei. LOL

Your thread has gone ballistic! I never saw so much opinionation and heated debate over a chicken!
So, as if you need yet another person’s opinion on your life, I think you should do whatever you want to do.
If you want to keep your rooster, keep him!
Some folks in some other state who don’t know you or your rooster are really not qualified to judge your life.
Everybody thinks they know what’s best, and everybody thinks they are right. But they are imposing their feelings and their values onto a bird they have never met. Who can really know what a chicken thinks?
If the bird is happy and you are happy, that’s all that matters.
Do what you want to do.

 

[roosterhavoc]

If the rooster isn’t causing you any problems and everyone loves him why are you planning on getting rid of him?