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| Madinet85 |
Posted - Mar 21 2014 : 5:47:43 PM
I am at my wits end with my rooster. I feel like every other time I go into the chicken coop he spurs me. I'm tired of feeling scared of going in my own chicken coop.
Does anyone have any ideas of calming him down short of making soup? He does a good job keeping an eye on girls so I'd like to keep him around.
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| lovenshire |
Posted - Jun 19 2014 : 6:30:11 PM
I have been petrified of chickens for years because of a big rode island red rooster. He spurred me regularly! He finally wound up in the dumpling pot...best idea yet!
Lenora |
| hoosiercountry |
Posted - May 29 2014 : 3:54:20 PM
I just talked to a neighbor and she told me that she solved her mean rooster problem with a fish net. Said every time for about a month she went into the coop she took an old fish net and when her rooster would make a run at her she would net him and then put him in a cage for an hour or so. She said that now he wants no part of her when she carry's the net around. Worth a try. Karla |
| hoosiercountry |
Posted - May 25 2014 : 4:42:49 PM
Boy does this hit home for me. The first two roosters I had both turned mean, first was a Buff, second was a Buff cross, I got both when they were six weeks old. Rudy, the first one, turned mean when he reached about 1 1/2 yr., no matter what I did nothing helped, not broom, shovel or foot, so I traded him for Rusty, he was 6 weeks old. He was the Buff-cross, and boy was he a looked. Anyway when he got older he got mean. I read the same article about holding them, well I did, I carried him around for about three weeks, no change, I was told not to hit them for they take you as being aggressive and it will only make them ready to fight you when they see you. Well oops for me on that one. The water bottle helped but really did not cure the problem. So I found him a home with lots of hens (about 60) so he would be kept busy. I now have a silky who could care less about me, it sure is nice to go in the coop and not have to watch your back. I wish you the best of luck and I hope something works for you. Wish I had better advice for you. Karla |
| Madinet85 |
Posted - May 25 2014 : 3:08:15 PM
Well, the rooster finally met his match today. We tried everything we could google up with him, and had achieved an uneasy sort of peace, until today. While outside checking on my baby chickens, the rooster attacked my dog. My Australian Shepherd has had extensive training on leaving the chickens alone, so much so that one of the hens hopped on his back once and he just laid down till she moved along. He wasn't anywhere near the flock, he was just following me around the barnyard because that's his job. The rooster came up behind him and spurred him from behind. My dog immediately tucked tail and came and stood behind me. Didn't retaliate at all, I was so proud of him. I went into the house and told my husband that the rooster needed to find a new home or find his way into my kitchen by the end of the week.
Needless to say I had a lovely roast chicken for dinner today.
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| star-schipp |
Posted - Apr 10 2014 : 2:07:14 PM
We have definitely had the same problem everytime we end up with a rooster. I am getting a new order of chicks next month and will try the water bottle method if we get a roo or two....before we turned our last two into soup, I took the stance of Talk Loudly and Carry a Big Stick because they "bumped" me every single time I went to the coop...
If you can't feed one hundred people, then just feed one. -Mother Teresa
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| Madinet85 |
Posted - Apr 10 2014 : 06:09:39 AM
http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/keeping-a-rooster
I found this article last night which has some good advice. My husband used some of it last night already, we went into the coop to put the chickens to bed and the rooster started making a fuss, so DH just picked him up and carried him under his arm till the rooster put his head down and was quiet. We take that as a good sign, not just to be consistent so he'll start to behave!
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| Madinet85 |
Posted - Mar 25 2014 : 1:15:06 PM
Thanks for the tips everyone! I'll start keeping an old broom and a water bottle in the feed cupboard and take it with my in the coop and pen. I definitely want to try and salvage his good behavior, we have lots of predators around, and he's always very good about herding up his girls when he sees danger. I just need him to know I'm not danger.
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| texdane |
Posted - Mar 24 2014 : 10:06:22 AM
I am a new chicken owner and one of mine is a rooster. I also have a friend who is a butcher. She says if I don't want him to be soup I have to show him I am the alpha. He did come at me a few times, but now we have no issues. She says pull his tail feathers. Also, do not allow him to "bother" the ladies in your presence. Doing so is an insult to you.
So far, so good with mine, and he is one. big. boy!
Nicole
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| YakLady |
Posted - Mar 24 2014 : 09:01:58 AM
I have a zero-tolerance policy for rude dudes around here... But I also raise them from babies, so if they have an off temperament, I know it's them, not their upbringing. I keep two roos at least at all times just in case of predation loss, and I haven't had a rude roo since I raised CornishX birds in 2010.
You can file or remove his spurs, and I second the broom idea... but if it were me, I'd eat him.
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| hudsonsinaf |
Posted - Mar 24 2014 : 08:29:45 AM
Kathryn and Tina's suggestions had me cracking up!!! We use to use a water bottle for a cat we had whenever he jumped on any of the infant's stuff. The broom idea reminds me of Grandma on "The Walton's." Instead of saying "You Old Fool" you could say "You Old Roo" :D
~ Shannon
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| magnoliakathy |
Posted - Mar 24 2014 : 06:11:15 AM
Spray water bottle, is what we use here for unruly everything. One or two good streams of water sprayed right in the face, not the spray setting, the stream. Now most of my critters (chickens, 3 roosters, ducks, turkeys, geese, and goats) just see the bottle or hear me shake it, stop and walk or run away. It takes a few times to get their attention but it is still working and we've been doing it for over a year now. The broom is good idea too, once an unruly roo figures out you are not going to put up with it, they stop. Of course, around here a good whack on the butt with my cane stops a lot of mischief before it gets started, when I don't have the water bottle close by.
When you free your mind your heart can fly. Farmgirl # 714, |
| NoraBatty |
Posted - Mar 22 2014 : 7:13:34 PM
I wish I had advice for you. We had a gorgeous rooster who started out nice then became very mean..and very large. My hubby named him Cluck Norris he was that scary. Anyway he became soup. My brother recently gave me a black silkie rooster and he used to be nice. I could pick him up and carry him around but now he too turned mean! He doesn't do much damage but he is so annoying. I'm giving him away. We have a goose that attacks now as we'll. I'm afraid to leave my house! Lol! |
| oldbittyhen |
Posted - Mar 22 2014 : 11:08:54 AM
he's doing his job too well, protecting his flock, next time bring a broom with you, and when he goes for you , sweep him up, and toss him , he will think twice next time, and if he does not learn after a few times, the stew pot he goes...
"Knowlege is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad" |
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