Aggressive rooster

[SurferchickinSB]

Thank you!
We all enjoyed him until he went after my son then me and is now much worse.
I always pet him and things like. Now I don’t know what is happening and i feel very bad

Yes, you will feel bad for a little bit, but if he blinds your son or any of your friends, you’ll feel bad for the rest of your life! Sometimes you just have to choose the lesser of two evils. You will feel bad, but as you enjoy yourself more around your flock, those bad feelings will go away.It’s OK to feel sad.

 

[getaclue]

First off, I'd like to mention something. Roosters can hurt a lot, and do some damage. It's fine, and dandy for a human to protect themselves, even kicking one that is attacking. Trying to ward off an attack by throwing something at them, is fine, if need be. Protecting yourself is NOT animal abuse.

In my experience, since I have 3 grands that live with me, when you get, and have kept it under control for awhile, it's easy to introduce children into the picture. I began taking one of them into the coop with me, each day, having them follow behind me. I explained that I did not run around, or play around in the coop. They walked behind me as I approached the rooster first thing, getting him to move out of my way. I explained what we were doing, and why we were doing it. Next we headed into the coop, did water, food, and collected eggs. I did this with each one for several days each. Because the children were behind me, like a hen does her chicks, the rooster seemed to catch on quickly that the new creature behind me was special and protected by me. One day, I told the first one to go on into the coop, and get eggs, while I stood there watching. Nobody in the flock really paid any attention to them. I entered, did the feed, and water, and we exited, going to the next pen. Within a couple weeks the flock was fine with the kids. The older two, (oldest is 8, middle one is 5) can go into the coops by themselves, and there has never been a problem. I still don't let the 3 year old go in by herself, but she handles herself pretty good in the coop, and there has never even been close to an incident.

 

[SurferchickinSB]

First off, I'd like to mention something. Roosters can hurt a lot, and do some damage. It's fine, and dandy for a human to protect themselves, even kicking one that is attacking. Trying to ward off an attack by throwing something at them, is fine, if need be. Protecting yourself is NOT animal abuse.

In my experience, since I have 3 grands that live with me, when you get, and have kept it under control for awhile, it's easy to introduce children into the picture. I began taking one of them into the coop with me, each day, having them follow behind me. I explained that I did not run around, or play around in the coop. They walked behind me as I approached the rooster first thing, getting him to move out of my way. I explained what we were doing, and why we were doing it. Next we headed into the coop, did water, food, and collected eggs. I did this with each one for several days each. Because the children were behind me, like a hen does her chicks, the rooster seemed to catch on quickly that the new creature behind me was special and protected by me. One day, I told the first one to go on into the coop, and get eggs, while I stood there watching. Nobody in the flock really paid any attention to them. I entered, did the feed, and water, and we exited, going to the next pen. Within a couple weeks the flock was fine with the kids. The older two, (oldest is 8, middle one is 5) can go into the coops by themselves, and there has never been a problem. I still don't let the 3 year old go in by herself, but she handles herself pretty good in the coop, and there has never even been close to an incident.

That is great that you are able to work with your animals like that. I do the same and have my dogs and chickens together and there is never any problem, but not everybody has the time or experience to do that, so it’s sort of sounds like more of a risk for her.

 

[gimmie birdies]

I inherited a rooster from a chicken friend one time. She gave it to me because it attacked her grandson. At my coop right off it tried it one time, and I did the pick up thing. It didn't attack me after that.

I do have to apologize, I have the luxury of no small children/grandkids, and an obscene amount of time to spend with my birds. So the roosters see me, a lot during the day. Not everyone's situation or experience with a rooster is the same. Don't give up on all roosters.

Another thing I would like to say is the roosters do settle down it seems when they start to really breed with the hens. Make'm less grumpy...go figure.

 

[Folly's place]

I'll make this very short, you've had lots of advice already.
Beekissed's article is excellent, IMO. BUT even if your convince this rooster to behave around you, this doesn't transfer to other humans. He's going to be dangerous, especially for short people, like children.
I've had many cockerels and cock birds over the decades, and the human aggressive boys just aren't worth keeping! 'Raising them right' is important, but genetics matters a lot.
A bird who attacks the giants who bring food is an idiot and needs to be out of the gene pool anyway.
Mary

 

[gimmie birdies]

Human aggressive boys are not worth keeping..... I agree! Ha, ha. currently I am saving a BO rooster. he just stands there as I scratch his chest. I also have 3 LO hens so he is a good keep. (I am not breeding for pures, just for me.)

 

[busymomof4]

Thank you all for your help and replies!
Ge sealed his fate tonight.
I went out again, went in strong willed not afraid! Well after about 30 seconds he was even more aggressive than yesterday. Really jumping up at me with wings spread!
I ran out of the run and he continued to try to peck at me through the fence.
My fiancée says he went out today picked him up with no issues and had a heart to heart!
Heart to heart my butt!
He is going into chicken jail tomorrow! My fiancé is putting him in a large dog crate with food and water in the coop until a guy we know will take him and cull him.
At this point i don’t feel bad at all.

 

[gimmie birdies]

k, if you eat him, don't put food in his pen, poop-y during cull, and wait a day after death before eating, freezing, let him go through rigamortis first., or meat will be tough. I am sorry you have to...

 

[getaclue]

Sorry it didn't work out for you, and your fellow. Don't give up. There are good roosters out there.

 

[getaclue]

There is one more method that was posted by a BYC member.
Okay so here is the story....

we have an EE roo who is a little over a year old. His name is Deville and he is my DD's boy. We have 28 girls of various breeds and one is especially loud...Ruby, our red cochin hen.

So, Ruby is a screamer...she screams just to scream at you. She screams to be picked up, she screams being picked up, she screams being held and she screams being put down, so you get the picture.

A few months ago, DD picks Ruby up who of course screams bloody murder. Deville charges DD. Well it startled DD that her baby was charging her, she screamed and ran. Well that did it. Mr. Deville got the idea he could chase her and flap his wings on her legs (never used his feet at all) whenever she went into the run. So, she tried various methods to stop the behavior.

she tried grabbing him and carrying him around like a baby to humiliate him in front of his women. She tried pancaking him flat to the ground and holding him there in front of his women. His behavior got a bit better in that he stopped openly charging her and he would wait for her to turn her back and try the sneak attack. Deville did this to no one else, only DD. So, here is what when happened when she broke him of it.

She goes into the run and is playing with the girls and Deville charged her when she went to leave. She came to the house carrying the large metal feeder pan we use for water in their run, she puts a big squeeze of my dishwashing liquid in it and turns to go to the run. She grabs the hose, squirts the water in there and gets it all bubbly and waits. I have this wonderful hand conditioning lavender scented dishwashing liquid which is now a huge bubble bath in the chicken run.

She turns to walk into the coop and Deville charges her. I heard her yell "Oh no you don't", she grabs him and chucks him into the bubbles. She proceeds to give him a bubble bath. I meanwhile am about to wet myself laughing and watching this fiasco. The rooster is having a fit trying to get away, she is giving him a bubble bath and the girls are all walking in circles around the scene and I swear my ducks were laughing! So, the scene continues with this bath, the entire time my DD is talking to her misbehaving rooster...

"You will behave yourself or I will make the girls ashamed to have you around buddy"

rooster: raaaaaaaaaaawwwwwkkkkkkkkkkkk

"Shut it! You will behave yourself and stop this nonsense"

rooster: *splash splash* raaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwkkkkk

Then she began hosing him down to rinse him off! Meanwhile...I have nearly completely lost my mind laughing and watching this.

she let's him go, wet, in shock and the girls were all backing away from him as my DD rinsed out the little bubble bath and turned to leave. Mr. Deville turned away from her...not even thinking about charging her.

It has been a couple of weeks and no further attacks have occurred. She tells him constantly "You so much as think about it and it will be another girly bubble bath for you and next time you get the blow dry treatment!"

So, keep this tactic in mind if you have rowdy roo...a girly bubble bath could cure yours too.

I am sorry I was laughing too hard to go get the camera and even begin to try to hold it steady for pictures of this bath. LOL