Attacking Rooster

[Luvroos]

I'm with you bunni where training is concerned, knowing their names and all however could never cull my pets. These chickens are animals and need to learn like most other animals and if they don't respect the hand that feeds them then there's been trauma in their lives some where along the way and should be worked out unless you just cull them and be done with him. His previous owners could had tortured him or something, he's a rescue, you never know and now he should be shown that not all people are out to harm him! If I were closer to you, I'd be more than happy to take him off your hands!!

 

[Laurajean]

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I hope you're kidding. That's the most disturbing thing I've ever read on this forum.

 

[bobbi-j]

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No, but he wouldn't be long-lived here, either. Especially if there were children living here. An aggressive animal is dangerous, regardless of what kind it is.

 

[Laurajean]

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No, but he wouldn't be long-lived here, either. Especially if there were children living here. An aggressive animal is dangerous, regardless of what kind it is.

Of course, any aggressive animal needs to be rehabilitated and/or removed from the home if dangerous. I just wanted suggestions other than cooking it.

 

[redhen]

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I hope you're kidding. That's the most disturbing thing I've ever read on this forum.

I agree.. if you dont want the bird..just cull them humanely... OR re-home the bird.
Dunking their head under water, in MY opinion, is cruel. Just cull the bird so you dont have to keep doing this kind of thing to it.

 

[Mrs. K]

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No that is not true, while it is true of some animals, for instance dogs, mistreatment can cause mean dogs. But for most herd animals, the intact male has been wired to attack rival males to establish dominance and have the flock or herd to breed with.

If you have dealt with much livestock, sometimes very expensive livestock can seriously injure themselves or anyone who gets in the way, by severe fighting. The spring time is worse for most animals. Deer, horses, cattle, moose, elk, turkey's, and chickens are just some of the animals that get very aggressive due to mating instincts and hormones. There is no training that will stop this. Casteration does work, if done young enough. And you can do that to a roo.

It has nothing to do with how they were raised, or trauma. It has to do with hormones and survival of the strongest, the strongest get to mate and pass on their genetics, which should lead to a stronger offspring.

MrsK

 

[speckledhen]

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I completely disagree with this post, sorry. Honestly, rather than be abusive (the humiliation part is fine, but kicking, half-drowning, etc, is just not appropriate, in my opinion; in fact, it's seriously over the top), why not just cull the rooster? If you have a human aggressive rooster, it's in his nature and cannot be permanently changed. He may just get sneakier or just avoid you and attack someone else that he doesn't expect that extreme behavior from. When you do all that stuff, you are not making him respect you. If he doesn't, he doesn't. Fighting him is not the way to go. If he's that bad, cull him. Better he become dinner than be kicked and suffocated. Or rehome him to someone who knows full well his nature and doesn't care. Seriously.

ETA after thread closure: I was posting as a member, not a moderator. Another moderator saw fit to close this thread after I asked the staff to keep an eye on it.

 

[gavinandallison]

To all of you that have critised me, I have been very friendly to this bird, hand reared him, fed him and coddled him.

If you have a better suggestion as how to change his attitude then be constructive and help, not take shots at me. My wife is scared to go in the coop. I have read other postings on this site and this is what others have done. I don't see any of you taking shots at them, so why me? I don't want to kill him or give him away, so come up with constructive suggestions as how to tame his aggression.

 

[Laurajean]

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No one who posted that I saw took "shots at you". We are saying that what you are doing is outright abusive (in my opinion and clearly that of a couple others; including a moderator). You described grabbing him by his neck, dunking his head under water, hitting him across the face, "bowling" him across the coop, , then picking it up and doing the same thing again, most likely half drowning the poor bird until he "cowered" in fear (it wasn't submission, it was FEAR). What you did was abuse him, not show him a lesson, and it's sickening.

Having said that, I too have a mean rooster that I am trying to deal with, who also attacks me. I too am looking for input from others to see what can be done, if anything, or if I may need to re-home him. I am a small framed woman who lives alone and I need to go into the coop everyday also. But abusing an animal is not an option. Waterboarding was banned by our president on humans because it IS TORTURE.

I, like you, hope to find alternative solutions to dealing with my aggressive roo, but please consider that what you did to that animal is considered cruelty. Let's keep doing some research here and try to find a humane way to deal with these roos.