Aggressive rooster

[Bantam Trick Chickens]

I'm not going to bother with advice for the OP. Some people learn and others never do.
All these agressive rooster posts get responses from the know nothing ignorant brigade. I just don't have the patience for them anymore.
I just wanted to write I'm impressed with your rooster training and I agree that clothing and footware can make a difference in rooster training. In fact I don't disagree with much of anything you've written.
Love your video. Make some more and post them please. They are not what I do with roosters but you're a long way ahead of most.

Thank you! I have more videos on their channel if you'ld like to see them. I am trying to show people that chickens can be trained, just like dogs. I also find that chicken training can solve many behavioral issues that are caused by boredom as it provides mental stimulation. I think more people should train chickens as it is a lovely activity and after a while they will enjoy it and look forward to it every day. It also strengthens bonds and makes chickens easier to tame. The egyptian fayoumi I mentioned earlier was pecking the aumericana till she'd bleed. After training the problem completely disappeared.

 

[Angileen]

I am not buying what you are selling

If he is Old English Game Bantam (OEGB), then he has very little recent fighting chicken in him. Normally, I would not think the OEGB's are not all that smart, but you have something special going on with that little dude. At what age did you start his training?

Chickens are not dumb animals like so many people think.

 

[Bantam Trick Chickens]

I can train even aggressive males. Not always to not be aggressive to humans, but I can train them. When comes to suppressing the aggression, it often more an issue of how much time to invest. Bantam Trick Chicks appears to follow very closely what I do to prevent aggression from starting in the first place. Interesting she comes to same conclusion after dealing with only a few roosters.

I just thought Id mention I had 11 roos when I was 10. I raised them myself and they were the sweetest birds. One of them attacked me once, gave me a peck to the lip. My reaction was nothing and, unknowingly, I showed him I didn't care that he pecked me and he never pecked me again. That was my first experience with chickens and when I was 11 I hatched Lucky and Miracle, the oegb I have now. I will confess I do not have much experience with chickens, but I have learned to understand them quite well.

 

[centrarchid]

I just thought Id mention I had 11 roos when I was 10. I raised them myself and they were the sweetest birds. One of them attacked me once, gave me a peck to the lip. My reaction was nothing and, unknowingly, I showed him I didn't care that he pecked me and he never pecked me again. That was my first experience with chickens and when I was 11 I hatched Lucky and Miracle, the oegb I have now. I will confess I do not have much experience with chickens, but I have learned to understand them quite well.

Still not that many. You learned a lot with a small number in short amount of time. Impressive.

 

[Shadrach]

Thank you! I have more videos on their channel if you'ld like to see them. I am trying to show people that chickens can be trained, just like dogs. I also find that chicken training can solve many behavioral issues that are caused by boredom as it provides mental stimulation. I think more people should train chickens as it is a lovely activity and after a while they will enjoy it and look forward to it every day. It also strengthens bonds and makes chickens easier to tame. The egyptian fayoumi I mentioned earlier was pecking the aumericana till she'd bleed. After training the problem completely disappeared.

You might enjoy this article. It wont, I think teach you much, it looks like you've got the important stuff sorted. It may give some insight on a different keeping arrangement with multiple roosters.
Love Fayumies.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/understanding-your-rooster.75056/

 

[centrarchid]

Somewhere I have some videos from a few years back where I purposely trained a rooster to be aggressive. I simply did what many people do when walking among the chickens to get him started. I pushed him out of the way and even chased him and not very hard, Then with putting items in his face he got more aggressive. Getting him to back out of the behavior took so long I tired of trying to film it. He did eventually quit, but it would have been easier to raise another to replace him.

He was not set off by color red.

 

[Bantam Trick Chickens]

Chickens are not dumb animals like so many people think.

Chickens are very quick learners and I'll give an example right here:
My roo attacked some gardening gloves once until his spurs twisted off (my dad was wearing them and did not remove them after he attacked). A few months later I was wearing the same gloves and he attacked. I decided to show them what they were. I stuck out my hand and let him prepare to attack and did nothing. He attacked twice and never attacked again.

 

[Bantam Trick Chickens]

You might enjoy this article. It wont, I think teach you much, it looks like you've got the important stuff sorted. It may give some insight on a different keeping arrangement with multiple roosters.
Love Fayumies.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/understanding-your-rooster.75056/

Unfortunately I had to give them away. They became favorites in their town because they were the nicest chicken anybody had ever seen. People would bring them table scraps just to see them line up on the fence. Once the owners found out they were roosters, they gave them away again, I do not know what happened after that.
I have read the article and I think it is very interesting!

 

[Bantam Trick Chickens]

Somewhere I have some videos from a few years back where I purposely trained a rooster to be aggressive. I simply did what many people do when walking among the chickens to get him started. I pushed him out of the way and even chased him and not very hard, Then with putting items in his face he got more aggressive. Getting him to back out of the behavior took so long I tired of trying to film it. He did eventually quit, but it would have been easier to raise another to replace him.

He was not set off by color red.

That is an interesting story!

 

[cmom]

You can train chickens with treats. If they do what you want them to do you give them a treat and if they don't, no treat. Surprisingly they catch on with their tiny brains. I have had very few birds, male and female, that have been aggressive and didn't want to be broken of the bad behavior. I would like to share one of my experiences. I had one male that was aggressive but he had a tough start. I was going to eat him but a fellow contacted me about a male of one of the breeds I raise. The fellow wanted this certain breed, a RC RIW. This was the only male I had that I would part with. I was going to either eat him or give him to this fellow. I told him the birds story, that he was a young male bird that had been beaten up by other males birds, until I saved him and took care of him and his injuries and he was well again. Then he started coming up behind me and try to spur me. The he did it to my DH. I told the fellow he could have him and he took him. The bird had a bad start so maybe it traumatized him and affected his brain. I think oftentimes it depends too on the tendencies of certain breeds over others, but not in his case. Just my opinion.