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Rural/Farm Life

LWolf

(46,179 posts)

3. I don't know.

Reply to mopinko (Original post)

Mon Jul 23, 2012, 07:25 PM

Jul 2012

Any rooster I've ever had that got aggressive went into the pot. I'm currently on my 3rd generation of roosters that don't bother anyone.

Edited to add: I've had hens set clutches as small as 3, and as large as 24. It's rare for all the eggs to hatch. The biggest clutch ever hatched for me was 14, out of the 24.

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can you disarm a rooster? [View all] mopinko Jul 2012 OP

Yes. WARNING GRAPHIC EXAMPLE!!!!!! HereSince1628 Jul 2012 #1

yeah, i figured as much. mopinko Jul 2012 #2

I don't know. LWolf Jul 2012 #3

I wouldn't bother - in 25 some years of keeping chickens, hedgehog Jul 2012 #4

Plymouth Rock Roosters (Barred Rocks) don't have spurs, bvar22 Jan 2013 #5

Awesome! HealUS Dec 2013 #13

Unfortunately, "Rocky" met an untimely death in the mouth of a dog... bvar22 Dec 2013 #14

"Just A Love Machine" HealUS Dec 2013 #15

Insensitive? HealUS Dec 2013 #16

Hi, HealUS. bvar22 Dec 2013 #18

sorry to hear that bvar. mopinko Dec 2013 #17

I have a broody hen that has hatched several clutches. LWolf Jan 2013 #6

My rooster is mean and huge womanofthehills Jan 2013 #7

You can keep many roosters in line if you behave as an alpha. FedUpWithIt All Feb 2013 #8

thought i would update this- mopinko Feb 2013 #9

We used a homemade fleece chicken apron/saddle when our hen's backs went bare. FedUpWithIt All Feb 2013 #10

my buffs are the faves, too. mopinko Feb 2013 #11

Mine were totally fine with them FedUpWithIt All Feb 2013 #12

Yes we tried those too fasttense Jan 2014 #19

That's interesting. Ours never even tried to remove them. FedUpWithIt All Jan 2014 #20

I bought some saddles with sunflowers embroidered on them womanofthehills Jan 2014 #21