HeiHeisMom
Songster
Have a six month old Black Star cockerel who has suddenly started demanding attention.
He usually follows me around and chatters non stop. We'll carry on back and forth conversations and I swear he understands me even when I can't figure him out.
Lately the hens have been running him off and the older Roosters try to ban him from the food.
Two days ago his "henfriend" passed away and her sister is mourning and beating up on the little guy.
(He had nothing to do with her passing)
Any way yesterday he started pecking at the back of my legs or my boots.
Today he began jumping at and biting my arms and hands. Biting, not just pecking
IvI' been bit at least two dozen times today alone.
I pick him up and Cary him around and fuss at him for biting, even "roo in" up to him.
He stops for awhile, but as soon as my attention is off of him the biting starts all over.
After he bites I tap his beak, tell him no and talk to him for a minute.
Am I unwittingly reinforcing his biting?
Is the sudden biting a sign of mourning??
It's annoying as heck!
He usually follows me around and chatters non stop. We'll carry on back and forth conversations and I swear he understands me even when I can't figure him out.
Lately the hens have been running him off and the older Roosters try to ban him from the food.
Two days ago his "henfriend" passed away and her sister is mourning and beating up on the little guy.
(He had nothing to do with her passing)
Any way yesterday he started pecking at the back of my legs or my boots.
Today he began jumping at and biting my arms and hands. Biting, not just pecking
IvI' been bit at least two dozen times today alone.
I pick him up and Cary him around and fuss at him for biting, even "roo in" up to him.
He stops for awhile, but as soon as my attention is off of him the biting starts all over.
After he bites I tap his beak, tell him no and talk to him for a minute.
Am I unwittingly reinforcing his biting?
Is the sudden biting a sign of mourning??
It's annoying as heck!