Rooster started humping my TV remote.😱

[SulkyBantam]

@Hei 20, I hope you can find a way to get him back but make him happy...

 

[Hei 20]

I only have one rooster, no hens in sight.
I was hoping it would turn out to be a hen but it didn't work out that way.
I knew this day would come, but I didn't know it would come this soon.
He has been humping my hand and the remote for a few days now.
Luckily for me and the remote,
he wears chicken diapers.
So, what do I do now?
I have no option on getting more poultry,
I shouldn't even have him either.
But I hatched him as an egg
and now I'm in love with him.
He is a indoor rooster pet.
I blame Covid 19 boredom
for hatching him out.
I don't know how to add a video so I only have pictures.

Today, makes it one week that Hei Hei was rehomed.
This is the before and after photo
of the day that I dropped him off and today.
My baby lost his beautiful tail feathers,
he has evidence of being pecked everywhere.
He has scabs and some wounds that are still trying to heal.
He was not eating or drinking he lost a lot of weight.
He would just hide in the coop most of the day everyday
sitting on a nesting box.
He walks like he is in pain, and very shaky.
He keeps spitting out saliva like a baby slobbering everywhere.
Does this mean he will die soon????
It hurts him when I hold me or pick him up.
His voice is very faint and different.
The updates that I was getting all this time
were nothing compared to what I seen today.
Last Sunday was the last time I had went to see him.
I cannot stand to see him suffering anymore.
I took him home to recover and now I'm back to square one.
I am looking into trying another home
that will provide better care and more attention
to make sure this does not happen again.
I feel so horrible for allowing this in the first place.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Today, makes it one week that Hei Hei was rehomed.
This is the before and after photo
of the day that I dropped him off and today.
My baby lost his beautiful tail feathers,
he has evidence of being pecked everywhere.
He has scabs and some wounds that are still trying to heal.
He was not eating or drinking he lost a lot of weight.
He would just hide in the coop most of the day everyday
sitting on a nesting box.
He walks like he is in pain, and very shaky.
He keeps spitting out saliva like a baby slobbering everywhere.
Does this mean he will die soon????
It hurts him when I hold me or pick him up.
His voice is very faint and different.
The updates that I was getting all this time
were nothing compared to what I seen today.
Last Sunday was the last time I had went to see him.
I cannot stand to see him suffering anymore.
I took him home to recover and now I'm back to square one.
I am looking into trying another home
that will provide better care and more attention
to make sure this does not happen again.
I feel so horrible for allowing this in the first place.


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At this point, I think your best bet is to just keep him. He’s doing great with you. Roosters don’t need hens to be happy; the many people who keep bachelor pads on here can attest to that. All he needs is companionship, and he’s gotten that- with you.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Today, makes it one week that Hei Hei was rehomed.
This is the before and after photo
of the day that I dropped him off and today.
My baby lost his beautiful tail feathers,
he has evidence of being pecked everywhere.
He has scabs and some wounds that are still trying to heal.
He was not eating or drinking he lost a lot of weight.
He would just hide in the coop most of the day everyday
sitting on a nesting box.
He walks like he is in pain, and very shaky.
He keeps spitting out saliva like a baby slobbering everywhere.
Does this mean he will die soon????
It hurts him when I hold me or pick him up.
His voice is very faint and different.
The updates that I was getting all this time
were nothing compared to what I seen today.
Last Sunday was the last time I had went to see him.
I cannot stand to see him suffering anymore.
I took him home to recover and now I'm back to square one.
I am looking into trying another home
that will provide better care and more attention
to make sure this does not happen again.
I feel so horrible for allowing this in the first place.


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Oh my goodness! You did the right thing taking him home. He's clearly better off with you. I would say to just keep him. It's the life he's always known, and he clearly didn't do well with the standard rooster life, if he didn't do well with your own family he's not going to do better with anyone else. Chickens will do the same thing at any other place, and if your own family isn't going to be able to keep him safe for you, I don't think anyone else will be able to do any better than them. As @RoostersAreAwesome said, roosters don't need hens to be happy, maybe you could get him a plushie like many people have suggested, but he doesn't need hens, and maybe one day you will be able to get a place where you can provide him with some younger ones who will except him as flock leader.

 

[BDutch]

.... And Hei hei and Hei 20 lived happily ever after.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

.... And Hei hei and Hei 20 lived happily ever after.

I sure hope so!

 

[HuffleClaw]

How is he doing after getting back home?

 

[Hei 20]

How is he doing after getting back home?

He is re recognizing himself with my place. Now, the diapers LOL

 

[EmmaRainboe]

He is re recognizing himself with my place. Now, the diapers LOL

That's great! Is he acting happier than he was at the farm?

 

[Hei 20]

He is re recognizing himself with my place. Now, the diapers LOL

He hasn't crowded either.

That's great! Is he acting happier than he was at the farm?

He is slowly starting to back to how he used to be here but he is in some kind of pain. Also he has not crowded since I picked him up.