Bad Pet Roo So Disgruntled

[Mom2Cool]

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I agree if a rooster runs across the yard to get to a kid or me for that matter. But if the rooster and the kid have been hanging out it is just rooster behavior. Leave the darn birds alone.

"Just rooster behavior" like that here turns them into soup....

 

[greathorse]

Ya see that is exactly what a rooster should be doing. He will attack threats but in general will not attack a person if he is familiar with the person, but understands that this person is not to be messed with.

I dont mind a rooster that gets a little pushy, I just want them to know that if I walk toward them the smart thing is to move out of the way

 

[gritsar]

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These are absolutely correct. The roosters with the best manners are the ones that never lost that healthy respect. Ones that were coddled and loved on as chicks lose that fear/respect, so as soon as their hormones hit, they turn nasty. Old English Games are especially hard to regain respect - I'd probably reccommend that the OP rehomes the mean roosters or makes soup.

If you need a chicken cuddle - always love on the hens - they just get sweeter.

Agreed, agreed and more agreed. I don't baby my rooster, never have. Made that mistake once, won't do it again.
However, even with my roo who is very respectful of humans I don't trust him around our 3 y.o. GS. Roosters and young children don't mix, IMHO.

 

[BarkerChickens]

Check out Gritsar's personal page. She has a page on rooster reform. Your roo can probably be taught who is boss. His instinct is to establish himself as the the top roo. If he is a good roo aside from a dominance issues, I'd try retraining him before making him soup.

This has worked for us before...but, we have also had a roo that refused to learn that DH was the top roo and after months of DH having to watch his back, DH had enough! He wasn't made into soup though....he was slowly roasted with sweet potatoes.

 

[greathorse]

Just like you would not trust a 3 year old with a stallion, bull, boar hog you should not have a 3 year old in the presence of a rooster unless you are carrying them or at minimum right at their side with the ability to get between child and rooster.

 

[silkiechicken]

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Good that you're ok, and good the rooster "saved the day", but in rooster terms... he likely thinks of you as a hen, else he wouldn't have tried to "protect" you. In general, it's best to be the top rooster.

 

[kickinchicken]

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Oh, that is just so wonderful!

I have maybe 2 suspected roos out of my flock of 5. I know roos are supposed to protect their gals and I hope they earn their wings by being true men! I just love stories like this. I hope your friend got a rabies series done.

A dog that attacks randomly, and its unknown....DEFINITELY time for her to get to the hospital for rabies shots.

I hope her roo is now a permanent fixture on her farm now. He'd be a friend for life it he were mine!

 

[mistyfeather]

i hate to even think of the rabies series

, she said that she was very glad that he thought of her as a hen at that moment

. i gave the link for the roo rehab page i hope it helps her tho

other wise her dad and hubby will be out there trying to catch him for dinner

 

[TurkeyMountainChickens]

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I tried these tricks, and some others on two of my poorly behaved roosters. For me, they worked just fine. My roosters respected me.

The problem was that this didn't equate to respecting my KIDS. They learned not to jump on me, but the short ones were still game! So.... new homes for both roos - where only adults live.

 

[KKatknap]

Glad Gritsar posted here.

I, too, was going to encourage reading her page. I learned a lot about how to raise my roosters from that page alone.