10month old Attack Rooster

[andreanar]

Ive always wondered why roosters sometimes attack 1 person and not another. We had 2 of them once and the main roo would go after my sister, but never come at me.

 

[cluckintexan]

I have a Leghorn cockerel and he's only a few months old. He had gotten progressively more aggressive as he's gotten older. After reading through this thread, I have wondered if I wear red quite a bit, which I think I do, because he's more aggressive some days than others. He knows I'm way bigger than he is, so he rarely runs toward me when I'm facing him. He waits till I'm bent over doing something or walking out of the yard before he starts running at me. I'm thinking he's going to continue being an issue. I let my birds out daily into the back yard to run around and eat, but he's started running at whoever comes out to put them away. It's nothing new, I've been letting them out for over a month. And he just keeps getting more aggressive. I can't ignore the behavior because my 4 year old likes to follow me, and while I could probably stand there and ignore him she will not. He scared the crap out of her the other day. I am working with her on staying on the porch, but in the mean time, I have to keep my eyes on all the birds and her.

 

[adlynch]

x2! While he's attacking you, he's not thinking about protecting his flock from hawks or anything else. Stupid! The fighting bird people have it nailed; human aggression is separate from interbird or flock protection behavior genetically. In fact, it seem that those three behaviors are wired differently in their TINY little brains. That's why training only goes so far in modifying rooster behavior, (and their testicles are bigger than their brains, anyway). Mary

Not sure who or what you are referring to as "stupid", but thanks for the advice!

 

[adlynch]

I definitely second this post. Lots of people think that aggression "fixes" an aggressive rooster which I believe is totally wrong. You have to think in terms of pecking order and act like roosters do when they are trying to establish their dominance. Centrarchid advise is very good.

Last night when I went to put everyone up, I was confident and just walked towards him and he stepped off to the side and didn't bother me. I'll keep working in my confidence and hopefully that will solve the problem!

 

[MrsAuberry00]

Even though my husband says we aren't keeping our cockerel, I've gotten a lot of good advice from this thread in how to begin treating him as well as how to treat him as a roo if he sticks around.

 

[Folly's place]

Not sure who or what you are referring to as "stupid", but thanks for the advice!

The bird is an idiot, attacking any human. Mary