- Apr 26, 2011
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I've had chickens for just over a year. When I got my first chicks at the feed store there was one roo in the batch. He's gotten meaner by the day. I also don't have confidence problems. The day he jumped from the nesting boxes onto my head and started doing a crazy dance I cornered him and whacked him several times with a small rake. He was bleeding from his comb. Didn't slow him down. We have all the chickens confined with poultry electric netting due to coyotes. When anyone goes in the pen they have to take the shovel for protection. I just incubated and hatched 13 chicks from him and my hens. So he's no longer necessary and I am sooooo tired of watching my back all the time. Also his spurs are still pretty small and I don't want to wait to see what happens when they get bigger. I don't have the heart to kill him but finally found someone today who will be coming back on Saturday to take him and I would imagine he will be in the stew pot by Saturday night. I say good riddance!!!! My advice is the same as the others. Get rid of him and de-stress your life. Good Luck