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So I guess where this is going is; How would my aggressive rooster respond when he finds out my legs are made of hard aluminum. My guess, he would find a softer part of my body. But who knows?

That's a Takin in case you are wondering.

I am glad to hear that some people have had positive results training an aggressive rooster. I hadn't researched it but I noticed how they peck the back of each others heads. I hope my rooster, Billy Felder, makes good use of his training because I really like him. Edit; Once again, I should...

Yeah, I like gentleness. I seem to be having success, time will tell, training a rooster, who attacked me twice, by pecking him on the back of the head with a finger and thumb. I thought about making a fake chicken head to peck him with, LOL, but settled on making my hand into a chicken head...

I wonder if maybe some cardboard would also work. It would certainly be more comfortable. If it's under your clothes they won't see it until they have learned their lesson. It really surprised me how fast they learned. My chickens are unfortunately not little Einsteins' but they learned almost...

My chickens developed a bad habit. They think I'm made out of food so they were constantly pecking my legs. Even through my jeans it often hurt. It's surprising how hard they can pinch. I cut two pieces of roof flashing the right size to wrap around my legs under my pant legs. When I went in...

That's good advice! Thanks

Hi Sydnee, I plan on keeping the Bielefelder Hens and a Rooster but the rest will be meat birds.

Pour a pint of gasoline into the hole and then cover the openings. The critter will go to sleep and never wake up. I've handled them this way for years. It seems fairly humane to me.

Hi everyone! It's been about 20 years since I've had chickens and I sure have missed them. Now I have 20 Bielefelders and 10 Ginger Roasters, one week old today. I've been reading this site for a while and y'all sure have helped me, Thank You!