He really puts a restraint on my dealings with the chickens. The hens are very friendly, but he is always near by. Well, so far, we will live with him still. I do not want to have him aggressive with the twins, they might become afraid of the chickens.
Have you tried to assert your dominance yet? Would that work with roosters or is it just dogs? I hear capon is very good, then again he might calm down after her was fixed, no longer making it necessary to put him in a pot.
I, glo, was successful with our rooster, however, he was still too much for the backyard farm. We were able to give him to a local farmer. Are you thinking of getting him fixed?
Did your rooster attack you? Our rooster is pretty powerful. No, I was not thinking of having him fixed, hmmm. Still, we are undecided what to do. How was yours too much?
Our rooster started trying to dominate everyone -- chasing, pecking, attacking, including me. I started mimicking what he was doing to the chickens to dominate, well almost all of what he was doing... I'd put my hand on his back to push him down a bit and hold his neck down, like he would to the girls. Kind of like what you'd do with a dog, hover over them, hold them in place, etc... All of them started treating me like the head bird, running after me, turning and flattening their backs for me. I started massaging them. They like that very much. However, he still attacked the neighborhood kids when they came over. He was just too unpredictable with visitors. Plus, out of the 6 chickens, 3 turned out to be roosters. They had to go. Those girls were tired. Our neighbors cheered when we crated them up and took them away. Now we get to sleep in, I heard one neighbor girl say.
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What did he do now?
YES!
Maybe he should be separated from the hens.... Bob says separated and put in a pot with some oregano and olive oil.
I'm thinking 40 cloves of garlic.
He really puts a restraint on my dealings with the chickens. The hens are very friendly, but he is always near by. Well, so far, we will live with him still. I do not want to have him aggressive with the twins, they might become afraid of the chickens.
Have you tried to assert your dominance yet? Would that work with roosters or is it just dogs? I hear capon is very good, then again he might calm down after her was fixed, no longer making it necessary to put him in a pot.
I, glo, was successful with our rooster, however, he was still too much for the backyard farm. We were able to give him to a local farmer. Are you thinking of getting him fixed?
Did your rooster attack you? Our rooster is pretty powerful. No, I was not thinking of having him fixed, hmmm. Still, we are undecided what to do. How was yours too much?
Our rooster started trying to dominate everyone -- chasing, pecking, attacking, including me. I started mimicking what he was doing to the chickens to dominate, well almost all of what he was doing... I'd put my hand on his back to push him down a bit and hold his neck down, like he would to the girls. Kind of like what you'd do with a dog, hover over them, hold them in place, etc... All of them started treating me like the head bird, running after me, turning and flattening their backs for me. I started massaging them. They like that very much. However, he still attacked the neighborhood kids when they came over. He was just too unpredictable with visitors. Plus, out of the 6 chickens, 3 turned out to be roosters. They had to go. Those girls were tired. Our neighbors cheered when we crated them up and took them away. Now we get to sleep in, I heard one neighbor girl say.
Thanks Glori for that info. We have one rooster and 8 hens. I must try to get close enough to lay my hand on his back. Problem is he scares me.
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