attack rooster! help!

[oliviad51]

I have a beautiful black, white crested polish rooster. The only problem: he attacks people. He drew blood from my leg and my friends leg! It hurts too! I have tried picking him up and walking around with him, I've tried chasing him, I've tried scaring him but NOTHING keeps him away.

I am constantly having to carry around a rake so if he comes near, I can protect myself. Does anyone know of anything that can help?

 

[MaureenL128]

i have tried a spray bottle of water just to shut my girls up in the morning and they hate it...i only use it when they are totally out of control! this might work if he comes at you again.

 

[Mahonri]

If carrying him around doesn't rehabilitate, he should go to freezer camp.

I had to rehome a white crested blue because he attacked me so frequently.

 

[Kansaseq]

Freezer camp

 

[emys]

You can house him apart from the other chickens until you want to breed him. Out of sight from all girls he should calm down enough for you to handle him again after a few days.


Or there's always the axe...

 

[oliviad51]

ok thanks..I still don't know what i'm going to do for sure. I don't want to kill him. Its just something about that rooster that I don't want to let go. I may try the spray bottle, and we don't have anywhere to put him by his self. If anyone else has any ideas, please post

 

[Tuffoldhen]

It only gets worse and worse with mean roosters.

 

[crj]

Give him away or freezer camp. I had to give a rooster away for being too rough on my girls and another roo. I want nice happy birds not stressed out hiding ones.

 

[oliviad51]

this might be a dumb question...but what's freezer camp?

 

[Lifetime chicken lover]

I agree with the others, once a mean roo, always a mean roo. There is little you can do, but always carry a stick with you when you go outside, or cull him.
Sorry, I know how hard it is. We had a very mean roo when I was younger- he'd run across the entire yard just to attack us. Then one day he attacked my dad, who only had an iron pipe for protection...needless to say, my dad won. My mom tried mouth to mouth resuscitation (no, I'm not joking), but it was too late for him.