Aggressive rooster and small children, really need some answers asap

[Mouthpear]

Incase anyone is wondering. The rooster problem has already been solved. I will say, to the one mocking the "fear" I think that your interpretation of being afraid to go into the coop and mine may be very different. I've had sweet roos before and this boy was not being one. The reason to that has most likely been discovered, but no amount of my own aggression back towards him was going to change the fact that the children weren't safe around him.

I'm not mocking the fear. I just don't think it's rational. When I was being shot at heck I was VERY afraid, I feared for my life. I would never mock rational fears or irrational ones. So I think you are misinterpreting my stance on this issue.

And I not mis interpreting it. " I think that your interpretation of being afraid to go into the coop " You just said being afraid. How am I not getting that right when you yourself keep sayin afraid?

 

[The Happster]

I feel I've gone off the subject a bit. I'm sorry. I hope whatever you choose to do will go well.
I just can't stand the thought of a child getting hurt by a rooster. And that is a very real thing.

 

[Andi-N-drew]

I'm not mocking the fear. I just don't think it's rational. When I was being shot at heck I was VERY afraid, I feared for my life. I would never mock rational fears or irrational ones. So I think you are misinterpreting my stance on this issue.

And I not mis interpreting it. " I think that your interpretation of being afraid to go into the coop " You just said being afraid. How am I not getting that right when you yourself keep sayin afraid?

Your running with some irrational fear of roosters that I may or may not have or that anyone may or may not have. . When in all reality, the boy was standing there mean mugging me behind his little fence when I'm trying to come and feed him with my girls standing there, and I'm thinking , dangit man, hes gonna try to attack again. I'm sorry, I dont want to have to beat him down with a stick or my foot everytime I want to enter their space and never give him my back. That's not why we have him. You do with yours as you will and that's perfectly fine.

 

[Andi-N-drew]

I feel I've gone off the subject a bit. I'm sorry. I hope whatever you choose to do will go well.
I just can't stand the thought of a child getting hurt by a rooster. And that is a very real thing.

It's ok. From what it looks like, this whole thread has gone way off into left field. Hes already been handled. Alive, just to clarify. Just not here.

 

[The Happster]

the boy was standing there mean mugging me behind his little fence

Now I have the mental image of an angry little bantam rooster seething behind a fence.

 

[Andi-N-drew]

Now I have the mental image of an angry little bantam rooster seething behind a fence.

This one was a black copper marans pacing back and forth with his angry little look. But the bantam would make a much better image in my mind

 

[SadieLeigh]

I think i would try to move past the "at first he was so sweet..." thought and find that rooster a new home. I have had nice roosters and super aggressive ones. And i mean super mean. One aggressive went in the stew pot. A hawk finally took out another one. I am not keen on having to keep one wary eye on a rooster while i am tossing out the feed i paid for. Unfortunately for the mean roosters, i rule the roost. No exceptions.

 

[Doggirl08]

Our rooster that we raised from birth, a huge cochin, about 2 1/2 feet tall, estimated, used to attack me, but each time he did, I put my shoe on his back, and pinned him down. It took about 6 months, but now he respects me. My little sisters are still nervous, but it worked out well.I definitely suggest pinning him down, and after you do that, pick him up and pet him. If you are nice to him, and feed him from your hand it can help, or at least it did with my rooster. You can also use a rake as a "Shield" so if he attacks, he will hit the hard rake, not you, but do NOT hit him with it, as it can injue him, or cause himto attack again. Again, you do not have to use my information, I am in no way an expert, I have just gatherd this from 3 years of life with Doodle (The "Problem" Rooster) Our underdog rooster, Jungle, named by my then 5 yr old sister, is sooooooo sweet, but he still bit my sister once, when she tried to pick up his sister, but we don;t blame him. Hope this was helpful!

 

[Mouthpear]

Your running with some irrational fear of roosters that I may or may not have or that anyone may or may not have. .

You do with yours as you will and that's perfectly fine.

Not sure what you mean by that first part. People here have plainly said that they fear them. They themselves said it. Is that what you are talking about?

That second part. Um have a feeling (not feelings) that you are saying that in a mean spirited, passive aggressive way. Like a "You do your thing I'll do mine" Well yeah but I didn't and wasn't asking for help, you did. You asked and I gave my two cents. seems unwarranted. And just to make it absolutely clear, I am not bringing that up to "return the favor" or be snarky, I'm just pointing that up and if you didn't mean it that way you might confirm in either direction.

was he looking at you like this?

 

[Mouthpear]

Definitely, when children are involved, you don't want to take chances. Here are a couple examples of children being injured by roosters. You can find more if you look. There are even reports on some Indian news sites of roosters killing an eight month old child and a two year old. Always better to be safe than sorry in these cases.

https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/90/1/106?download=true

https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2006-03-28/girl-in-hospital-after-rooster-attack/1718040?pfmredir=sm

That first article even says "Injuries caused by rooster attacks have been reported rarely. " I saw that and could have linked it even tho it says it's rare, would actually reaffirm what I'm saying.

Both actually show that it's the same as most things that happen, it happens worse to the very young and the very old.

Can you link to the instance in india? All that keeps showing up is men getting killed by roosters they were using in cock fights.