Aggressive cream legbar roo

[Mrs. K]

Personally - I have come more and more to the idea that this not a human fault. I think it is genetic, BUT I will say this - I think one needs to look at it from the flip side.

I used to think that the cockerel lost fear and therefore respect from the handling. This caused him to become aggressive.

What I think now, is that people who handle their birds, and look to them as friends and are so deeply disappointed in loosing the friendship, that they post on here, praying for a way to go back to the way it was.

People that never touch their cockerels and I am in the category. I have had many roosters handled this way, and have had three that I culled due to behavior I didn't like. But I never posted about it on here, because there was not the disappointment, I know all along, that some stay in the flock and some do not, and I waited til the bird indicated which way it was going to be. But I didn't feel guilty for my actions toward the bird, how the birds turned out, or for culling the bird.

So to the OP - I don't think it was your fault, it was pre determined. Thank God he did not get an elderly person, my advice, is to remember him fondly, but know you are not going back to that, and cull the bird.

Mrs K

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Personally - I have come more and more to the idea that this not a human fault. I think it is genetic, BUT I will say this - I think one needs to look at it from the flip side.

I used to think that the cockerel lost fear and therefore respect from the handling. This caused him to become aggressive.

What I think now, is that people who handle their birds, and look to them as friends and are so deeply disappointed in loosing the friendship, that they post on here, praying for a way to go back to the way it was.

People that never touch their cockerels and I am in the category. I have had many roosters handled this way, and have had three that I culled due to behavior I didn't like. But I never posted about it on here, because there was not the disappointment, I know all along, that some stay in the flock and some do not, and I waited til the bird indicated which way it was going to be. But I didn't feel guilty for my actions toward the bird, how the birds turned out, or for culling the bird.

So to the OP - I don't think it was your fault, it was pre determined. Thank God he did not get an elderly person, my advice, is to remember him fondly, but know you are not going back to that, and cull the bird.

Mrs K

What a well-thought-out post.

 

[2 Acres]

I never let my rooster close to me not even when he was young except when given treats. I also crate them when I need to handle the hens because they think they all belong to them. Hitting one with stick ,kicking it or and spraying it with water hose brings out the worst in them.Its time to cull him if you can't take care of your flock without being attacked

My extra rooster ticked me off pretty badly at one point. He wouldn't leave the girls alone. When I pinned him down in a choke hold... he got the point.

 

[BlueBaby]

The Crested Cream Legbar rooster I had before went to freezer camp for the same problem of being aggressive.

 

[McChooky]

My extra rooster ticked me off pretty badly at one point. He wouldn't leave the girls alone. When I pinned him down in a choke hold... he got the point.

This guy will take his dads place one day.They are so cute at this age