Is not that they are loud noisy or anything like that. It is that they are rude. A couple days after i took this lovely picture of Zeke, he attacked me. Earning him a beating with my shoe, and a game of hide and seek with the crazy snow shovel wielding psycho lady who takes care of all the critters. If he does it again he could be turned into a pie.
We make dumplings out of uber-cocky cockerels. Like people, they're personalities are individual. Cecil, is almost 100% safe to humans (none of us have been flogged but he gave me a look one time that made me feel like reaching for a snow shovel).William, an Araucana, was our bestest rooster ever for 14 years. During his last couple of years, he could hardly walk. Hens would come to him, squat down and kind of cosy up under him to aid in his duties. He was a gentleman and a scholar, as far as roosters go.
ReplyDeleteOr coq au vin...
ReplyDeleteZeke had no problems with any thing until Spot, the lesser roo, defected. Spot would try to grab me regularly, and he got booted in the but regularly. When he defected to live with the ducks this spring, that is when Zeke got all grouchy. I think while he had toe other roo to boss I didn't matter, but once it was just him and the girls he needed someone to pick fights with. I think if this roo keeps ticking me off I might look into a friendlier breed to get a new roo.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen that written, and I had no idea how it was spelled. lol, Now that I see it I'm intrigued enough to look up a recipe.
ReplyDeleteMy whole family, which is saying something, are farmers and keeps but one rooster. If a fox gets your rooster, you either get one from another farmer or you raise one yourself. If you keep a turn-over of chicks, you've got boys in there to do the job in a few months. We always ate the young males first or gave them to neighbors who needed one.There's a reason why people figured out "cock-fighting." They're territorial as all get out and if they feel they're on the defensive, it makes them more and more "grouchy." If you do change, think about keeping just one or removing the other one to another area of your property where they'll never cross paths.
ReplyDeleteNever had any barnyard fowl. But the photo is great. ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks!
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