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This is a community for people who keep chickens in their back yard. This includes pets, layers, and meaties at levels that are sub-industrial. Family farms and homesteads are included.
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The Fediverse is small. There probably aren't enough people here to make up a community for every type of bird that someone might keep so for now, everyone is welcome. Bring us your ducks and geese, turkeys and quail, Guineas and Peacocks, emus and parrots. The community will be focused on chickens but until there are enough of each bird community for their own community they will find care and comfort here.
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There may be discussions of animal processing. This is part of chicken keeping. If you don't like it leave and block the community.
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RULES:
All Lemmy.ca rules apply here.
Everyone (see rules 4 and 98) is welcome.
If you've seen a question 100 times answer it the 101st time or ignore it. Even better, write a complete, detailed answer and suggest that the mod(s) pin it to the community.
There will be ZERO tolerance for shaming, brigading, harassment, or other nonsense of those who keep and process chickens. You will be permanently banned the first time.
No, it's not a calcium deficiency. Wrinkled eggs are the result of insufficient or insufficiently viscous albumen. Tiny eggs and missing shells are misfires. They happen.
If you post a picture that includes a dead animal or blood mark it NSFW. We're not going to tolerate the militant anti-hunting and anti-farming bullshit here but we're also not going to tolerate people rubbing their hunting and harvesting in people's faces. See rule 98. If you post blood, gore, or dead animals and don't mark it NSFW it will be removed and you might be banned.
[Did you actually think there were 98 rules?]
If you present something as fact and are asked to provide proof or a source provide proof or a source. Proof must be from a reliable source. If you fail to provide proof or a source your post or comment may be removed.
Don't be a dick. Yes, this is a catch-all rule.
The mod(s) have the final say.
I went out and spent a few minutes trying to convince the chickens that they should go inside until this string of storms passes. The big rooster was telling them to ignore me. I finally cornered him and carried him around upside down for a couple of minutes and everyone else went inside.
The ducks and turkeys were far more cooperative.
The worst part of this is found to be trying to convince my 9 Kg (20 lb) plus cat to come out from under the stairs.
I have a mixed flock of running and muscowy ducks. The muscowy drake is a big boy, easily 5.5 kg when plucked and gutted. Luckily he hasn't shown romantic in female running ducks. But like your rooster he needs a refresher course from time to time. But once he's ready for a lesson in pecking order, he's usually so worked up that he'll be full on charging us. Usually it'll lead to a physical confrontation. One time I 300 style kicked him in the chest as he was coming at me waist height. Not proud of that one, more shocked TBH. I'm always worried that I'm going to hurt him, but I need him to protect the flock so I can't just take him now. Maybe I'll start babying him in advance, instead of having to defend myself.
I too have had to, on multiple occasions, use the toe of my boot to fend off an angry rooster. The problem with that is it doesn't solve the underlying problem.
Rooster Life is all about the Three Fs: Feeding, Fighting, and Mating.
When you fight the rooster they see you as a competitor. They're in the fight so they have a change. What I do it completely dominate them. They don't get in a single kick. I pick them up, get ahold of their legs, and carry them around upside down by the legs while I do chores. That makes it very clear to them that there is no chance at all for them in a fight. It's not a competition. It has the added benefit of being less risky in terms of injuring the bird. Rooster's legs are good and strong. I always make sure that I use both of their legs to carry them and I don't carry them like that for long. It's most often around one minute. Just long enough to make it very clear to them who is at the top of the pecking order.
At least that's my take on it. It generally only takes one of those to solve a behavioral problem. On rare occasions it takes two. Once I've corrected that behavior it corrects it for my wife as well.