Aggressive Rooster, But He’s Not Mine

[BelovedBirds]

I understand the motivation but you can't just kill someone else's animal without their knowledge or permission

Even if you wanna do that, which I feel is wrong, the brother could just go and get another problem rooster. This is his first flock (I think?) and he needs to learn
Leave it to him to look after the rooster and let him learn

He's been warned, that's really all you can do right now

 

[NorthwoodsChick]

No, he does. But I’m the one in the family with “chicken experience”. He’s brand new basically. Every time I mention that the rooster is aggressive he says “No he’s not… awww sweet Solomon!” And everyone else defends him as well (most of which are clueless about chickens).

Make him a deal. You will continue to help with his poultry IF he (and the others) spend 3 days (each on a rotation) with you to learn (and witness). three people, 3 days is all it will take. Maybe less if Solomon is in a particularly horrible turd-ish mood

 

[TinyRaptorDodos]

This is an old thread but what I would do is get a video of the rooster attacking you, if he still denies after you show him that video could say you won’t be able to help him anymore… the rooster is definitely very pretty but with that agression he’s no good, could at some point send someone to get stitches if they just so happen to have shorts or thin pants, those types of roosters terrify me and go straight to a swap meet as meat or for people who are more experienced with agressive roosters and do not have kids… if they are mine that is.
I do think taking someone else’s rooster does not sound right even if it’s unsafe for him to stay, if he keeps him it is the owners choice and he will eventually find out he cannot handle that rooster.
When I first saw this I thought it could be a rooster puberty thing but looking at him… he’s long out of the hormonal rooster phase

 

[LaFleche]

Don't give any more advice, just withdraw yourself from the situation and let your brother deal with his chickens and the related chores himself, including the collection of eggs.

 

[MrsNorthie]

My brother’s rooster is extremely aggressive. He even stares me down from across the yard while in the run. He’s only 4-5 months old.
When I collected eggs for my brother this afternoon, he came in the coop with his hackles up and tried to flog me when I pushed him away. This isn’t the first time he’s been excessively aggressive either.

BUT…. here’s the problem. He ain’t my rooster. If he were mine, he’d be soup already. But my brother defends him like he’s a little innocent baby. His name is Solomon (and yes, he has many wives).
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He looks like our Spud. For the most part, Spud is very friendly with us, he is middle of the the pecking order of our 3 remaining roosters. I pick them up regularly, they were all handled quite a bit when they were little fluff balls and their brooder was in my office so I talked to them all day while I was working, when not on a call. When any of the boys start to get too big for their britches, I grab a hold of them and remind them that I am still bigger than they are and give them a cuddle.

Maybe grab him by his legs and pick him up and put him on his back while holding his legs, when he submits, give him belly rubs. If he is gentle with the hens, he may be just trying to show you that he is there to protect them. If he remains hostile, I would tell your brother to go collect his own eggs.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

Time for an update.

They still have the rooster he’s still aggressive to me when I visit, and when I push him away that makes him “attack”, sort of.

Now there’s another problem. My brother has started letting broody hens hatch eggs. He got 3 survivors from the first hatch (which are now about 8ish weeks old, two pullets and a cockerel) and another 14 eggs are do to hatch this week.

He doesn’t free range his chickens, and he’s planning on keeping both roosters. This next hatch is more than likely going to bring at least a few more boys onto the scene, and I’m not sure what his plans are for them.

Right now he has:

2 cockerels (Solomon and the “baby”)
6 juvenile pullets
9 “mature” pullets (laying eggs and everything, but not a year old yet)

Is keeping both roosters in this situation a good idea?

 

[LaFleche]

Don't give any more advice, just withdraw yourself from the situation and let your brother deal with his chickens and the related chores himself, including the collection of eggs.

As I said earlier, let him do his own thing and learn by making his own mistakes.

As he is not willing to listen to you or take any advice from you, just stay out of it.

 

[Ruby Rogue]

2 cockerels (Solomon and the “baby”)
6 juvenile pullets
9 “mature” pullets (laying eggs and everything, but not a year old yet)

Is keeping both roosters in this situation a good idea?

It would be fine to keep both roosters, but...
His run would need to be improved unless he plans on free ranging most of the time. If he is keeping them confined for protection then well, there are too many issues to count with his current setup. And I think he should sell any new chicks that hatch, and not let any more broodies hatch eggs. All you can do is advise.

 

[Meadow Feathers Coop]

I have a very aggressive rooster as well
I’ve learned to just arm myself. Now over some time he’ll back off or just be nice

 

[Paz]

The law is: if each cock has 8 hens for himself, then there's no problem. But he chicken yard does seem to be too small for the amount of birds which you described.