Can't catch aggressive rooster

[SueT]

My daughter had a cockerel that turned aggressive. She put an ad on Craigslist—aggressive rooster free . Someone came and got him within an hour.
You could collect him off the roost before dawn, pop him in a cage, so he’s ready to go.

 

[Qwerty3159]

To catch my cockerel I took an old broom stick and coat hanger and made a hook that would hook his leg. It worked better than a net, he could not see the wire as easy.

 

[tlcmurphy]

The people that take the “Free Agressive Rooster” are inviting him to dinner…

 

[Folly's place]

Where he belongs...
Mary

 

[Mrs. K]

I did. I honestly want to cry thinking about it because not only will it affect my emotional state, it'll also affect Bambi's...

Truthfully, you are giving human emotions to a birds whose brain is a the size of half a walnut. His testicals are 3 times that size. The birds they were when they were chicks are NOT the birds they are now.

Even Bambi will hardly notice he is gone. They really are not BFF kind of pets.

Mrs K

 

[BigBlueHen53]

You know, I never understood the advice people give, saying if a rooster is aggressive, to pick it up and carry it around. When my rooster attacked me, this would have been a crazy thing to attempt! He was trying to kill me! I just wanted to get away from him and he was hurting me. Pick him up? That's crazy talk, or it certainly was in my situation. We ended up waiting till he roosted at night and taking him off the roost. He never saw another dawn.

 

[Nym]

Ultimately, I think I'm gonna get rid of him somehow. Dunno how but I'll figure it out. Until then, I've just been kicking the hell out of him whenever he flies at my legs with those damn talons. I feel bad kicking him when he attacks but I have no choice. Though, I do have 2 other roosters, Sunny and Trifle, who attack him whenever he attacks me! It's interesting, really, but its shocking me that those 2 protecting me isn't stopping him.

Last nite on tv I saw our celeb. vet Dr Harry trimming rooster tallons with a angle grinder, using a grinding disk. He caught the beautiful roo with a net and sorted his weapons out. Prior to the capture, Harry used his Akubra hat on a broomstick to demonstrate the power and damage those spurs can inflict; he was left with several holes in his hat. The roo didn't even seem to feel the removal and was even clucking after the event, before being released. This could be an option, if you can get someone to do it for you, at least it would keep you safe until you rehome / cull him. It takes 6mths for the spurs to regrow. Harry was also wearing long gumboots but said it was possible the spurs could penetrate them as well :0

 

[Folly's place]

A nasty rooster will find a way to hurt you, spurs or not. And a smart and sensible rooster won't think those bad thoughts, ever.
Mary

 

[Red Mangrove]

The only aggressive roosters I've ever had were human imprinted. It's unnatural for humans to raise chicks and it scrambles their brains. Either they think I'm a chicken or they're a human

I have never had an aggressive rooster that was raised by a broody hen

 

[Nomadicus]

I have a rooster I rehomed for a lady that he was starting to attack. Here he attacks no one.

The only aggressive roosters I've ever had were human imprinted. It's unnatural for humans to raise chicks and it scrambles their brains. Either they think I'm a chicken or they're a human

I have never had an aggressive rooster that was raised by a broody hen

This is why I'm going to acquire a pen of silkies and eventually some Buff Orpingtons. Right now I walk over 4 acres with roosters everywhere and I'm yet to be attacked. None attack my wife either. I wish I was closer as I'd like to have the little man to be a mate for a tiny hen that I have. Worst case scenario is that I keep them in a coop and run all the time. Like others have said take him off the roost at night and put him in a cage.