My rooster died tonight

Duwop · Sep 30, 2014

forgeblast said:
Ours when when he went after me one too many times, he was then known as "Stewie".

Had same problem he was called "Dinner"
We had another roo we called Buddy he was a gentle giant of a roo, my wife had me spend two hundred bucks for an Avian Expert tell me he died of a tumor. He is missed!

tcreeley · Sep 30, 2014

One of our neighbors roosters got loose and has been living in our woods near the barn. We have taking to calling him and he comes out for scratch feed. He is scared of the horses, but we are trying to get him into the barn before winter. We'll add him to our barred rocks in time. I hear him every morning- love that sound. Our old barred rock rooster was a pain. He'd attack, I'd grab him and carry him around for 20 minutes under my arm.He'd be good for 3 days! Something got him one day.
Then our chickens once again had feathers on their backs and on their heads! When we got our last batch of chicks, we skipped the rooster. Besides it was awkward when my wife's catholic sister-in-law would ask if the eggs were fertilized...being against her grain to eat a fertilized egg!

Jstpssng · Sep 30, 2014

I started this thread on a whim... thanks for the response. :thumbsup:

The victim of my axe was actually very docile and a nice New Hampshire Red rooster... I just got tired of seeing my hens with no feathers. It was quite comical though, to watch my male lab chase him across the yard... Ruger learned very quickly that chasing was acceptable but NOT to harm the chickens.

As much as I enjoy hearing a rooster crow I can see where they can be as obnoxious as a barking dog...

Here Cape Elizabeth asked to settle rooster dispute | Local News - Home is a case where the neithbors are trying to silence a rooster.

GPintheMitten · Sep 30, 2014

I have a chocolate lab named Ruger too.

Jstpssng · Sep 30, 2014

GPintheMitten said:
I have a chocolate lab named Ruger too.

Popular breed, popular name. :thumbsup:
His previous owner named him "Harley"... when I took him in I needed a name fast to put on the paperwork at the vet's office.
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If I'd had time to think when I got him his name might be Hansel... as in Hansel must be fed!
He was a year old at the time and had spent his first year on a chain, foraging for his food. He weighed 63 lbs and you could see every rib on his body... I couldn't bear to run my hand down his back because I could feel every vertebrae.

He also had lungworm which my vet informed me is from licking slug trails; nay, eating slugs was one way that he stayed alive until a coworker got tired of seeing him tied out all winter, 24/7.

Oops, this was meant to be a light hearted thread... time to step off from my soapbox.

nybirdman · Oct 1, 2014

My rooster story;my father always had chickens,ducks,turkeys ect.We were up to his place and his big white leghorn rooster attacked one of the grandchildren,big mistake.Dad got mad and hit him in the head with a shovel handle and buried him in the manure pile in back of the barn.
He later told me;two days later that rooster came back(to life) and was in the barnyard!He didn't have the heart to kill him again.

GPintheMitten · Oct 1, 2014

Condolences to the family and friends of the roo.

Jstpssng · Oct 1, 2014

nybirdman said:
My rooster story;my father always had chickens,ducks,turkeys ect.We were up to his place and his big white leghorn rooster attacked one of the grandchildren,big mistake.Dad got mad and hit him in the head with a shovel handle and buried him in the manure pile in back of the barn.
He later told me;two days later that rooster came back(to life) and was in the barnyard!He didn't have the heart to kill him again.

My question is... Did he ever attack the grandkids again?