Just multiple pecking to draw blood
I would not keep a male that attacked so viciously as to draw blood.
I have forgiven a broody for doing that, but I wouldn't forgive a rooster.
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Just multiple pecking to draw blood
How much affection did you give him and what kind?Yeah, aggression is no good but he's all I got. My suspicion is that my cream legbars are from one of the two variants that are more flighty and free rangy hence the aggressiveness and flightiness. I've tried my best. It is a sad thing to give a growing chick love and affection and when they grow up to be a teenager they turn into an asshole. I'm not gonna give up on him just yet, I need a male to continue the line even though that line might not be so ideal.
Every time I fed him and the others, I kept stroking their back. Talking to them softly. Picking them up every now and then for 5 seconds then setting him back down, he didn't even complain half of the time.How much affection did you give him and what kind?
Cream legbars aren't known to be aggressive
Better have left them alone as this behaviour furthers aggressive tendecies in males of any age.Every time I fed him and the others, I kept stroking their back. Talking to them softly. Picking them up every now and then for 5 seconds then setting him back down, he didn't even complain half of the time.
Better have left them alone as this behaviour furthers aggressive tendecies in males of any age.
As flight animals, chickens don't like to be touched, grabbed at or held so better do your weekly/monthly health checks at night picking them from the roost one by one.
Next time I may try that just for males but the whole premise of my hand rearing and physical content is constant acclimation with positive reinforcement.