Very mean bird - crock pot or separate?

[Chicky-dees]

Ended up with a nasty fighter (Asil breed type) when he came of age (he's now 4 months old), and he relentlessly grabs my hens earlobes and drags them around and around the coop and has pecked nearly all of the feathers out of my polish chicken's head. Every time I walk outside (and sometimes I think it is BECAUSE I walk outside and he sees me) he gets excited and draws blood on somebody. Then he crows and crows like I'm supposed to be proud of him - well he is now in isolation away from the other birds in a pen by himself as a result and I'm trying to decide wether or not I want to put him in the crock or maybe turn him loose to wander around the house and be chased by coyotes?

The only reason I'd consider letting him go free to wander in the yard is because I do think he will turn into a pretty bird - nothing but an aesthetically pleasing lawn ornament at this point. He has no desire to be tamed down despite my honest efforts. I have 14 birds that are lap dogs, and he acts as if coming near me would some how set him on fire - he has never wanted to be a 'pet' bird and has never been friendly (despite what others have told me about their Asil chickens). In fact, if I turn him loose in the yard, it would be almost impossible to ever lay hands on him again because he is so wild (except for sneaking up on him in the middle of the night).

He can't coexist with the others at this point - they are too important to me - but is his tiny little 4lb carcass worth the effort? Or should I set him free to live on the outside of the chicken house and see what happens? I'm not 'feeling the love' with this bird - he was a mistake that was made in my order last spring so I don't really have a use for him... what would you do?

 

[Uniontown Poultry]

Sounds like he's destined for the crock pot. You don't want to just let an unwanted chicken loose, because he can attract predators to your wanted chickens. Also, if he is untouchable now, what if he's attacked by something & it doesn't kill him? If you had to catch him to put him out of his misery after a predator attack, it would be hard if you couldn't catch him & his suffering would be prolonged. And from what you say, he does not have the temperament to be made into something nice for someone else. He'll at least be tender.

 

[bj taylor]

i agree with the previous poster. it's better to just get rid of him.

 

[Chicky-dees]

. He'll at least be tender.

LOL! You are right about that! Guess we will be having some fresh chicken this weekend!

 

[Achickenwrangler#1]

i had a roos like that, I thought he was very pretty, but a flighty bird, I'd say nuts in the head really wanted nothing to do with me and the only time I could catch him was at night in the coop (and he'd scream like a banshee,try to bite and spur me) he only sleep in the coop because the women were there.....I gave him to my neighbor, last report is he's taught all his hens to hide in the woods.

 

[dreamcatcherarabians]

Chicken and dumplings....yummmmm, my Sunday favorite!