The Welsummer Thread!!!!

[ellieroo]

Pinkchick, a friend went one step beyond she cut out the end of a bucket of KFC showed to her roo

then wrapped him up and carried him around in that?? It took twice and he is now a very good boy but the bucket sits where he can see

it!

 

[Newyorkrita]

Too funny

I can never have a rooster here so I will never need a chance to try that out for myself.

It took me days to read thru this entire thread.

 

[Froggy with chickens now!]

I am wondering if I have the spurs removed from Kellogg, the one that attacked me severely, could I still keep him? Has anyone ever done this? I don't want to get rid of him, but it is not fair for him to be quarantined all the time. I have taught him that when I say "good morning" with expression, he will crow for me!

 

[Lensters]

Froggy with chickens now! :

I am wondering if I have the spurs removed from Kellogg, the one that attacked me severely, could I still keep him? Has anyone ever done this? I don't want to get rid of him, but it is not fair for him to be quarantined all the time. I have taught him that when I say "good morning" with expression, he will crow for me!

I remove spurs from unruly roos but it doesn't change their attitude, it only makes the following attacks hurt less.

 

[Froggy with chickens now!]

So, you think I will be wasting my time? I really want to keep him. Perhaps if I only wear pants in the yard, he might couldn't hurt me. After the spurs are removed, of course. I won't go near him again with those spurs!

 

[Lensters]

Look up "rooster submission", some roosters can be fixed. I wouldn't keep a rooster that won't change his ways.

 

[IggiMom]

Any animal that attacks here is either eaten or re-homed.

If you are keeping your rooster because you want to breed him, I should remind you that this behavior is thought to be hereditary. Our Pilgrim Foremothers did not suffer much from rooster attacks, because such roosters were ruthlessly culled.

The rate of bad roos has gone up and this is because often it is not a factor in the breeding program.

I love the works of Temple Grandin, and she talks about this problem.

Catherine

 

[Froggy with chickens now!]

IggiMom, thanks for your post. I did want to keep him for breeding, but wondered if his behavior would be hereditary. But, I also wondered if he was just upset with me, but I don't think that is the case. I want to keep him now, just because I like him. He is pure bred, a beautiful creature! I love hearing him crow. I don't get in the yard with him now because I figure he knows I am afraid of him.

I think if he didn't have his spurs, I could show him I am the boss. My attack was pretty bad. He spurred me twice on 07/27. The places are finally healed, mostly, but are still tender to push on. And, having cellulitus is not fun! I guess I still have some thinking to do. I won't keep him in quarantine, but I don't want to remove his spurs if I will have to get rid of him anyway. I am not going to kill him!

 

[math ace]

Froggy, get yourself a NEW roo. You will love his crow just as much as you do this one

You are afraid now and that is NOT GOOD. He will hurt you and try to hurt any other person who comes in his area.

Start when they are young and you can teach them easily that you are Alpha. My roo is about 6 months old and is a BIG boy. He was crowing by 2 months of age and I have always picked him up. When he started showing any signs of being a sassy boy, he was picked up and carried while I did all the feeding and watering chores. Lots of touching of his comb and waddle occured during the carring time. Then I would gently set him down and off he would run.

NOW, he has to get picked up by me BEFORE he can leave the coop / run everyday to free range. He KNOWS that when I pick him up, good things like free ranging are going to occur.

PERSONALLY, I Would be AFRAID to get somebody's older roo. I need to KNOW that it was raised to be submissive to people.

PURE Bred roos are easy to come by - - - - So, don't let that stop you from getting rid of this bad boy.

 

[Froggy with chickens now!]

Well, you sure are convincing! He was raised by a friend and she never had a problem with him. She had about 6 or more hens for him. She brought him to me with only one hen. He started out eating from my hand. That is what he was about to do when he attacked me. I was squatting down for him. I have been searching for him a new home. I will continue to search. There is supposed to be some type of breed that is supposedly never mean. I will search for one of those and get him while he is young. Kellogg was 1 yr on July 4th. We thought maybe the change from several hens to one, being in a new place, and maturing may have been the cause of his actions. I feed him thru the fence, and he attacked the fence several times today! I will let interested parties know how he is. I was hoping for someone with lots of chickens would take him. Maybe they might have one that will show him who is boss! Thanks for your advice. I really appreciate it. I have been so undecisive, and you helped tremendously!