Devonviolet - Our LGD Adventure

[Southern by choice]

LOL as I was reading that I was thinking of my Grandfather... I am 1/2 Italian. Grandparents were imports too I was coming up with all sorts of names.
I like your picks!
Our Anatolian boy is Arkados (Ark- u- dosh) Turkish for friend... I call him Tiggs... he looks like "Tigger" with all his stripes. My family is embarrassed when I call him Tiggs... they say it is a wimpy name.

As far as the roo... a net if you have one and if you don't grab him at night when he can't see you coming.
We hold them and dremmel off the spur, it cauterizes at the same time so they don't bleed and bleed. I have a pic somewhere.
I am sure there are many other ways... this works for us as even loppers won't go through our roosters spurs... crazy how thick and hard they are.

 

[Devonviolet]

LOL as I was reading that I was thinking of my Grandfather... I am 1/2 Italian. Grandparents were imports too I was coming up with all sorts of names.
I like your picks!
Our Anatolian boy is Arkados (Ark- u- dosh) Turkish for friend... I call him Tiggs... he looks like "Tigger" with all his stripes. My family is embarrassed when I call him Tiggs... they say it is a wimpy name.

As far as the roo... a net if you have one and if you don't grab him at night when he can't see you coming.
We hold them and dremmel off the spur, it cauterizes at the same time so they don't bleed and bleed. I have a pic somewhere.
I am sure there are many other ways... this works for us as even loppers won't go through our roosters spurs... crazy how thick and hard they are.

Thanks Southern! It gets REALLY dark on our place, so he shouldn't be able to see us coming . . . But then, WE shouldn't be able to see us coming either!!! I'm thinkin' when it gets dark, though, he would go in the coop, and since it is so small and poorly built, we wouldn't be able to get him out of the coop. Can ya tell I don't like the coop??? So, I'm thinking a big fishing net, on a handle, would do the trick. We have a Dremel. But, now the trick is to figure out which box it is hidden in!

 

[Baymule]

Ok, now I know why you wanted to Dremmel off the spurs. Yes, a rolled up cardboard cone like I described would hold him calmly while you work him over!

 

[Southern by choice]

I was giving this some thought... if this roo is this aggressive IMO just slaughter him. Even with spurs removed a mean roo can do some damage. Your pups will be 4 months and larger and very smart by then. These dogs are just as loyal to their humans as their livestock, it could very well have a negative outcome. If the pups see you and DH getting stalked and attacked by roo it may cause the dogs to go after the bird to protect... kind of what you don't want.

One of our male pyrs as a tiny pup 8-10 weeks so only about 30 lbs and yet he would see how we would handle the gander we had. The gander was going into protective mode as the geese were starting to nest. The gander was not overly aggressive but was big enough to be a hinderance. We did the normal correction for a gander.... hold his neck to the ground and push down on the back/body to make him submit, after 15-20 or so we let the gander up and off he'd run.
The pup saw us do this over and over, and one day as the goose came up to start necking and biting at my leg here came "D"... took his mouth gently, put it around the gander pushed his head down and took his giant pup paw and pushed down on the ganders back. Exactly what the humans do.
The pup watched, and learned and decided he would protect us from the gander. Never broke skin, never hurt him, but it did cause a permanent hatred between the gander and the dog. Hate/hate relationship.

We still have the geese and they are never mean but do get more protective at breeding/nesting time, to this day D still hates those geese.

 

[Devonviolet]

You make a really good point, Southern! I don't want the dogs to hate their feathered charges from the git go.

We have a lot on our plate right now, but that aggressive ol' roo won't be around come February, when the pups arrive.

 

[Southern by choice]

February cannot come soon enough!
So exciting!

 

[goatgurl]

going way back in your thread, I'm glad I'm not the only one with chemical smell issues. there is so much i avoid because of it. next, oh my, those pups are adorable, i know you can't wait. and i tend to agree with Southern about the roo. its one thing to be flogged for something they did wrong (like mess with a broody hen and her babies) and another to be flogged just for walking past. I'm so excited for you to get on with the rest of your life and live like you want.

 

[Devonviolet]

February cannot come soon enough!
So exciting!

Oh yes! It can't come soon enough! I look at the photos of those adorable puppies, and just want to squeeze them!

 

[Devonviolet]

going way back in your thread, I'm glad I'm not the only one with chemical smell issues. there is so much i avoid because of it. next, oh my, those pups are adorable, i know you can't wait. and i tend to agree with Southern about the roo. its one thing to be flogged for something they did wrong (like mess with a broody hen and her babies) and another to be flogged just for walking past. I'm so excited for you to get on with the rest of your life and live like you want.

YES, that roo is way too nasty to trust with our precious puppies. We continue to have problems when we go in to feed them. I go in, to run interference with the broom. The roo doesn't seem to notice that I'm there until I jab at him with the broom. He heads straight for DH, with hackles raised!!! Then he sees the broom and goes after it. However, he backs down a lot faster when I am on the offensive, than when DH tries to block his attacks with his size 13 boots! Once DH gets to the coop, I start throwing treats, and the roo gets distracted. I keep him busy with treats until it is time to leave the area. Then DH walks behind me, and I keep the broom at the ready.

The painters are supposed to finish today, but, they called yesterday and said they might need to put finishing touches on, on Friday. Then we have to air the house out, to get those VOCs out, and will move in next Wed. We will then be running two medical grade air cleaners on high, to finish the job, so hopefully I won't get sick.

Not only do I get really cranky, when the paint is wet. But, I also get short of breath, light headed, headache and very tired. And then, a couple days later, I start to get big pimples (whiteheads), on my face, from the toxins trying to exit my body, through my skin (which is the largest organ in the body). NOT FUN!!! Chemicals are NOT my friend!!!

 

[Baymule]

Will Friday to Wednesday be enough time to air the house out? I know you are anxious to move in, but is that enough time? We don't want you to get sick. But on the other hand.....can't wait to see pictures!