I had TWO aggressive Rooster, constantly coming at me, read somewhere on the internet to pull on there waddles. I tried it, now one will cuddle with me, while the other one avoids me. It took a couple of pulls to get them to get the hint but no more aggressive problems for me.
--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, "bogart222000" <bogart222000@...> wrote:
>
> My flock of 8 is 17 weeks old and the good news is I'm starting to
> get eggs - good-sized, hard-shelled brown eggs, thanks to the New
> Hampshire Red. The bad news is my formerly mild mannered Silver
> Spangled Hamburg rooster is now defending his girls, and attacked me
> when I went in their barnstall to look for eggs. Do I establish my
> dominance by whacking him with a broom next time he attacks me, or
> will this just make things worse? Are all roosters like this? He
> was a 'freebie' with my McMurray Hatchery order and he's so pretty
> and WAS so mild manered that we kept him, but I don't need him, and
> sure don't want to be menaced by him all the time!
>
> Thanks! Nadine in GA.
>
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