Are all roosters mean?

[PipiOli]

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Well we have our flock as out pets in backyard, enjoying the eggs but I could never kill any of them for dinner... unless the world is coming to end and I need to feed my dogs...;-) hihi

He was euthanized to protect the Delaware lines since they are endangered anyway; the worst thing to do is perpetuate an inferior line when they are on the brink of extinction as it is. And, in some sense, the scenario you described just may not be too far off anyway. Times are getting tough all over.

Just remember, aggressive roosters breed aggressive sons. No reason to do that, not ever.

we are not breeding. We keep them as pets only. Therefore i won't cook him ;-)

 

[speckledhen]

Your choice, if you keep him. If you rehome him, you're giving someone else a dangerous animal that hopefully, they can manage. A Silkie isn't much of an attack chicken anyway, but a Delaware or one as large as my 14 lb blue Orp can do some damage, especially to a child. Have to be careful, then.

 

[galanie]

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That's exactly how I feel about it. Darned if I'm going to sink all that time and feed into one just to adorn someone else's table!

 

[Redcatcher]

I have only had two roosters that have actually attacked me in the past 20 years and one of those was about 85% blind. The other is a very timid Ameraucan rooster that was driven away by his flock so I'd label that as fear aggression. These roosters are non confrontational and tend to get you when you have your back turned to them and/or are walking away. The worst attack I ever had was by a broody Ameraucana hen. I picked up one of her chicks. I was sitting and she flew up my back and shoulders while hammering me with her feet along with beak holds. She drew some blood.

 

[PipiOli]

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Yeah, that's exactly what he does. When you turn his back or walk away. I don't know how to determine if he is blind. I think he sees ok.
I will try to carry him more often and stop pushing him away with shovel so he doesn't become more people aggressive.

 

[flowerchicks]

I had a very mean black silkie rooster. He would charge and flog every chance he got, I still have scars from him on my legs. I tried everything suggested to make him nice, I carried him, I sprayed him with water, I used a broom. Nothing worked, until....... Last spring (mean rooster was a year old) I purchased what I was hoping was an 8 wk old gray silkie pullet. But, pullet turned cockerel, which turned roo. I also hatched out a soon to be rooster last summer (son of mean rooster). Somehow, my sweet, timid little gray silkie rooster took over the role of HEAD rooster. It literally happened almost overnight. Mean rooster, became bottom of the pecking order rooster. My silkie and mean roosters son would chase him all over the yard. He has not shown aggression since. He is easily handled and actually pretty nice. My sweet gray silkie has never shown any aggression to anyone but mean rooster. I had to re-home mean silkies son, but he was the sweetest chicken I had. I loved him. He loved to be held and would fall asleep in your lap. So, there is hope. I understand you not wanting to eat your pet, even if he is mean. Try getting a nice cockerel or rooster that can knock him out of the top spot. It's the position of power that makes them aggressive. At least for mine. Good luck

 

[PipiOli]

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Hi

that's a great story. I wish that's what I could do but the problem is that we might be buying a house in the city and you cannot have rooster in the city. So I will need to get rid of him.
He is black silkie too.
Any chance you might want to rehome him? Since your other rooster tamed your mean one?

 

[Cetawin]

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Well we have our flock as out pets in backyard, enjoying the eggs but I could never kill any of them for dinner... unless the world is coming to end and I need to feed my dogs...;-) hihi

So are hers. She loves her birds too pieces. But she is right...a mean rooster needs to meet the freezer. Why? Even a silkie rooster can do damage....not just scratches or bites, losing an eye is also a possibility.



I have or have had roosters in every size except Gigantic from small sit in your palm sized to 13 lbs Orpingtons...there is absolutely no need whatsoever in tolerating a mean or human aggressive rooster. I love my boys more than you can imagine but if they ever turned mean or turned on me, they would be gone before the sun set that very night. A rooster should be alert, watchful, look out for his girls, protect his girls and sacrifice himself if necessary to protect them...that is what they are genetically designed to do...a good rooster does all of that and yet should allow you to do whatever you want or need to do to his girls or himself without becoming aggressive. Watchful...yes aggressive...no.

Do not try to rehome your little meanie unless you fully disclose that he is mean, what he does, when and how. If you cannot find someone willing to work with him, my suggestion is a very sharp axe.


This boy here....all 13+ lbs of him...never in his lifetime so much as bit me, no matter what I did to him or any girls and he not only protected his girls, but he protected me...My Beloved Thor

Thor's daddy...Speckledhen's rooster Suede. I was a stranger to him visiting their home....

The love of her life, her Barred Rock boy, Zane who was very sweet to me as well

And my current love, Lancelot....13 lbs of predator fighting machine that is a sweetie pie. Not only is he sweet to me, he was sweet to Speckledhen when she visited...he did what he was supposed to do...he watched her to make sure she would not hurt his girls and then let her do whatever she wanted.

This morning, my daughter was holding him and pulling his wattles into a beard....LOL he just softly bruuuurrrred to her

ZoomZoom my sweet Mille Fleur d'Uccle, not a mean bone in his body

Spike, my Porcelain BYC reading budding...never so much as flared at a human

Napoleon, palm sized sweetie pie that would rathern sing to you and snuggle in your lap than to chase bugs

Severus, sweet as pie to me but took a disliking to my daughter and chased her....he went to a new home

So be kind to yourself and your girls and get rid of the meanie...get a good boy because there are plenty of them out there.

 

[PipiOli]

Good morning everyone...

so this morning when i went to feed my hens, they get lettuce, rice and tomatoes every morning, I have tried to hand feed them, hoping my mean rooster Wendel (taken from Wendy when we thought he was a hen) would come and take some tomatoes. Some of my hens will come and eat out of my hand. Wendel was just kind of standing close by watching. He was very tempted to come and try it and came pretty close maybe a foot away from my hand. I guess that's good sign. I will try everyday. I figured it's like with dog who are scared of people. You hand feed them to gain their trust...
And I asked my husband to try to pick him up and carry him around....

Well wish me luck... or wish HIM luck... if he doesn't come around, he WILL probably end up as somebody's stew...

 

[PipiOli]

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Well we have our flock as out pets in backyard, enjoying the eggs but I could never kill any of them for dinner... unless the world is coming to end and I need to feed my dogs...;-) hihi

So are hers. She loves her birds too pieces. But she is right...a mean rooster needs to meet the freezer. Why? Even a silkie rooster can do damage....not just scratches or bites, losing an eye is also a possibility.



I have or have had roosters in every size except Gigantic from small sit in your palm sized to 13 lbs Orpingtons...there is absolutely no need whatsoever in tolerating a mean or human aggressive rooster. I love my boys more than you can imagine but if they ever turned mean or turned on me, they would be gone before the sun set that very night. A rooster should be alert, watchful, look out for his girls, protect his girls and sacrifice himself if necessary to protect them...that is what they are genetically designed to do...a good rooster does all of that and yet should allow you to do whatever you want or need to do to his girls or himself without becoming aggressive. Watchful...yes aggressive...no.

Do not try to rehome your little meanie unless you fully disclose that he is mean, what he does, when and how. If you cannot find someone willing to work with him, my suggestion is a very sharp axe.



So be kind to yourself and your girls and get rid of the meanie...get a good boy because there are plenty of them out there.

I would never give any of my animals to somebody else without fully enclosing the info about their behavior.