Aggressive rooster

[Twilia]

Roo aggression is natural and common.
I have learned that every situation is unique.
There is not "one-advice-works".
I obviously am a radical from the normal thinking levels.

Re-training does work, roo can and do change, and culling isn't the only option.
You know your roo, the set-up, and experience. I trust you will do the best thing for your situation. The key is understanding, him. I do this all the flipping time.

Check out these awesome articles based on real experience and analysis:

Understanding Your Rooster.

The reader needs to be aware that these observations and conclusions are taken from a particular chicken keeping arrangement which was conceived to be as close as practicable to the living arrangements of the chickens' ancestors, the jungle fowl, in order to study the chicken's natural behavior...

• Shadrach
• Jun 6, 2019
• 4.86 star(s) 90 ratings
• Comments: 36
• Reviews: 76
• Category: Maintaining A Healthy Flock

Understanding Your Rooster.

The reader needs to be aware that these observations and conclusions are taken from a particular chicken keeping arrangement which was conceived to be as close as practicable to the living arrangements of the chickens' ancestors, the jungle fowl, in order to study the chicken's natural behavior...

• Shadrach
• Jun 6, 2019
• 4.86 star(s) 90 ratings
• Comments: 36
• Reviews: 76
• Category: Maintaining A Healthy Flock

I feel anyone with a roo should read these, before.
Please comment or share. If you need any further help, feel free to PM me

_Twilia;-)

 

[NorthFLChickenChick]

Just thought I'd chime in as an empathetic, relatable and self-proclaimed enabler/victim of rooster aggression. I had two different flocks of hens in two different states before I got my first rooster...and as my flock started to expand from 10 to 20, and transformed from containment to free range; having a rooster was a necessity on the half acre that we've dedicated to our birds. The first two were unexpected, two silkies, one of which we had to rehome because he became evil to my girls and his bro overnight. That was a tough call to make, but we were lucky that he was young and adorable and our breeder found him a happy home. Our little blue boy, Dixie is a great alarm sounder and rounds up the girls every night, but he's just a tiny little guy, Mama needed her big tough predator deterrent, so we adopted a Production Blue Cockerel when he was about 8wks old, my daughter named him Trackhawk after her favorite truck, but the name fit his purpose. He goes by "Tracker" now, and soon became a hotshot w the ladies, and as you can see below, was an adorable boy who grew into a beautiful hunk of a Rooster. We had a new clutch of week old-chicks in the brooder when we bought Tracker, two of which also became Roos...Keith Richards and Ziggy Stardust, easy to pick out below. Other than some mild sibling rivalry between Keith and Ziggy, the Roos have behaved themselves as far as sharing the 24 hens they have to manage on our humble homestead. They have plenty of room for roaming as well as two coops and a large run when bedtime comes along. It wasn't until sometime around December that Tracker decided that he didn't like...ME. At first I thought it was my red sloggers. They were the first target for him to charge at...and I even patronized him by getting a new pair of neural gray, matte boots, but that changed nothing w his aversion towards me. In fact, when my daughter started wearing my old boots, it didn't bother him a bit. Like the original poster, I have a collection of scabs, bruises and yesterday he caught me in the lip. It took everything in me and my daughter to hold my husband back from turning him into dinner. other than his aggression towards me, he's a large presence in the yard and we've had no hawk attacks...only a bobcat, which I'm not faulting him with...we took care of that w an electric fence. I've started carrying a super soaker to squirt at him when he gets near me, but I think he actually likes it in this Florida heat. I've tried every tactic in the books to show him who's boss, but in his mind...ITS HIS WORLD. If anyone has any suggestions other than BBQ/Deep fry, I'm open

 

[Rose the Legbar]

Just thought I'd chime in as an empathetic, relatable and self-proclaimed enabler/victim of rooster aggression. I had two different flocks of hens in two different states before I got my first rooster...and as my flock started to expand from 10 to 20, and transformed from containment to free range; having a rooster was a necessity on the half acre that we've dedicated to our birds. The first two were unexpected, two silkies, one of which we had to rehome because he became evil to my girls and his bro overnight. That was a tough call to make, but we were lucky that he was young and adorable and our breeder found him a happy home. Our little blue boy, Dixie is a great alarm sounder and rounds up the girls every night, but he's just a tiny little guy, Mama needed her big tough predator deterrent, so we adopted a Production Blue Cockerel when he was about 8wks old, my daughter named him Trackhawk after her favorite truck, but the name fit his purpose. He goes by "Tracker" now, and soon became a hotshot w the ladies, and as you can see below, was an adorable boy who grew into a beautiful hunk of a Rooster. We had a new clutch of week old-chicks in the brooder when we bought Tracker, two of which also became Roos...Keith Richards and Ziggy Stardust, easy to pick out below. Other than some mild sibling rivalry between Keith and Ziggy, the Roos have behaved themselves as far as sharing the 24 hens they have to manage on our humble homestead. They have plenty of room for roaming as well as two coops and a large run when bedtime comes along. It wasn't until sometime around December that Tracker decided that he didn't like...ME. At first I thought it was my red sloggers. They were the first target for him to charge at...and I even patronized him by getting a new pair of neural gray, matte boots, but that changed nothing w his aversion towards me. In fact, when my daughter started wearing my old boots, it didn't bother him a bit. Like the original poster, I have a collection of scabs, bruises and yesterday he caught me in the lip. It took everything in me and my daughter to hold my husband back from turning him into dinner. other than his aggression towards me, he's a large presence in the yard and we've had no hawk attacks...only a bobcat, which I'm not faulting him with...we took care of that w an electric fence. I've started carrying a super soaker to squirt at him when he gets near me, but I think he actually likes it in this Florida heat. I've tried every tactic in the books to show him who's boss, but in his mind...ITS HIS WORLD. If anyone has any suggestions other than BBQ/Deep fry, I'm open

Honestly, having a kid around an already known aggressive rooster is scary. Yes he turned on you one day, but what if he turns on your kid. Drawing blood is absolutely not good for a rooster to be doing. Yes it is his world and his girls, however you are who feeds him and he should not bite the hand that feeds him.

 

[NorthFLChickenChick]

Honestly, having a kid around an already known aggressive rooster is scary. Yes he turned on you one day, but what if he turns on your kid. Drawing blood is absolutely not good for a rooster to be doing. Yes it is his world and his girls, however you are who feeds him and he should not bite the hand that feeds him.

Believe me, I hear you. My 'kid' is 21y/o though, and since she coddled him since he was 8wks old (yes, carrying him around like a baby, giving him special treats while mama was doing the heavy lifting)...he loves her.

 

[Rose the Legbar]

Believe me, I hear you. My 'kid' is 21y/o though, and since she coddled him since he was 8wks old (yes, carrying him around like a baby, giving him special treats while mama was doing the heavy lifting)...he loves her.

Ah, I was meaning more of under 12 I would keep an eye on him though. He may grow out of it or he may not.

 

[NorthFLChickenChick]

Ah, I was meaning more of under 12 I would keep an eye on him though. He may grow out of it or he may not.

Yeah he's just about a year-old right now. I will say one thing that's notable about the social dynamics of my flock with Tracker's naughty behavior towards Mama...when he starts up his acting out, particularly in the morning when I'm filling up their feeders, some of my OG girls (original hens from over 2 yrs ago...as opposed to the two starlight green Eggers who I bought along with him from the breeder so he wouldn't feel isolated and look to him as a big brother..and the three chocolate Orpingtons who immediately became his groupie home girls and are stuck to him like glue)...my OGs start to bawk buh bawk at the big boy, as if scolding him when he's naughty...and my other Roos, even my wee little Silkie boy, take turns running up and drop kicking Tracker in his saddle feathers, of course, not sticking around to finish the job, bc he'd destroy them...but the chivalry and support from my girls is awful sweet