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[Wisher1000]

Well I have a sticky rooster problem. Yesterday while feeding my roo Whitey spurred at my 4 yr old son. Normally I solve aggressive roos in the quick traditional way but Whitey is to expensive to eat.. He has "eyeballed me" but never actually tried to take me on yet.

Any tips on how to break him of this new behavior would be great. I can't afford to replace him so he needs to stay.

That is a sticky situ, Insanity. If it were me, I would pen him in his own little area, away from hens and children. Then I would look for a (affordable) replacement cock with the kind of temperament that you want to pass along to your future generations. In my opinion, keeping a mean rooster would be the same as keeping one with side sprigs, better to cull. In the meantime, only mate him when you absolutely have to and only to the best tempered hens.

Remember, the mean ones taste better..........

 

[ozexpat]

I imagine there are quite a few Floridians that share that sentiment.

I really dont mind Canadians - they are alot like Aussies but with really pale skin and a funny accent

A very attractive Canadian actress and I shared the same bed - it was just at different times. She rented out a house we had across from Sony Studios in Culver City

 

[ronott1]

Well I have a sticky rooster problem. Yesterday while feeding my roo Whitey spurred at my 4 yr old son. Normally I solve aggressive roos in the quick traditional way but Whitey is to expensive to eat.. He has "eyeballed me" but never actually tried to take me on yet.

Any tips on how to break him of this new behavior would be great. I can't afford to replace him so he needs to stay.

This is from bekissed:

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[Wisher1000]

A very attractive Canadian actress and I shared the same bed - it was just at different times. She rented out a house we had accross from Sony Studios in Culver Cirt

<In my best Shortround accent>

"Ha Ha, you funny Dr. Jones, very funny."

 

[insanity]

It was an unprovoked attack. My boy was sitting on a chair tossing scratch.

 

[Bunnylady]

Quote: We on the East coast don't mind the Snowbirds either - like any good migrant species, come Spring, the go home!

Though I have lived here in North Carolina most of my life, I wasn't born here, and it's obvious every time I speak. A lot of people guess "Canadian" when they try to pin down my accent (a few years in upperstate New York as a kid even put that "eh?" on the end of my sentences, which drove my Georgia Peach mother crazy!). We have some Snowbird colonies around here, and every time I wind up talking to these folks, I have to fight the urge to repeat a question that I have heard countless times, "You're not from around here, are you?"

 

[ozexpat]

"You're not from around here, are you?"

funny, I get that a lot too.

 

[Bunnylady]

It was an unprovoked attack. My boy was sitting on a chair tossing scratch.

That's pretty typical. I've had birds that wouldn't dare go after me, and never had, that went for my children. I really like the post from beekissed that Ron quoted, because I feel that really sums the situation up - the rooster is acting like the dominant bird and treating the child as a subordinate to be pushed around. My kids have had the same issues with our goats and miniature horses. Once you get it straight that "I move you, don't you dare try to move me," things get a lot more peaceful.

 

[ozexpat]

On the bright side, I guess you know you have someone who is enthusiastic about this chicken endeavor.....

And as someone who is a transplant to Alabama, when Wisher says "how we do football in Alabama" she is is right. There is much more to it than just the game. Plus, the weather here in the fall is beautiful!

I have a dear friend from Birmingham whos brother ended up at Arizona State (broke her heart it was not UAB) and then did 13 years in NFL as a defensive end.

 

[chickisoup]

Well I have a sticky rooster problem. Yesterday while feeding my roo Whitey spurred at my 4 yr old son. Normally I solve aggressive roos in the quick traditional way but Whitey is to expensive to eat.. He has "eyeballed me" but never actually tried to take me on yet.

Any tips on how to break him of this new behavior would be great. I can't afford to replace him so he needs to stay.