Aggressive rooster... very..

[FoodKillah]

Facts:

*I have an aggressive 1 year old rooster.
*I have 4 hens living with that rooster since the start.
*The top of the pecking order goes to a hen that is the hen i bought first. (they were 2, 1 died). She may peck the hell out of the rooster and he RUNS away like a silly teenager.

*I have hatched 1 chick that belongs to the rooster (leghorn) and a hen (production red) on 14/February/11
*One month later, i bought two chicks similar size to mine so its not alone.

Issue:

I want to introduce the 3 chicks to the flock and i cant. I moved them outside one month ago, and they lived in a cage 4x4 feet, in my yard, where my flock free range, they see each other all day every day. About two weeks ago, i moved the 3 chicks in a bigger pen 12x16 feet or something, its still in my yard and the chickens all see each other.

I tried 4-5 times, to introduce them. I failed! The first couple of times i just let the chicks out and the rooster attacked anything in his way in rage. One of the times it almost worked, i invited my flock in the bigger pen and throw bread all around the ground so my flock was eating with my chicks. The top hen was staring like a cop, and the flock was eating, then my rooster did the same thing. All of sudden, he attacked the poor chicks.

That rooster, cannot behave. I have done anything that crosses your minds, hold him upside down, hold him on the ground with his eyes closed, take him trips around the yard, take him to places he never was before, isolating him in cardboard boxes. I even made this thing that looked like a silly dance, hold the rooster and swing him back and forth, LOL!!! I have tried and i will try everything of this forum, but i doubt it will work with this beast.

Solutions:

1) Eat the rooster
2) Train the rooster
3) Isolate the rooster for ever

Question:

Too much trouble, he even attacks me, but i kinda love him, he crows and i can hear if something is wrong from the way he crows, few times i found uninvited visitors outside my house just because he crowed in a unregular way.

Am i getting soft? Or am i just admitting i am? Should i just kill that beast that causes trouble and does not let my flock expand? Or should i offer 3 young chicks to my lovely beast?

Need opinions here!!

 

[Two Creeks Farm]

Chicken Soup

 

[FoodKillah]

Quote:
The most part of myself agrees and smiles, then there is a soft side that says "NOoooooo", that side is going to loose the battle!!!

Everyone says how beatyful my rooster is, i wonder, will he make a wonderful dish too..

 

[Mtn Cur]

The rooster isn't the problem. You need to keep them seperated from each other until the chicks become hens and about the same size. Then take the same steps you did prior to the post. I've had chicks, hens, and roosters that never did get accepted into the flock. The flock just wasn't having it.

It's never a good idea to put chicks and full grown hens together, unless the hen hatched the chicks.

 

[FoodKillah]

So you think i should wait until they are grown and then introduce them.. i will give the poor rooster a chance.

When this rooster was a chick, he was getting pecked alot from my -still- top hen... what a circle

 

[BooBear]

Yes either full grown or at the same size as the rest of the flock. Sometimes it takes a while longer to integrate.

 

[azygous]

Why don't you rig up a "panic room" for the chicks with small holes only they can fit through? It can be a small, temporary pen within the run. Put the chicks inside the pen with the pop holes closed for a couple days. Then open the little holes so they can go out, but the larger chickens can't fit through them. Place their food and water inside so they have a place to eat in peace.

With this one little addition, the chicks will learn very quickly to run inside the panic room when chased, and by the time they grow large enough to cope with the larger chickens and the rooster, everyone will have probably gotten used to one another and things will calm down. By the time the chicks are four or five months old, the rooster will be seeing that they serve a better purpose than bullying.

 

[Saltysteele]

i got to thinking..... has anyone tried thunking them on the head?

chickens peck each other on the head to show dominance. i wonder how that would work with a rooster....

i've got a coro X light sussex, but he's a good boy and is very respectful.

my dad has some pretty mean roosters, but i don't get down there enough to keep trying this for a couple days to see if that teaches him i'm dominant.