What did your chickens do today?

John, I ran across an article here on BYC on asserting your dominance to your roosters so that they know you're in charge. I will look and see if I can find it. I'm pretty sure it was a featured article. It was written by a member a few years ago. It was very informative. When we had RIR (which are lovely chickens but too aggressive for my taste) the roosters were extremely mean. Truthfully, I was afraid of them. I wish I had found this article a long time ago. I wouldn't have been afraid of those roosters and had to re-home them. My Maran rooster is now about six or seven months old, he once pecked me for picking up the chicks, I immediately picked him up and held him until he calmed down. We had a couple of instances where he tried to rush us when interacting with the chicks in the yard. Did the same thing and haven't had any trouble out of him since.
Thanks, I would appreciate seeing it. I pick them up, hold them under my arm and make sure they keep below my head level and have a chat with them. I will not let them down until I am ready to put them down and I will not let their feet touch the ground if they try to flap or flail their legs. I make sure they know I have control of them. While they do their roo jobs I try not to take away their power because they still need to be seen as the boss of the other chicks. So far Teddy, my biggest roo and formerly one of the more aggressive ones, has gotten used to me being the boss and he will literally bow down when I walk up. He almost never tries to peck at me or chase me but he is willing to try to put me in my place if he thinks I am hurting one of his chicks lol.

Wy on the other hand had been the boss and he got knocked down a peg by Teddy so he is feeling that loss of power and is acting out. The problem with Wy is that he hadn't been aggressive so he hasn't learned the lessons yet. He got his lecture last night, he got his timeout and I maintained control of him. He was so happy to be out of the timeout pen that he ran to the run and back to his chicks. This morning he walked near me but wasn't aggressive. He's learning. I just need to make sure that all the roos get trained when they act up. The funny part is that I really only have one roo that is being aggressive to me and the rest are very sweet. I can pick up nearly every one of my birds and not have to worry that any will try to peck me and the few that do won't try to hurt me.
 
Lucy finally laid an egg!
How old is she? And cool
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After much searching and cursing at myself for not bookmarking it, I found the article! (If you go to the author's page, there's a second article I believe) I hope you all find it as informative as I did.
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https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/dealing-with-roosters-roo-behavior
Thanks
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It looks like I am doing a lot of what is in there but I may need to hold Wy a bit longer next time so he learns the point. Tonight he pecked a little and then ran because he knew I was going to catch him and discipline him... and he was right lol.
 
I need a little help. I'm bad a chicken math, so... It's good to assume normal math is a challenge as well.
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I purchased a package of Vitamins & Electrolytes so I could get my feathered kids a little something extra with it being so darn hot. I'm having trouble working the math out to fix four gallons. Here's the instructions on the outside of the 4 oz. package.

For drinking water: Dissolve 1/2 package in 55 gallons or 1 package in 110. Always mix fresh solutions daily.

I obviously can't find a food grade barrel and mix it all and store it. I feel like a moron because I can't get this worked out on my own.
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I need a little help. I'm bad a chicken math, so... It's good to assume normal math is a challenge as well.
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I purchased a package of Vitamins & Electrolytes so I could get my feathered kids a little something extra with it being so darn hot. I'm having trouble working the math out to fix four gallons. Here's the instructions on the outside of the 4 oz. package.

For drinking water: Dissolve 1/2 package in 55 gallons or 1 package in 110. Always mix fresh solutions daily.

I obviously can't find a food grade barrel and mix it all and store it. I feel like a moron because I can't get this worked out on my own.
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Are you using the Tetroxy HCA 50 stuff?
 
It is Durvet water soluble powder concentrate. The woman at the feed store (whom I bought my chicks from) recommended it over the small packs of pre-measured stuff.
 
hmmmmm.....that makes life difficult.
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i have no idea... im sitting here trying to figure it out. if i figure it out I will let you know but for now you might want to have someone else awnser your question. i wish it would say like... _______ teaspoons for 55 gallons not half package. because i dont know how much is in the package.
 

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