I have had three roosters who live on a horse ranch come over to challenge me. I've had great success with carrying a small sprayer water bottle - after a few sprays on the tail, they figured out that I'm harmless. They remember the bottle after awhile - stand still as I walk past. Very peaceful.
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On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 9:17 AM PDT MarkM wrote:
>If the roo won after the broom fight, and never got put in his place, he will be even worse realizing he really has to be tough to finally take down this small human with a broom.
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>I have a friend that only has roosters and all free ranged as he likes them (and he likes to bug the built up neighborhood right next to him that won't let him change his zoning from a farm). His top roo was a huge RIR roo and he told me that I better not turn my back on him, but I did. Thank goodness his spurs did not go through my jeans. He ticked me off, so I caught him and just harrased him for 30 minutes taking him with me where I walked on his farm, upside down by the legs or held tight against me, or by the wings (I never hurt him, just made him feel helpless). I think he learned not to bug humans at that point as he never bothered them again. But I was a little vindictive and every time I came over I would catch him and do the same to him. He finally would not come near the house or the area where most of the animals were and was roosting very far away and a predator got him. I felt bad.
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>Mark
>In NC
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