Bad rooster

[Chickens and kittens]

Hello so I have a question we have six chickens and one of them is a rooster. Most of the time he's okay he just goes around and pecks at the floor like any other chickens but when we came home from being out of town for four days he attacked me! Usually he just runs at me when my back is turned but I just kick at him and he walks off but this time when I was walking to grab all the eggs and he scratched my leg and drew blood! I've read that this behavior will only get worse but is there any way to train him to not attack? We don't want to give him away or eat him since he's the only thing protecting the defenseless hens from whatever has been burrowing under the coop. Oh, we also have a male duck that is a part of their flock (he's pretty much a chicken) and some cats, Would that contributed to his bad behavior? He's never attacked any of the animals. Thanks for reading this I hope someone can help with our bad bad rooster!

 

[The Phantom]

How old is he? Young ones can be silly and attack you. Never let him push you around! Maybe try to scare him off if he comes to attack you.

 

[ChickNanny13]

I have no experience with Roos but know they can be nasty. If you have any children, keep them away from him. He also hadn't seen you for a few days, could have just been protecting hims girls.

You an first try a squirt bottle with a long reaching stream. Carrying a stick or something to keep him in line. A tennis racquet to keep between you & him & swat him with it.. I've read about grabbing him, holding him down on his side until he relaxes, carrying him around like a football. Don't know if any would work but good luck.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

There are some good articles on here about how to teach your roo who’s in charge... right now he sees you as a rival and you have to prove to him that you are his superior and that he has to give way to you... and the rest of your human flock.

 

[sylviethecochin]

The water gun is a good deterrent. So is pinning the offending rooster, if you can catch him. I've always felt that carrying them around is more personally satisfying than effective, though, and hitting them just doesn't seem to work--though again, it's very personally satisfying.

One behaviour tip that I've never tried (due to lack of opportunity) is meeting his eyes and walking towards him so that he is forced to retreat, thus acknowledging your superiority.

 

[Chickens and kittens]

He's gonna be a year old in April so he's not that young. We don't have any children and never have any kids over so I think we're good there. I do kick him whenever he runs at me or attacks me if I get the chance, sometimes he attacks me when I'm leaning down with my back turned to him he's a coward. When he attacked me today I chased him around with a broom and when I finally caught him I carried him around by the legs. But he also attacks my mom and dad a lot mainly my dad. I think I'll try the spray bottle I thought that sounded effective it worked when my outdoor cats wanted to be indoor cats and would run in. Also making eye contact and walking at him sound good too. I'll be superior to him and hope he does the smart thing and backs down to the human that is like 10 times his size and can easily grab a gun and end his existence. Thanks for all the help!

 

[Conan]

Some roosters are just nasty. I've known many. My dad had a barred rock roo that you had to practically kill to keep away from you. That monster was like the terminator. He'd just keep coming. He ended up almost winning a battle with a coyote. Almost.
I personally cull all roosters that show any signs of aggression. I'm not in the rooster business. I currently have a mottled bantam cochin rooster that is sweet as pie. His three brothers were awful.

 

[Chickens and kittens]

Hopefully he gets as tough as your barred rock towards the predators but not us! That's amazing how he thought he could take on a coyot what happened to him?

 

[Conan]

Hopefully he gets as tough as your barred rock towards the predators but not us! That's amazing how he thought he could take on a coyot what happened to him?

The coyote happened
He truly was just awful. My brother (who is a big dude at 6' 4") kicked him so hard once that he thought he killed him... He just got up about a half hour later and came back for more.
I also recall several roosters as a kid that my dad would hang in burlap sacks after they went after us kids or my mom. It never ended up working and we always ended up with stew.
I know that there are lots of folks here who have a lot of tricks up their sleeves and care enough to exhaust all alternatives, but I am not one of them.

 

[ChickNanny13]

But they are so HANDSOME!
The more I read about Roosters, the less I want to even attempt keeping any. Whenever I raise chicks, my favorite always ended up being a Cockerel which I don't keep cause my Hubby is a light sleeper & get cranky when don't he don't get enough sleep.