I put one hand on his neck and the other arm around his body. I may get
bit during the process, but I get him. Then I talk to him and gently
scold him for being mean, like, "I love you so much and you're so mean
to me - " that sort of silly thing. I also rub his comb and wattles and
sweet talk him, holding on his body firmly and still holding the neck,
but not strangling him. It isn't easy scooping a flogging, biting rooster.
Remember the one rooster a friend of mine had found on his land? He was
a pretty partridge colored standard sized young cockerel and acted as
nice as could be when we took him home and put him in a cage. Two days
later, when I put a hen in with him, he tore off the back of her head to
her skull, while trying to mate her. I spent some time putting Kut
Kote, Blu Kote and cleaning her wound. It took a little over a month
for the hole in her head to heal up and grow feathers. A few days
later, we found him stretched out dead in his cage. I wonder if he had
been booted out of the farm because he was so rough in mating.
Anita B., SW Ohio
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