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[CowGrrrl]

Has a grullo gelding named Phoenix.

 

[BantamFan4Life]

has no idea what a gelding is (is that a male horse?)

 

[CowGrrrl]

has no idea what a gelding is (is that a male horse?)

A male horse that has been fixed so it can't reproduce (know what that means?) A stallion (or stud) is a male horse who is not fixed, and can transfer his sperm into a female (mare) horse.

 

[chickenoverlord]

Yeah, being "gelded" is like neutering a dog.

 

[Angelak]

Loves having a farm with a variety of animal most rescues

 

[MsChickenMomma]

I need some opinions guys... My almost 2 year old rooster is starting to over breed my hens and he's being really mean to my other rooster, Rodney. Today I watched him chase down a hen, mount her, let her walk away, and then chase her again and mount her. He did that four times and broke a bunch of her feathers in the process. Almost all of my hens have scabs on their sides under their wing feathers from his spurs, and they all have missing feathers on their backs and broken wing feathers.

Tell it to me straight... What should I do?

 

[miss heny]

I need some opinions guys... My almost 2 year old rooster is starting to over breed my hens and he's being really mean to my other rooster, Rodney. Today I watched him chase down a hen, mount her, let her walk away, and then chase her again and mount her. He did that four times and broke a bunch of her feathers in the process. Almost all of my hens have scabs on their sides under their wing feathers from his spurs, and they all have missing feathers on their backs and broken wing feathers.

Tell it to me straight... What should I do?

stew pot. Unless you want to spend the money for hen saddles.

 

[CowGrrrl]

I need some opinions guys... My almost 2 year old rooster is starting to over breed my hens and he's being really mean to my other rooster, Rodney. Today I watched him chase down a hen, mount her, let her walk away, and then chase her again and mount her. He did that four times and broke a bunch of her feathers in the process. Almost all of my hens have scabs on their sides under their wing feathers from his spurs, and they all have missing feathers on their backs and broken wing feathers.

Tell it to me straight... What should I do?

Sign him up for freezer camp unless you want to buy hen saddles for 22 hens.

 

[BantamFan4Life]

A male horse that has been fixed so it can't reproduce (know what that means?) A stallion (or stud) is a male horse who is not fixed, and can transfer his sperm into a female (mare) horse.

Oh....

 

[MsChickenMomma]

Well that sucks... He does great with protecting the hens, and he's great with people, but I can't have him over-breeding my hens. This has been going on for about two months now, and I keep waiting for it to get better, but it has gotten worse. Today my rooster Rodney who is terrified of Randy actually knocked Randy off of the hen that he was chasing around and mounting over and over again. He ran up to him and kicked him off. So even Rodney knows that he's not being nice to the hens. Last winter was really bad too. Most of my hens were scared to come down from the roost to lay eggs and eat because Randy wouldn't leave him alone.

As cool as Randy is, we are prepared to do what is necessary to keep my flock safe and happy.

If we end up culling him, what are some merciful ways of doing that? The only way we have killed chickens is with a gun, and that has never gone well.