Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Perris]

When I read posts asking for advice after their rooster has spurred a child I just want to respond "idiot".

 

[BDutch]

why don't you run one?

Another question you really need to ask is whether the roo(s) was/ were raised at the property by a broody within the flock, or whether they've been imported as cockerels/roos, or raised in such a way as they might just as well have been strangers, rather than members of the existing flock.

Good addition!

But I think it’s better if you ask the questions/make the poll for 2 reasons. :

1. I have very little experience with cockerels and none with roos.
2. For you/native English speakers, its a lot easier to formulate the questions and options correctly.

 

[Shadrach]

He's a baby!

He's a teenager. Like most teenage males he's mostly interested in food. He's a bloody hoover and my feed bill has just gone up a lot!

 

[Shadrach]

This. When I see people asking for advice after their aggressive rooster has spurred their toddler I just want to respond "soup".

That would be both parents of the child in the pot then...

 

[Shadrach]

I've only had 4 years experience of mainly contained chicken keeping so I can't really make a comparison.
I've had a few free ranging man fighters, none of which went in a pot.
I tried to count the number of males I've known last night and I got to 60 and got into recount mode because I missed a few.
The worst was one my uncle kept who was fantastic with the hens but he just didn't like any males, chicken or human.
I'm sure there would have been more horrors if predation at pre teen and teen age hadn't killed them. I can think of a few likely candidates.

 

[Vulpes vulpes]

While I've seen enough evidence to believe that aggression has a genetic component, I think that the actions of the keeper are a greater factor. Communication is a two way street, even with animals, and I believe that reaching an understanding should be prioritized over imposing one's will on another creature. I certainly don't want a rooster to be killed because of my own mistakes, because not making an effort to understand him would be a mistake on my part.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

This romantic scene has been playing out for a few days here: my feral hen (I call her Little Brown Hen) and the Nature Boy having a Lady and the Tramp moment over the feed bowl. She has been coming down from the woods more often and I’m hoping she is taking a shine to the rooster cause it would be great if they raised the next generation