Aggressive pet rooster

[Garjzla]

In reality, many times, nothing that you could have done might have prevented him from becoming aggressive. It is sometimes in their genes. That is why it was mentioned above to cull him to prevent him from passing on his genes to the next generation. In all honesty, I don't see someone wanting to knowingly take in an aggressive rooster. But to be honest, he doesn't really need to be a "Pet" in the same sense as you've allowed him to be. He needs a superior. The only way to really solve that issue will be to find someone with a top rooster who will take this rooster down a notch or two. I had to do that last year with a roo who was starting to show signs of aggression. Once I gave him away, he was no longer the top rooster and he learned real quick that the main rooster on that mini-farm wouldn't allow him to behave in the same way he was accustomed to.

With your next rooster, try to baby him less. Keep the line between you (being the alpha) and him (being the beta) very clear.

ADD: You never said how old he is. It could be hormones acting up. In either case, he needs to be taken down off his high perch.

Okay, thank you. I really just can't cull him, I don't have even 1% of the guts to do it, I am strictly no chicken at the very least. And yes...Sadly I do fall victim of babying all my chickens, the hens just turn out to be adorable, sweet spoiled hens/brats but I guess with roosters it's different. Does that mean turn him in to someone who will get a fighting rooster to tone him down? Because I can't have him be a subject to a abused fighting rooster! But if you mean just give him to someone with a more dominant rooster, that is a good idea.

He's about a year and a half old or so, more or less.

 

[JadedPhoenix]

No, you don't turn him over to someone to fight him. For one, it is against the law. Another, it is against the rules here to talk about fighting them. For his age, he should have mellowed down after the teenage craze so he is likely to only get worse if he is this bad at this point. There isn't really any good ways to rehabilitate. Just let him go and unless you are breeding your hens, I'd steer clear of any more roosters. Enjoy your hens instead.

 

[Garjzla]

No, you don't turn him over to someone to fight him. For one, it is against the law. Another, it is against the rules here to talk about fighting them. For his age, he should have mellowed down after the teenage craze so he is likely to only get worse if he is this bad at this point. There isn't really any good ways to rehabilitate. Just let him go and unless you are breeding your hens, I'd steer clear of any more roosters. Enjoy your hens instead.

I had no idea it was against the law, and that it wasn't allowed to talk about! Man! Well, I can't be mad about it, it's bad to fight anything.


Hmm, well, I'll see how he is tomorrow. He probably regrets lunging at me from the coop because now he's in a cage in the pen away from his hens. I feel terrible for him, though! The poor baby is probably scared to death, I wish I could bring him inside. That's what my mom suggested, and said if I wanted more chickens that I'd just have to buy some, but I have someone who wants eggs so I at LEAST won't stop breeding until he gets them!
Thank you for helping and not just suggesting me to slaughter him right away.

 

[JadedPhoenix]

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Good luck, just know that aggressive roosters are notoriously hard to break, even slightly. In any case, I'd never fully trust him. Plus, animals don't feel shame in the same way we as people do. In fact, they feel few emotions that we do. As I've said in my first post, we can't attribute human emotions to our animals. They just aren't wired for them.

 

[Garjzla]

Good luck, just know that aggressive roosters are notoriously hard to break, even slightly. In any case, I'd never fully trust him. Plus, animals don't feel shame in the same way we as people do. In fact, they feel few emotions that we do. As I've said in my first post, we can't attribute human emotions to our animals. They just aren't wired for them.

Okay. Thank you. He really is handsome, so it's a shame he has to go, but looks aren't everything.


He was looking at something, this was when he was a sweet little boy.