Aggressive Rooster?

[Shamo Hybrid]

Shamo darling....try being 16 with a scar across your face. Being teased or bullied you end up tired of telling people a Rooster did it to you when you were 6. You make up a lie....like a car accident (something that couldn’t of been prevented) it’s cool to say that. And to this day you hold a deep smoldering resentment and you still cry...when your not being pissed. I say BE RESPONSIBLE as in all things in life protect your children.

Can I see it?

 

[HeiHeisMom]

So I have 12 girls and 3 roosters... Yes I do know eventually I will have to narrow it down to one rooster. Just last week, I noticed the alpha tried to attack my nine yr old daughter for the first time, then my 7yr old son, then my 3yr old daughter. It wasn't an immediate attack, he did that thing that roosters do where they inch their way closer and pick up random inedible things like pebbles until they're close enough to peck you. I reprimanded him each time and shoved him with my foot and he stopped (for the time being).... Then today I went to let them out and he did the same thing to me. This time I yelled really loud at him, stomped my feet and gave him a little kick. He backed off, and tried inching his way closer again.... Then the middle ranking rooster bumped him to the side and gave a little angry sound and stared at him. After that he back off entirely and walked away. So here is my question, do I have an aggressive Rooster on my hands? Can I correct this behavior, or will it just get worse? For reference, the roosters are about 18wks, maybe 19wks, and r mille fleur bantams. Our girls are ISA browns and are 16wks old and almost ready to lay. Is he possibly just raging with newfound hormones cuz he's becoming an adult rooster? Here is a pick of him from 2 wks ago

He's so handsome!
He's just a " normal teenage boy" testing out how far he can push.
Love the Roos!

 

[MissChick@dee]

Can I see it?

Your such a putz....me thinks you’ve had one too many Rooster pecks to the head. Wait that would make you a pecker-head not a putz! My bad.....

 

[Trux]

When my sister in law was about 8 or 9 they had chickens and a Roo. Well the Roo died and their dad got another Roo from someone in the neighborhood and it turned out to be aggressive, but only with her. One day she was in the coop collecting eggs and he went after her, so she complained to her dad, who was doing something else with my wife...his daughter. He heard her complaining and told her to deal with it, so she got a piece of 2x4 and when he come at her again she swung and took his head off. Not meaning to kill the bird but just defending herself. She went and got the bird and brought it to him and said she took care of it, dropped it by his feet and walked away. My wife tells me the look on his face was priceless

 

[MissChick@dee]

Now that’s just bad *ss right there.

 

[Trux]

Your such a putz....me thinks you’ve had one too many Rooster pecks to the head. Wait that would make you a pecker-head not a putz! My bad.....

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

The guy I got them from keeps them in wire cages outside year round. If they need it, I'll supplement heat.

When my sister in law was about 8 or 9 they had chickens and a Roo. Well the Roo died and their dad got another Roo from someone in the neighborhood and it turned out to be aggressive, but only with her. One day she was in the coop collecting eggs and he went after her, so she complained to her dad, who was doing something else with my wife...his daughter. He heard her complaining and told her to deal with it, so she got a piece of 2x4 and when he come at her again she swung and took his head off. Not meaning to kill the bird but just defending herself. She went and got the bird and brought it to him and said she took care of it, dropped it by his feet and walked away. My wife tells me the look on his face was priceless

 

[LRH97]

I do think the other roos will be worth trying out. Keep in mind, if this bully roo was/is the "top" roo, the others may lose their more mellow disposition as the pecking order adjusts. As Folly's place said, roos need to respect your space. These are really the best you can have. I know people who have tried to tame them when they're young, because young cockerels are usually pretty friendly and confident, and they turned out aggressive because they have absolutely no boundaries. Not saying you shouldn't do this, but I think sometimes the hand-taming process does more harm than good with roos. A good roo gets out of your way and recognizes that you're the boss. He shouldn't really even have to be reminded of it. That being said, I think going around kicking the feathers off your birds to put him in their place doesn't really help and prolongs the situation. It's not something I have to put up with with my 8 roos, nor would I. An aggressive roo should be culled, not passed on to someone else to keep in their flock. If he is to be sold, you should note the aggression and sell him to someone looking to butcher. Once you find a good, even-tempered roo (which you may already have) hang on to him. If he asserts himself as "top" he'll do a good job of keeping the younger boys in line as well.

 

[Momma*chicken]

He's so handsome!
He's just a " normal teenage boy" testing out how far he can push.
Love the Roos!

Thanks! Yes he is quite gorgeous and has matured even more since the pic... I will be sad to get rid of him , but I if this is his personality and it can't b broken, then he has to go... Can't keep all 3 anyway. His brothers r quite handsome too

 

[Momma*chicken]

Does anyone know at what age mille fleur bantam roosters r fully grown? When they r, do they get spurs?