Agressive Cockerels - What to do?!

[BlazeJester]

You should not keep a rooster that is aggressive toward people or thinks he is alpha over you. He will be a problem for the next person as well unless he is responsible for a 100% free-ranging flock. Do him the favor of sending him to the soup pot. It'll be the best soup ever

 

[Beth K.]

Well, it's decided. We will be sending Gregory off to culinary school in the near future.

Practically speaking, I know it's the right thing, but I'm still kind of sad over it. These are the first birds I've raised and I didn't expect this. Oh well. C'est la vie.

He's such a beautiful bird too.

 

[Beth K.]

Reprieve! Gregory has been behaving so well he's allowed to stay on probation! I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

 

[lbrown]

Walk softly and carry a long stick! I bought 1 Black Aussie roo and 15 hens, that roo turned very protective of the hens. He would attack people or the dogs and try to get into the house through the dogie door. I had to carry a long stick with me every time I went to feed my birds. Not a fun situation to have and the more I tried to become the dominate one in the flock the worse he got. The second time I can home and found his blood all over the dogie door was the day I called a friend that has chickens and we traded roosters. She has a large flock and so she gave me one of hers that was low man on the totem pole at her place and I bought another one that was raised with him. They have gotten along very well together. I think it has a lot to do with the genes of the roosters as to how much they want to fight. As long as one of mine can out run the other life will be fine. They are not really aggressive toward each other just have their pecking order established. My aggressive one is now the low man on the totem pole in his new home and doing fine. I think maybe he knows she told me she had no problem putting him in the cook pot if he did not behave himself.

Good luck with your aggressive one, but I'd sure watch my back. Mine would have days of good behavior and then he change personalities ( a real Dr. Jeckle and Mr. Hyde)

 

[kgdubois]

i am raising my first flock too -- i got REALLY attached to my Cuckoo Marans rooster (Clucky), who was my favorite bird out of my 28 bird flock. i loved him right up to the moment he attacked my two year old son & left a big, bloody scratch & spur hole in his face. i caught Clucky & wrung his neck right then & there. For a month, every time i looked at my son all i could think about is the fact that i had several "warning" attacks from Clucky that i chose to overlook because they were on my or my husband...the guilt i felt was soooo much worse than the pain that i had imagined feeling if i had to kill one of my birds. since then, i have an absolute no aggression policy in place. i cannot imagine feeling that horrible again

 

[The Red Rooster]

I think your only solution is to sell one of the roosters. Craigslist is a good place for that.

Sorry about your situation.

~AnnEilse