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Lesson learned. I keep my rooster isolated EVERY time my son goes to the barn.......
Small children & roos- can they get along?
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Yikes! Poor kiddo!
Yikes! Poor kiddo!
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Ryleigh and chickens = so cute, when she said "cheese" I laughed out loud, I like her version of cockadoodledoo too
My 3yr old also fell in love with a young cockerel. (2 photos on my byc page)
I think the problem though is after the cockerels go "thru the change" into rooster/adulthood - hormone testosterone type of things?
Good luck!
Ryleigh and chickens = so cute, when she said "cheese" I laughed out loud, I like her version of cockadoodledoo too
My 3yr old also fell in love with a young cockerel. (2 photos on my byc page)
I think the problem though is after the cockerels go "thru the change" into rooster/adulthood - hormone testosterone type of things?
Good luck!
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Adorable! Both your DD and your chickens! Hopefully you won't have any trouble, but I'd watch him closely. One day my cockerel was fine with my 2 y.o. and the next day he tried to jump him both while DS was in the fence and even after he was outside the fence.
Adorable! Both your DD and your chickens! Hopefully you won't have any trouble, but I'd watch him closely. One day my cockerel was fine with my 2 y.o. and the next day he tried to jump him both while DS was in the fence and even after he was outside the fence.
This thread has gotten me thinking and I am concerned. This afternoon I took some worm treats to the chickens and let my daughter feed them. If the rooster knows my 2year old = food/treats, then he shouldn't be aggressive towards her. I hope so anyway. Don't bit the hand that feeds!?
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Not necessarily, from a rooster's point of view. The alpha rooster of a flock feeds the hens. A subordinate rooster usually is not allowed to take food from the alpha. Later, the "sub." roo may decide that he wants to challenge the alpha, which in this case is your child.
That's why I say they are unpredicatable and it really is best to keep a fence between roosters and young children.
Not necessarily, from a rooster's point of view. The alpha rooster of a flock feeds the hens. A subordinate rooster usually is not allowed to take food from the alpha. Later, the "sub." roo may decide that he wants to challenge the alpha, which in this case is your child.
That's why I say they are unpredicatable and it really is best to keep a fence between roosters and young children.
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Not necessarily, from a rooster's point of view. The alpha rooster of a flock feeds the hens. A subordinate rooster usually is not allowed to take food from the alpha. Later, the "sub." roo may decide that he wants to challenge the alpha, which in this case is your child.
That's why I say they are unpredicatable and it really is best to keep a fence between roosters and young children.
Interesting....We're working on the run and will have it up hopefully this weekend. I still want the chickens to free-range when I'm in the yard.
There's this animal farm/park near me, Davis Farmland in Sterling MA. They have all sorts of authentic and rare farm animals....and chickens of course. They also had a rooster roaming around the park. There are hundreds of children going through this place and I would imagine having a rooster in the open would be highly risky. How do you suppose they can allow a rooster to roam freely with all these little kids running around? https://www.davisfarmland.com/farmland/index.html
Not necessarily, from a rooster's point of view. The alpha rooster of a flock feeds the hens. A subordinate rooster usually is not allowed to take food from the alpha. Later, the "sub." roo may decide that he wants to challenge the alpha, which in this case is your child.
That's why I say they are unpredicatable and it really is best to keep a fence between roosters and young children.
Interesting....We're working on the run and will have it up hopefully this weekend. I still want the chickens to free-range when I'm in the yard.
There's this animal farm/park near me, Davis Farmland in Sterling MA. They have all sorts of authentic and rare farm animals....and chickens of course. They also had a rooster roaming around the park. There are hundreds of children going through this place and I would imagine having a rooster in the open would be highly risky. How do you suppose they can allow a rooster to roam freely with all these little kids running around? https://www.davisfarmland.com/farmland/index.html
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There's the root of the problem.
There's the root of the problem.
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Not necessarily, from a rooster's point of view. The alpha rooster of a flock feeds the hens. A subordinate rooster usually is not allowed to take food from the alpha. Later, the "sub." roo may decide that he wants to challenge the alpha, which in this case is your child.
That's why I say they are unpredicatable and it really is best to keep a fence between roosters and young children.
Interesting....We're working on the run and will have it up hopefully this weekend. I still want the chickens to free-range when I'm in the yard.
There's this animal farm/park near me, Davis Farmland in Sterling MA. They have all sorts of authentic and rare farm animals....and chickens of course. They also had a rooster roaming around the park. There are hundreds of children going through this place and I would imagine having a rooster in the open would be highly risky. How do you suppose they can allow a rooster to roam freely with all these little kids running around? https://www.davisfarmland.com/farmland/index.html
Not all roosters are a danger, but once they show aggressive tendencies it is best to be very careful. We have a huge BO roo and he is a sweetheart of a roo and great around the kids.
Not necessarily, from a rooster's point of view. The alpha rooster of a flock feeds the hens. A subordinate rooster usually is not allowed to take food from the alpha. Later, the "sub." roo may decide that he wants to challenge the alpha, which in this case is your child.
That's why I say they are unpredicatable and it really is best to keep a fence between roosters and young children.
Interesting....We're working on the run and will have it up hopefully this weekend. I still want the chickens to free-range when I'm in the yard.
There's this animal farm/park near me, Davis Farmland in Sterling MA. They have all sorts of authentic and rare farm animals....and chickens of course. They also had a rooster roaming around the park. There are hundreds of children going through this place and I would imagine having a rooster in the open would be highly risky. How do you suppose they can allow a rooster to roam freely with all these little kids running around? https://www.davisfarmland.com/farmland/index.html
Not all roosters are a danger, but once they show aggressive tendencies it is best to be very careful. We have a huge BO roo and he is a sweetheart of a roo and great around the kids.
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