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PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 9:45 pm 
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Hi,

After sticking up for pekin roosters in the pekin vs silkie debate ;) , I am now having trouble with my young pekin cockerels.

They are now around 4 months old, and if I try to pick them up, they will peck quite hard. The buff one actually seems to be trying to mate with my hand, and gets a really good grip with his beak (no wonder hens run away!!! :shock: ). I used to be able to pick him up from the side without getting pecked, but now he twists around to peck as well!

I noted PA's comment in the breed debate that hand-raising roosters can be a problem, but it was already too late as ours had all become pets.

Our little crossbred belgian rooster, about the same age, also decided today that he would chase my 6yo son - but nobody else. He seemed attracted to him or angered by him - maybe his blue boots or striped t-shirt? The kids have never chased the chickens, so I don't know why he's doing it.

What's the best way to handle teenage cockerels to limit aggression? Will they grow out of it?

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hi might not work for teen birds but i had really old rosecomb that used to attack me(i think he enjoyed) and when he came for me i would push him away wth my foot softly.and after a while he became quaite tame.

might work might not but some one els will have a better way


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The only way I have found is successfuldealing with this type of behaviour is not to handle them. i've tried the donimation stuff but with roosters it seems to make them worse. My suggestion is to try to avoid handling them, ignoring them is best, don't push at them or show them any aggression what so ever. If you need to put a glove on to protect your arm when feeding them and just yell at them but be very smooth with movement and calm. If you continue in this fashion then they will get the hint that you are not goint o play the game. Don't pick them up unless absolutely necessary. If you must try to do it by placing your arm underneath their chest so that they hop up onto your arm It's a hard one.. I've only had three bad cockerals in my time and they were ones that I bought and had been handled alot. I never touch mine unless necessary as they are growing up, so they don't tend to develop the tendency. The ones I bought who were already like it only became worse with the more attention they received. Hope this works for you.


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I've had the same thing happen with some of my boys (Pekins and Pekin X OEG Bantam) many times drawing blood (sometimes under the skin which can look a little icky). I just don't pick them up :-P As much as i like to, nothing really seems to work, i just call it their teenage phase as most of mine stop after they're a bit older, so i wait till then, then make up for the lost hugs XD


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Sounds good. I think they all go through a "stage". Like earlier in their age (approx 2 weeks) chicks that have been incubated can go through the frightful stage where just about anything scares them. I certainly recommend just to avoid handling them until they are adults.

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Hi Deb, some you can stop and some you can't but we believe it revolves around the "Alpha" male so try one option and if that doesn't work try the next. This problem most appears with hand raised and limiting contact will help.




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Thanks for the help. I have been trying the "tough love" approach now with my little buff pekin boy - yesterday I backhanded him mildly after he pecked me on the back of the leg, and you would have thought I'd cut his throat the way he carried on! :roll: He ran off, calling out to all the other chickens to tell them there was a madwoman on the loose.

I have also tried the swooping down and picking him up, carrying him around, pressing him gently to the ground - almost everything. This seemed to make him a little more wary of me.

Today, however, things deteriorated and he attacked my little 4yo girl, pecking her on the leg and drawing blood in two places. :x

Now it seems we will have to resort to the "hands off" approach and keep him in a separate area for a while where we don't need to handle him.

Such a shame when they are pets! I'm hoping that our little cuckoo boy may have inherited his lavender daddy's lovely nature and not give us this trouble.

What is testosterone good for again?????? :-?

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They are so naughty sometimes... I have some young ones coming on for the age, can't wait!

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sounds like you will be having more fun with the other ones coming into age. have they been hand reared too.


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