Bad rooster

[Beekissed]

Until the next time you get a rooster....

 

[bantygirl]

I have 5 other Roos they r great, 1 silkie 3 Millies and 1 big frizzle never have any prob with them, but next time ill listen.

 

[kerrynnchicken]

It was hard for me to trade my rooster but I knew that was the only way for my kids to be safe in the backyard without putting the rooster in a cage. But now my rooster has a flock hens for his own at a farm and I'm sure he is very happy. Im sure your rooster will be happy too!

 

[bantygirl]

I sure hope so, someone mentioned chicken fighting and now I think about that, he's not the kind they fight so that makes me feel better, the guy who took him said his mom loved the pic I posted and said she had to have him so I hope he is in a good place

 

[Gryffon]

I have a Columbian Cross Rooster, beautiful and good protector of his 9 hens, but he also attacks people in the yard. Been reading through this thread and lots of good advice, but I have to agree, it does not good to keep a nasty rooster. Their memory is only about one day long so any lesson they learned yesterday has to be repeated often. Also, my hens backs and heads are bare of his attentions -- so this Saturday he becomes chicken noodle soup. I have a Silver-Laced Wyandotte rooster that is about 4 weeks old, and we will see what he develops into. I'm just tired of having to watch my back whenever I'm out in the yard, and it is easier to buy fertile eggs and put them under a broody hen than deal with a rooster.

 

[Kierciejo]

Ugh. I have so many questions about this, and I know it's an older thread, but I have a rooster, unintentionally, and I don't know what to do about him. He is almost one year, an Americana. He was our first batch of chickens, and the day we got them, we were attached. We live within the city limits of a small town, so the first day he crowed, we were heart broken, since I knew a roo wouldn't be allowed in town. Well I went to city hall and asked, and apparently besides having to deal with complaints from neighbors, there was no law against it. After talking to the neighbors, everyone reported enjoying the farm feeling of hearing him crow, so we kept him. Well, around late January/early February, we came home to a bloody hen who also happened to lay her first egg that day. She had her entire head ripped open. We separated her and nursed her back to health (and named her JFK). When she was healed and we returned her to the flock, I noticed that when the rooster mated with her, the dominant hen of the flock would come and peck her head while she was pinned. Which then made me question who attacked her so badly before. I never did figure out exactly what happened that day, but JFK has always remained low in the pecking order, or so it seems, when it comes to the other hens, yet the roo seems to want to mate with her regularly. I've since introduced more to the flock. The second batch of hens (currently about 6 months old) he seemed interested in mating with at their adolescent stages. There's one in particular that I'm not sure what he does, but she will occasionally be missing in the evening when I go to close up the coop, only to reappear from some high perch in the morning. I'm not sure if she prefers trees or if he is kicking her out of the coop. And then there's our most recent addition, the young ones who are now about 3 months. This is the first time I've really seen gentleness in the rooster. He looks after them and keeps them together, when he isn't busy with the older girls. So all this to say, he attacks all the humans in our family, particularly going after my partner. I'm not sure why he has it out for her so badly, but she carries a stick and she has sent him flying before. He has attacked my son and daughter (they are old enough to defend themselves, but my daughter is petrified of him now). He has also attacked me, but not as frequently. I really hate the idea of getting rid of him, as it just seems cruel to pull him away from his flock, but mostly because I absolutely hate hate HATE the mere thought of him getting in the hands of a cockfighter. I don't know anything about it though, to even know if his is the kind of breed you fight, I just don't want anything bad happening to him. I'd love to be able to train him to not attack us. I feel like he might just be super aggressive though, and we've allowed him to indulge in such behaviors because we just though that's how roosters are... :-(

 

[Umpire]

We have a rooster problem. We got a batch of australorp chicks and four turned out to be roosters. Found a home for one of them. While I'd like to keep one, these are a nuisance. They get aggressive to each other, the hens and us, at times. I have tried selling or even giving them away without luck. Right now, we have to keep them separated from the girls (four australorps and one NH red). That is not working too well. However, having raised them from pups, the family would not stand for the stew pot option. Any ideas on how to get rid of the rascals? (they are now about 11 weeks old)

 

[Chknfmr123]

Get rid of roo and get another one. Wife had roo that did the same thing and he became dinner cats enjoyed him too.