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Hi all....any suggestions for an aggressive rooster...my neighgbours have
one and they don't want to get rid of it....it has 2 hens under its charge....is bringing in another rooster a good idea to take it's aggressiveness away from the humans a good idea?....I know it's not gardening but it's "husbandry"!! Many thanks for any replies forthcoming!! |
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On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 13:58:27 +0000, Heather Gribble wrote:
Hi all....any suggestions for an aggressive rooster...my neighgbours have one and they don't want to get rid of it....it has 2 hens under its charge....is bringing in another rooster a good idea to take it's aggressiveness away from the humans a good idea?....I know it's not gardening but it's "husbandry"!! Many thanks for any replies forthcoming!! The best way to curb a rooster's aggressiveness is the stewpot. |
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"WiGard" wrote in message
news On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 13:58:27 +0000, Heather Gribble wrote: Hi all....any suggestions for an aggressive rooster...my neighgbours have one and they don't want to get rid of it....it has 2 hens under its charge....is bringing in another rooster a good idea to take it's aggressiveness away from the humans a good idea?....I know it's not gardening but it's "husbandry"!! Many thanks for any replies forthcoming!! The best way to curb a rooster's aggressiveness is the stewpot. It might be a little gamey? I'd brine it and put it in the smoker. |
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"Heather Gribble" wrote in message ... Hi all....any suggestions for an aggressive rooster...my neighgbours have one and they don't want to get rid of it....it has 2 hens under its charge....is bringing in another rooster a good idea to take it's aggressiveness away from the humans a good idea?....I know it's not gardening but it's "husbandry"!! Many thanks for any replies forthcoming!! Bringing another rooster into the yard is only going to irritate him, unless you find a more aggressive one, in which case, you would have a larger problem. I had an aggressive one once who decided to try me, I wore him out with a stick, and he didnt try that again. The rooster is doing what he was made to do. chaz |
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There is a newsgroup
sci.agriculture.poultry I am sure you could get lots of answer there. Roberta "chaz" wrote in message ... "Heather Gribble" wrote in message ... Hi all....any suggestions for an aggressive rooster...my neighgbours have |
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The rooster is doing what he was made to do.
Going off half-cocked...? |
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obnoxious birds of all kinds use a tennis racket. Ingrid
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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Catch the satanic beast when they're out and have chicken dumplings
and when they ask if you've seen him just say nah is he missing ? and smile inocently He just kidding well maybe not michelle On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 13:58:27 GMT, "Heather Gribble" wrote: Hi all....any suggestions for an aggressive rooster...my neighgbours have one and they don't want to get rid of it....it has 2 hens under its charge....is bringing in another rooster a good idea to take it's aggressiveness away from the humans a good idea?....I know it's not gardening but it's "husbandry"!! Many thanks for any replies forthcoming!! |
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On Fri, 6 Feb 2004 11:57:01 -0500, "chaz" wrote:
"Heather Gribble" wrote in message ... Hi all....any suggestions for an aggressive rooster...my neighgbours have one and they don't want to get rid of it....it has 2 hens under its charge....is bringing in another rooster a good idea to take it's aggressiveness away from the humans a good idea?....I know it's not gardening but it's "husbandry"!! Many thanks for any replies forthcoming!! Bringing another rooster into the yard is only going to irritate him, unless you find a more aggressive one, in which case, you would have a larger problem. I had an aggressive one once who decided to try me, I wore him out with a stick, and he didnt try that again. The rooster is doing what he was made to do. chaz That might be good advice but last time i knew someone who hit a rooster the little #%$%& got him when his back was turrned they really have little fear and some times no matter how big you are or what you do the crazy things wil attack any way I think they have been inbred or somthing and they just go nuts sooner or later |
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seriously they are fairly smart birds and will remember the tennis
racket and unless you plan to keep the racket with you the next time he sees you without it he will try to run you off maybe they arn't smart exactly but they seem to have a good memory On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 19:38:38 GMT, wrote: obnoxious birds of all kinds use a tennis racket. Ingrid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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"Heather Gribble" wrote in message ... Hi all....any suggestions for an aggressive rooster...my neighgbours have one and they don't want to get rid of it....it has 2 hens under its charge....is bringing in another rooster a good idea to take it's aggressiveness away from the humans a good idea?....I know it's not gardening but it's "husbandry"!! Many thanks for any replies forthcoming!! Buy a good bird dog and let it take care of the rooster for you. Might be a little hard on the two hens though. Hound Dog |
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"Heather Gribble" wrote in
: Hi all....any suggestions for an aggressive rooster...my neighgbours have one and they don't want to get rid of it....it has 2 hens under its charge....is bringing in another rooster a good idea to take it's aggressiveness away from the humans a good idea?....I know it's not gardening but it's "husbandry"!! Many thanks for any replies forthcoming!! If you bring in another rooster, more likely than not you'll eventually end up with one rooster and one coq au vin, but not until they cockle-doodle you to death first. This only applies to normal roosters and not metrosexual roosters. |
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On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 13:58:27 GMT, "Heather Gribble"
wrote: Hi all....any suggestions for an aggressive rooster...my neighgbours have one and they don't want to get rid of it....it has 2 hens under its charge....is bringing in another rooster a good idea to take it's aggressiveness away from the humans a good idea?....I know it's not gardening but it's "husbandry"!! Many thanks for any replies forthcoming!! I used to have chickens, and had several roosters, one is always .. well.. Cock of the walk, dominant bird in the coup. As far as getting another rooster, it will lead to fights, the introduced bird will most likely get his tail feathers kicked, at least at first... However.. it all kind of depends on the breed of chickens. If these are banties, fighting cocks.. they're going to fight until one's dead. If they're barred rocks, rhode island reds.. one rooster will run and try to stay out of the other's way. With only 2 hens, an introduced rooster will have to fight and win, or live at a good distance from the other. Now, all that *might* keep the aggressive rooster busy. However, it might make him worse. Personally, I'd just let the bird come on over... get close.. then I'd grab him and put the fear of ME into him grab hold of his head, of course that might kill him if he jerked around too much, but you just want to get hold of him and then get him by the legs and hang him upside down awhile, let him squawk and flap (hold him far away) all he wants.. then once he settles down.. let him go. He may just leave you be after that. If not, then do it again.. put him in a burlap bag for awhile.. rough it around.. not hurt the bird.. just spook him a bit. Eventually he'll get the idea that it's not a good idea to bug you anymore, and if he just leaves that one person alone, but not others... the give him the treatment from several other folks. Birds are smarter than they're given credit for being. Granted chickens are not "bright" but when I had them, I was surprised by how much they could learn. I had a little white rock hen I got from a hatchery that was culling out layers who had slowed down. She had never seen dirt, probably not even sky, but it didn't take her more than a couple times to learn that shovels brought worms and worms are yummy to chickens. I could step outside the back door and pick up a shovel and say "Chicken" (that was her name.. creative 'eh?) and she would RUN as fast as she could toward me and she would follow a shovel anywhere it went. The other chickens made the association, but nowhere like "Chicken" I would step on the shovel, and she knew what would happen and she'd start scratching right in front of the shovel, and would ride the clod up as high as she could until I started turning the shovel. Are roosters legal where that trio lives? When I had chickens, they were illegal, but now you can have 3.. hens only. Good luck to the neighbors! I had to have a disagreement with one of the 3 geese I had too. One was trying to intimidate me, and I grabbed it by its neck.. not hurting it.. but I did explain to it that it was not a good idea trying to bite me. He finally backed off, but when he forgot himself, I advanced on him and he backed down. In nature there is a dominant beastie, and I just had to let them know it would be ME not them. Just as an aside..When I got rid of all the roosters, but had 15 or so hens, eventually one of the hens assumed the role of "rooster" complete with Mounting, and going through all the motions of a rooster. Janice |
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On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 13:58:27 GMT, "Heather Gribble"
wrote: Hi all....any suggestions for an aggressive rooster...my neighgbours have one and they don't want to get rid of it....it has 2 hens under its charge....is bringing in another rooster a good idea to take it's aggressiveness away from the humans a good idea?....I know it's not gardening but it's "husbandry"!! Many thanks for any replies forthcoming!! I used to have chickens, and had several roosters, one is always .. well.. Cock of the walk, dominant bird in the coup. As far as getting another rooster, it will lead to fights, the introduced bird will most likely get his tail feathers kicked, at least at first... However.. it all kind of depends on the breed of chickens. If these are banties, fighting cocks.. they're going to fight until one's dead. If they're barred rocks, rhode island reds.. one rooster will run and try to stay out of the other's way. With only 2 hens, an introduced rooster will have to fight and win, or live at a good distance from the other. Now, all that *might* keep the aggressive rooster busy. However, it might make him worse. Personally, I'd just let the bird come on over... get close.. then I'd grab him and put the fear of ME into him grab hold of his head, of course that might kill him if he jerked around too much, but you just want to get hold of him and then get him by the legs and hang him upside down awhile, let him squawk and flap (hold him far away) all he wants.. then once he settles down.. let him go. He may just leave you be after that. If not, then do it again.. put him in a burlap bag for awhile.. rough it around.. not hurt the bird.. just spook him a bit. Eventually he'll get the idea that it's not a good idea to bug you anymore, and if he just leaves that one person alone, but not others... the give him the treatment from several other folks. Birds are smarter than they're given credit for being. Granted chickens are not "bright" but when I had them, I was surprised by how much they could learn. I had a little white rock hen I got from a hatchery that was culling out layers who had slowed down. She had never seen dirt, probably not even sky, but it didn't take her more than a couple times to learn that shovels brought worms and worms are yummy to chickens. I could step outside the back door and pick up a shovel and say "Chicken" (that was her name.. creative 'eh?) and she would RUN as fast as she could toward me and she would follow a shovel anywhere it went. The other chickens made the association, but nowhere like "Chicken" I would step on the shovel, and she knew what would happen and she'd start scratching right in front of the shovel, and would ride the clod up as high as she could until I started turning the shovel. Are roosters legal where that trio lives? When I had chickens, they were illegal, but now you can have 3.. hens only. Good luck to the neighbors! I had to have a disagreement with one of the 3 geese I had too. One was trying to intimidate me, and I grabbed it by its neck.. not hurting it.. but I did explain to it that it was not a good idea trying to bite me. He finally backed off, but when he forgot himself, I advanced on him and he backed down. In nature there is a dominant beastie, and I just had to let them know it would be ME not them. Just as an aside..When I got rid of all the roosters, but had 15 or so hens, eventually one of the hens assumed the role of "rooster" complete with Mounting, and going through all the motions of a rooster. Janice |
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