- Apr 15, 2014
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Hi everyone,
I have a few questions about my silkie rooster. His name is Donnie. My boyfriend and I have raised him since he was about 25 days old, and he's recently started crowing (within the past month). First he just did it in the morning, then crowed once or twice in the afternoon, but it wasn't anything alarming. In fact, my boyfriend and I assumed he crowed in the afternoon because that's when we get home from class. But the crowing is getting progressively worse. It's more frequent, and lasts a lot longer. Is there any way to discourage (in a non threatening way) his crowing? We don't mind it in the morning because it's expected, but the crowing in the afternoon is starting to get frustrating.
Also, Donnie's starting to get a mean streak about him. I'll go to open his cage in the morning, and he'll bite me. Usually I'm quick enough to move out of the way, but this last time he actually got me and drew blood. He's done the same to my boyfriend. Donnie has also got to where he turns away from us and is weird about us picking him up. We used to pick him up all the time, and I still do. When I'm holding him he's fine. He's just funny about the initial pick up. So needless to say he's becoming distant to us and starting to get aggressive. We don't know what to do. Any ideas?
My parents have agreed that if worse comes to worse they would take Donnie and a few females to let him roam in their yard since my boyfriend and I don't have a big one. My boyfriend and I were just hoping to fix the situation so we didn't have to do that. Donnie is our world.
Thank you so much for your help,
Mary
I have a few questions about my silkie rooster. His name is Donnie. My boyfriend and I have raised him since he was about 25 days old, and he's recently started crowing (within the past month). First he just did it in the morning, then crowed once or twice in the afternoon, but it wasn't anything alarming. In fact, my boyfriend and I assumed he crowed in the afternoon because that's when we get home from class. But the crowing is getting progressively worse. It's more frequent, and lasts a lot longer. Is there any way to discourage (in a non threatening way) his crowing? We don't mind it in the morning because it's expected, but the crowing in the afternoon is starting to get frustrating.
Also, Donnie's starting to get a mean streak about him. I'll go to open his cage in the morning, and he'll bite me. Usually I'm quick enough to move out of the way, but this last time he actually got me and drew blood. He's done the same to my boyfriend. Donnie has also got to where he turns away from us and is weird about us picking him up. We used to pick him up all the time, and I still do. When I'm holding him he's fine. He's just funny about the initial pick up. So needless to say he's becoming distant to us and starting to get aggressive. We don't know what to do. Any ideas?
My parents have agreed that if worse comes to worse they would take Donnie and a few females to let him roam in their yard since my boyfriend and I don't have a big one. My boyfriend and I were just hoping to fix the situation so we didn't have to do that. Donnie is our world.
Thank you so much for your help,
Mary