I wrote a few months ago and received great answers about when my new Roosie would learn to crow. You were all right! It was hysterical listening to him learn, and as of today, he is an official wake-up call.
Now we're starting to have some trouble with him getting aggressive. We have 1 dog and 2 cats and all 4 get along well. Roosie is pretty tame, he allows me to pick him up and pet. ( He even goes on walks with me)
But he is one demanding critter! If he wants fed NOW or is in a mood, he reaches out and pecks you on the foot ( ow!). I don't want my grandkids hurt - any ideas how to best raise this teenager?
2006-09-09 04:04:53 · 7 answers · asked by kay 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Roosters are just like that sometimes.
It is good that he allows you to handle him. But they are tempermental creatures and most get sort of aggressive as they get older.
You could give him a squrit of water (think water pistol) if he is misbeahving. That could work.
I have a pretty large Barrd Rock rooster we call him Rooster Tooster. Once and awhile he thinks he is king over the whole coop inclusing me and he will wait until I turn my back and go after my legs.
I show him my foot and if he bakcs up he is ok if not he gets scooped with my foot and tossed against the pen fence. Only takes one shot for him to get the idea that I need to be left alone and that I am not hurting his hens.
Good luck with you Roosie.
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I wrote a few months ago and received great answers about when my new Roosie would learn to crow. You were all right! It was hysterical listening to him learn, and as of today, he is an official wak...
2015-02-03 02:19:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is just normal behavior of a rooster. Rhode Island reds are big breeds and lot of times become aggressive when they get older. One breed that isn't aggressive is the Silky breed.
I know that your chicken is a pet, and the only things that I can think of doing is putting him in a cage or barn when your grand kids come over. Another thing to do is to cut the very tip of his beck off. Make sure that only a little bit is cut off, because too much off is like cutting your toenails too short, and it will bleed. Every month, you will have to trim a little off, because it will grow back.
We had a very mean rooster that was killing the hens by tearing them up with his spurs, and attacking us. My husband held him down, and I cut the spurs off with some pruning shears. I had a hot dehorning iron near by that I had to use on him, to stop the bleeding. It was either his spurs or his life. Just as soon as we put him down, he ran after a hen to breed her. He still was mean, but at least he couldn't spur us anymore.
2006-09-09 04:23:23 · answer #5 · answered by Amanda J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Roosters are aggressive by nature. That doesn't make them bad, it's just who they are. That's how they keep the hens in line. He presently feels that he's the head of the flock and they everyone else in his flock family is under his authority. Unless he is challenged, it is unlikely he will give up "ruling the roost".
2006-09-09 04:31:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
give him plenty of chicks to copulate with
2006-09-09 04:20:37 · answer #7 · answered by barrie s 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋