Aggressive Roo

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I agree, he could make a fine meal, cooked appropriately. But I also see you point on not being able to eat him yourself, that's just a call for you to make. If nothing else, maybe save the broth you get from cooking it for the dogs and freeze it for a month or so. When you pull it out to use it, there will be that needed distance from the live animal, makes it much easier to eat at that point. We have a saying here.......MRTB*



*Mean Roosters Taste Better
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HAHA!!! I like that phrase. I'm not sure, I may try, I am going to cook him no matter what, perhaps we'll see if he's tasty or not before he goes to the dogs.
 
I've had chickens since I was a kid, and I've never culled an aggressive rooster. In fact, I like aggressive roosters because I know they'll protect their flock instead of running and hiding. I'm not trying to change your mind, I'm just posting this in case someone else reads this thread looking for another solution. If you've got a rooster with very sharp spurs, remove the spurs. If they're blunt, I would just leave them. Now, I'll tell you how I dealt with three of my most aggressive roosters. I've never heard of hitting a rooster with a stick for showing dominance signs in front of you, so I have no idea if that works. However, my first instinct is that with a dominant type rooster, if you challenge him over his territory and his hens, he's going to fight back. That's what they're supposed to do.

  • A Barred Rock. One of my biggest roosters besides an orpington, so getting flogged by this one was no picnic. I never got this rooster to be friendly, but I did teach him to respect me. I never walked up to this rooster trying to pick a fight, I always let him come to me. It took many weeks of kicking him and picking him up to throw him, but eventually I got a sort of grudging respect from him. Instead of running over to flog me every time he saw me, he would politely come over to eat and then return to his business when done.
  • A Black Cochin Bantam. The cutest monster ever. He attacked everyone, including my dogs. Even the massive Rottweiler was afraid of him. Who knew pure terror could come in such a tiny package? The previous method only seemed to enrage him further, so I switched tactics, thinking you catch more flies w/ honey. Bantams can peck hard enough to break skin, but it doesn't really hurt much, so I would reach my hand towards him and let him attack to his little heart's content. He'd get bolder every time, and also do it for shorter periods every time, until I could pick him up. I'd just hold him and pet him for awhile and set him back down. He always looked very flustered by this, as if he was worried his ability to terrorize was broken. Giving him food was also a good motivator for him to come up. This also took a few weeks, but I wound up with the sweetest rooster I've ever owned. He would still attack everyone else, people, dogs, the standard sized roosters, but when I came out, he'd run straight for me to be picked up, coddled, and fed treats.
  • A Rhode Island Red. This was my most ornery rooster, and I despaired of ever teaching him to respect me. He'd attack from the shadows when you least expected it. He was also kind of old by the time he respected me. Five or six, maybe. Proving that old chickens can be taught new tricks. I never deliberately taught him. He was attacked by a new dog I had, and after rescuing him, he was in pretty bad shape. I didn't think he'd make it, but I put him in a separate cage and took care of him anyway. He couldn't move his legs, and I had to force feed him yogurt and water with a syringe. About the time I was considering having someone put him down, he started to pull out of it. He made a full recovery and never attacked me again. Obviously, you wouldn't want to try this method, but it does support the previous method. Being nice to them works better than trying to establish your own dominance over them.
 
I appreciate the input, if I didn't have kids that lived around me I would consider it, but I also don't see a reason to put my animals and myself in danger just to spend months attempting to gentle a rooster that could possibly never be gentled. Plus, my chickens don't freerange unless I'm outside with them, so there's no need for protection from him. My dog is actually their protector (not the Pom, of course, he's a border collie/aussie mix) when they're out.
 
I agree with that. I wouldn't keep an aggressive rooster if I had kids. I don't get sentimental about chickens, but I know some people do. I posted that for their benefit. Maybe it'll help someone who really doesn't have the heart for culling.
 
Yeah, if I'd been really attached to him, I suppose I could've left him in the coop and run always and never let him out with the girls, but I find that to be a different form of cruelty, he'd never really get to be a chicken.
 
Ok, im definitely a newbie, i was thinking hitting a rooster with a stick? That seems so mean...This thread caught my eye because my Chantecler hen turned out to really be a rooster! And he shows signs of aggression with my new flock of 4...he is about 24 weeks and they are about 12 weeks...i have to keep him in adjoining coop and run because he would chase them , corner them and peck at them and they would try to find cover...anyway, he pecks at my fingers when i am close to him...hearing your stories i am now afraid! Hahahaha maybe i better bring a stick with me...yesterday he was staring at me and i though he looked like he was going to jump up at my face or perch on me Hahaha he is not to the point where he is attacking me like he does the hens but he def is not too friendly ....we shall see!
 
I have a mean roo myself. What I did I haven't read on here. The first few times he tried to jump me I would hold him down on the ground until he relaxed. I would then get up and leave the pen and he stayed on the ground. After that didn't work any longer I picked him up and started pulling his feathers out. I had to do that twice. Now he stays far away from me but anyone else is fair game.
 
I have a mean roo myself. What I did I haven't read on here. The first few times he tried to jump me I would hold him down on the ground until he relaxed. I would then get up and leave the pen and he stayed on the ground. After that didn't work any longer I picked him up and started pulling his feathers out. I had to do that twice. Now he stays far away from me but anyone else is fair game.
 

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