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Max
Dec 18, 2010 10:51:09 GMT -5
Post by Valerie on Dec 18, 2010 10:51:09 GMT -5
Yesterday Charlie (Silver laced wyandotte rooster) was chasing Max (Rhode Island Red rooster) around in their fenced area so Max jumped over the fence. Max probably made a move on one of Charlie's women; that's what usually gets him chased out. When we were leaving to go into town, I caught Max and tossed him back in the chicken coop but before I could get the door shut, Charlie chased him right back out, and over the fence he went again. He kept running from me, so I closed the coop door and left him out. As we were leaving St George it started raining. When we got home I went to look for him. Last time he stayed out after dark he was wandering the neighbor's yard, fussing and carrying on. Last night I found him inside the chicken fence, hiding under the jasmine vine. At least he had enough sense to get inside the fence. Poor guy. I carried him in and put him on the roost between a couple of his girls. He's just a big ol' baby.
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Max
Dec 18, 2010 11:16:35 GMT -5
Post by weg on Dec 18, 2010 11:16:35 GMT -5
I miss having a rooster but I live in town and the neighbors west and north of me are city people.
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Max
Dec 18, 2010 12:09:26 GMT -5
Post by sunshine on Dec 18, 2010 12:09:26 GMT -5
Valerie, do you have just the two?
We haven't had a rooster for some time. The last one we brought home turned mean, as roosters sometimes do, and we finally butchered him. My brother has wanted to give me one of his, but the coop is so peaceful without one. And, I worry that it'd turn out mean, again, and we'd be back to square one. I won't keep a mean rooster.
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Max
Dec 18, 2010 16:31:22 GMT -5
Post by Valerie on Dec 18, 2010 16:31:22 GMT -5
Actually, I have three. Or kind of two and a half. We also have a buff orpington rooster named Jackson. He seems a little bit developmentally delayed. Not to mention, one time Dave hit him in the head because he was attacking Pearl's head and we thought he killed him, but he just knocked him out. He staggered around for a day or so, but he's ok now. But he still only crows 2 notes at a time and I haven't seem him messing with the girls at all. The other two are definitely his superiors, as are a few of the hens! Dave said I feminized him by naming him Belinda when he was a baby, but darn it, he was supposed to be a girl! They're all three pretty nice boys. Only one has tried to scratch my leg, once, and I think it's because it was the first time I wore socks in my shoes since they've been born. He kept looking at my feet like he didn't recognize them.
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Max
Dec 18, 2010 17:44:16 GMT -5
Post by sunshine on Dec 18, 2010 17:44:16 GMT -5
That's funny. I'm surprised that your RIR and Silver Laced Wyandotte roosters are not mean. Those are breeds I've had bad luck with. The sweetest roosters I've had have been a Light Brahman and some Rocks.
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Max
Dec 18, 2010 18:25:52 GMT -5
Post by Granny Smith on Dec 18, 2010 18:25:52 GMT -5
Rocks were the second meanest roosters I've had. The meanest were game roosters, but you'd expect that from them. Light Brahmas were the nicest. RIRs have all been nice to me, but not to the kids. They know which side their bread is buttered on.
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Max
Dec 18, 2010 18:36:37 GMT -5
Post by Valerie on Dec 18, 2010 18:36:37 GMT -5
Our other SLW and a gold also were very mean. We ate them.
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Max
Dec 18, 2010 18:44:04 GMT -5
Post by sunshine on Dec 18, 2010 18:44:04 GMT -5
Around here, if they'll chase or fly at a child, they get butchered. Back when DD was a toddler, I had a SLW I wanted to keep for breeding, but one day he started chasing her. I also had the Lt Brahma at that time, and the Brahma would actually intercept the SLW when it went running at the children, and chase it back the other direction. He watched out for my children like they were part of his flock. He had a special place in my heart because of that. (And you can guess which one I kept.)
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Max
Dec 18, 2010 19:40:29 GMT -5
Post by Cyngbaeld on Dec 18, 2010 19:40:29 GMT -5
Most of mine are games or game crosses. I cull mean birds in the brooder and all my roosters are decent fellows. Some of them I can just pick up at any time and trip over constantly.
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Max
Dec 18, 2010 19:50:32 GMT -5
Post by Valerie on Dec 18, 2010 19:50:32 GMT -5
haha! I have a kitty like that! He runs to get in front of me and then stops so I trip over him.
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Max
Dec 18, 2010 20:07:06 GMT -5
Post by Granny Smith on Dec 18, 2010 20:07:06 GMT -5
The only reason we kept the RIRs is because the kids started it. If they'd leave the roos alone, they wouldn't bother them. That game rooster would come flying off the hill to attack anyone at any time - all you had to do was walk outside. He was kind of tough, but he made good broth.
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Max
Dec 18, 2010 21:21:11 GMT -5
Post by Cyngbaeld on Dec 18, 2010 21:21:11 GMT -5
I'd have eaten him too, Gayle. I won't put up with mean. You should see some of the game hens, though. Those ladies duke it out as bad as the guys sometimes.
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Max
Dec 19, 2010 7:17:29 GMT -5
Post by Valerie on Dec 19, 2010 7:17:29 GMT -5
My little RIR hen is that way. She even has a spur and I've seen her use it on them boys, too. Dave asked me the other day who she belonged to now and I told him nobody messes with Hot Rod.
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