where do you draw the line with your meanest bird?

[CMV]

I waited far too long to process my evil roo. I waited until the day he outright attacked me- flew at me 4 times, flogged me repeatedly, and finally had to be beaten off me with a stick. I am not so sure he was actually attacking me though. I am pretty sure he was trying to get through me to my 6 y.o. daughter standing behind me. That was it. Stew pot the next day.

I had a nasty little RIR hen who was constantly biting me. If my hand was too near the feeder-BITE. If I was trying to collect eggs and she was nearby-BITE. Well, one day I was taking care of the flock early, getting ready to help my neighbor process some of her birds when-BITE. I looked at her and said, "Oh sweetheart, you picked the wrong day to pull that stunt." She was processed with my neighbor's birds.

I have a bully and a brute that I have had for years. I tolerate her, but she recently beat one of my GSLs half to death. I am done with her, too. She is going to be processed tomorrow.

I find my patience for nasty birds is at its breaking point lately. I have tolerated some of these birds for a long time, but I am ready to make several into soup because I am done with their shenanigans. I think there is always a catalyst for when you feel it necessary to process mean birds. I have just found that lately my threshold is a lot lower than it used to be. I decided that life is too short to deal with evil animals that I have to care for and feed. They either shape up, or they will feed me.

Good luck.

 

[Judy]

If you want to try to keep her you could isolate her til the roo is mature then put her back after he is introduced. He might change her attitude considerably. And no, I don't think you would necessarily get another bully hen if you remove her altogether. Some chickens are just mean; apparently it's in their genes.

We once processed a bunch of roos, which we had raised to process, and included one particular pullet because she was such a bully to the others. We discovered while processing that we were actually doing 2 pullets. Evidently the other one was so aggressive a pullet that we thought she was a he. Oh well.

 

[mamabahre]

Hmm I'm still on the fence about big black....She is a bully but she really hasn't hurt anyone yet...at the same time I am dreading introducing our new chicks to her once they are older, frankly I think she'll try to kill them and the new babies are absolute sweeties.

 

[Naughty]

in my yard - mine are pets. all roos get one strike - i watch them constantly around my 4 year old - and if they even make a look like they MIGHT attack - that's strike one... they get one warning butt-kicking (kick em across the yard) and that is it - if they do it again - they are gone

i had one who was smart enough to learn this - had him over a year - then he got stupid - and put him on craigslist - mostly cause he stayed around long enough i couldnt process him myself

i dont need a roo -would like to have one and am hoping for a good one - but will live without them. i have two now that are being good - we'll see what happens -

i won't have any animal that doesnt respect people - people have to come first in my house ... and i don't want my daughter scared to come outside