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Posted: Oct/15/2008 5:17 AM PST
The house next to the playground has a bunch of chickens and a rooster. Yesterday the rooster got loose and tried to attack a neighbor and his little girl. He was able to fend it off by hitting it with a ball. No one was hurt My question is: To get eggs, do you need to have a rooster too? I told him to call Animal Control and report what happened. Last thing needed is to have a dangerous animal that lives next to the playground!!! The owners are not exactly known for taking good care of their animals either- they killed a dog through neglect years ago... 
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Posted: Oct/15/2008 6:48 AM PST
http://shilala.homestead.com/roosters.html Roosters tend to aggressive because they protect the chickens. I always got past the rooster on a regular basis to get eggs from the hen house. Some roosters are simply bad tempered. Chickens will lay eggs regardless of there being a rooster present or not. In order to have fertile eggs to become chicks, of course you need a rooster. It is usually sufficient to keep the roosters penned up for most people. A lot of people are not accustomed to dealing with farm animals and when the rooster sees a weekness, he goes for it. On the farm it is easy to keep animals in line because, farmers love soup. I did have a friend who had an agressive rooster that was freeranged. To us, it was just funny. He would be running and peeking behind every tree trying to sneak up on us. It was like a really bad kung fu movie. |
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Posted: Oct/15/2008 7:40 AM PST
We had some chickens, no eggs would they lay, We had some chickens, no eggs would they lay, My wife said, “Honey, we’re losin’ money.” Because our chickens, no eggs would they lay. One day a rooster came into our yard, He caught those chickens right off their guard. They're laying eggs now, just like they used to, Ever since that rooster came into our yard! That's a real song, Aurora, believe it or not. And all my chicken keepin' friends tell me it's true, if you want your hens to lay, you have to have a rooster. It's a hormone thing. My City has an ordinance about keeping "livestock" - which is what they consider chickens. They have to be "restrained" just like a dog does. And furthermore, if two neighbors complain about the noise you have to either silence your "livestock" or get rid of them. Pretty strict. One of my friends did have to get rid of her chickens. She has a few pretty hateful neighbors, I'm afraid. My other city-dwelling chicken-keeping friend has a large garden and raises honeybees as well. She keeps her neighbors very happy by plying them with gifts. No one complains about her roosters (she has two). What is that saying about honey and vinegar? |
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Posted: Oct/15/2008 7:47 AM PST
Thanks for the replies  His crowing doesn't bother me at all- I actually rather enjoy it I don't believe our city has an ordinance against owning chickens in suburban areas, there are several houses around that have them... These chickens have free range of their backyard, whereas everyone else who has them keeps them in a smaller area. I wouldn't mind the rooster so long as he's kept penned up where he can't get loose! |
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Posted: Oct/15/2008 7:51 AM PST
That is an old wives tale though, about the rooster being required for eggs. We have had chickens without any roosters at all, and they layed eggs every day. Ask any farmer, it is true. Some of those old songs sometimes applied to people instead of the animals they seem to be about. I bet a man made it up. Lol.  wink-wink
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Posted: Oct/15/2008 8:00 AM PST
I always thought that if there was a rooster around then the eggs are fertile and can't be eaten. |
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Posted: Oct/15/2008 8:09 AM PST
I'd love to have a chicken! Our yard is fenced so I could do it except there's a hole for our neighborhood outdoor cats to come and go. Eggs are great, but better yet they eat slugs and bugs! Wonder if they scratch out the grass... That's pretty funny about the rooster. I've been chased by a goose before but not a rooster. |
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Posted: Oct/15/2008 9:40 AM PST
Fresh eggs and a helper in the garden....doesn't get much better than that. Do chickens eat grasshoppers? 
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Posted: Oct/15/2008 10:08 AM PST
Quote: Originally posted by cgar Fresh eggs and a helper in the garden....doesn't get much better than that. Do chickens eat grasshoppers?We had chickens and geese and ducks-I have stepped in enough feathered "poop" to not want to own chickens or geese or ducks. Yep, been chased by geese and ducks and the roosters! Had to fight em off with sticks and whatever we could throw! Chickens eat grasshoppers, and anything else! |
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Posted: Oct/15/2008 12:51 PM PST
One time I asked a chicken farmer about the red dot that is on the yolk of an egg if that meant it was fertile or touched by a rooster so to speak?? He said that it doesn't mean that and you can eat that egg. It is just a membrane busted or something such as that.  Having his attention I asked if you have to have a rooster to have laying hens?He said no, a hen makes eggs (like female humans do) only they have a hard shell. I know kinda sick, try not to think too much on that one.
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