daxigirl Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Ok the bantie kingdom has been in uproar and they're driving me potty. Champion Evil Edna (full title for this) has taken a strong dislike of my plump little Mavis Cruet and Willo Longtail. She's been charging about in attack mode all morning, I thought she'd settle down once she'd got her egg out the way (not her favourite part of the day) but no she got worse. I've ended up taking her out on her own and putting her in the rabbit cage (If Mr Fox fancies a snack I won't be particularly upset I have to say.) My question to experienced Roo owners is, would a fella stop all this nonsense and keep them in order? Next question is how loud is a Mod Game boy? What methods do people use to muffle the early morning Doodle Dooing? Blackbird alarm, seagull, egg announcement, dog barking loud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coco Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 I don't know about keeping the girls in order as my roo is a total wimp and doesn't even try mounting the girls as they protest so loudly it puts him off. He does look after them though and is very protective of his girls and shows them where the best bits of food are. As foer noise he is not too bad, he is fairly quiet TBH. As long as I shut the house door at night I can leave him shut in until 8. 30 ish and dont really hear him. Fingers crossed the neighbours are quite happy with him. He is a millefleur Barbu d Uccle and lives with his bantie girls. I think smaller cockerels do tend to be shrill rather than loud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweety Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 I don't think there is any guarantee that a boy will keep your naughty girls in order, i'm afraid! I have 3 gorgeous bantam boys, and they are all useless at stopping their hens squabbling but they do look after the girls and I love having them. As for noise, I keep them in the eglu with the door closed until about 7.30am during the week, later at weekends, and my neighbours say they can't hear them. They do crow quite a lot during the day too, and can be quite loud once they get going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimi5 Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Hi again daxigirl! The reason I have my gorgeous Mr Monty is because my 3 pekin bantam girls were a nightmare!!!!! He has settled them down and is a real gent with them. If they are having a minor spat he stays out of it and of course there is still a pecking order. The other morning Molly (top girl) was giving Milly a hard time over nothing, so he gave her a sharp telling off and that was that! Crowing that's a whole other matter!!! Not too bad, but Monty does go on!!! He also crows in the day when he's a happy chap, bless him! I didn't realise how early he crows until I was ill a few months back......4.30am on a summer sunny morning!!! Thankfully I had asked the neighbours both sides (we're detached) who were fine about me getting him and one side actually like to hear him!!!! He was a bit depressed a few months back (long story!!!) My neighbour called and asked if he was ok, as she hadn't heard him crowing!!!! I wouldn't be without him.........shh he's actually my favourite!! I have a lovely sweet 13 week old buff pekin bantam boy I hatched.......you can have him if you like! I wanted to keep him, but he's practising his crow and I worry 2 of them at it may be a tad much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egghead68 Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 A suprelorin implant might sort out Evil Edna's aggression - worked with one of mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egghead68 Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 A suprelorin implant might sort out Evil Edna's aggression - worked with one of mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxigirl Posted August 26, 2012 Author Share Posted August 26, 2012 What's that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egghead68 Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Sorry for double post! It's a hormone implant, around £40. Also stops them laying though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimi5 Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 daxigirl, sorry to digress, but I noticed that you have an araucana (have another post on here about them versus silkies, as I can get 2 of one OR the other............having trouble deciding!!) Would you recommend them?? Are they noisy? What about temperament and egg laying?? The big question....do they go broody?????? Molly my gold partridge is broody AGAIN for the 4th time this year.....give me strength I even let her hatch!!!!!! (buff boy is one of her babies!) Thanks and sorry to ramble!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller30 Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Hi Sarah your more than welcome to pop around mine and see where my boys go at night and you can borrow a cockbird if you like on a trial any trouble i will take it back leanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxigirl Posted August 27, 2012 Author Share Posted August 27, 2012 I may just take you up on that, what sort of fellas are they? I'm going to get her a bumper bit thing so at least she can't pull out anymore feathers or draw blood. Poor little Mavis has a tiny scab on her face so I need to stop this. Evil is spending the day in the naughty quarters where she can see everyone but that's all (she's got her baseball ). Peace has returned to the kingdom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller30 Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Well i have 2 buff columbian brahmas and 2 french wheaton maran boys but i think they maybe a bit big and i have a few pekin cockbirds in lav,gold partridge and columbian or you can have a bronze turkey stag that may calm her down and hes gobbling so if the size of him doesnt work the noise might lol leanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
