chicken attacking me!

[CarriBrown]

I've tried just about everything with my little bantam cochin, but the "love" seems to work the best. I can't say he likes it but it keeps him from attacking me!

 

[Barnyard Dawg]

We had a Rhode Island Red with a white tail, I believe she was a Sex-link. She was sitting in a nesting box; I asked my wife if she wanted me to check to see if she was sitting on any eggs. My wife said no, she would check; well she nipped my wife pretty good. My wife later told me white tail chicken no lucky, that weekend she ended up in the pot.

 

[Dr. Chicken]

No is absolutely no reason for a Roo to be allowed to have his way like that and put little children at risk of blindness or physical scarring and pain. No sir. My grandfather had an old rooster that unprovokingly attacked his beloved dog and blinded the dog. Spurs are weapons.

Dear chicken fancier... it is Not your fault... you just got a roster with three of his four brain cells thinking he is the king of the world.

Simple solution:

Make a small batch of my Dr. Chicken's "discussion potion"...

(My grandfather's recipe)

Simmer one cup of water to boiling
add some freshly diced hot pepper and steep till cool (about one hour)
strain out the pepper ... leave the juice behind
add one dash of powdered ginger
add 1/4 tsp of salt
gently put potion into small spray bottle.

Now.... when "Mr. king of his world" starts getting aggressive... give one short squirt in the face.

two squirts of the "discussion potion" should send him into next week! So, use it only as needed. To assure proper strength... dab a little on your finger than put it on your tongue... if it stings... it's the right strength.... if it doesn't ... reheat potion and add more hot pepper. Chili peppers work just fine.

Before I start getting a lot of cards and letters.... yes, I know this is going to hurt the Roo, but not as much as the stew pot would which is where he is headed if he disfigures or blinds the grandchild of the coop master.

One ...maybe two ...separate "treatments" with my discussion potion and there will be NO further discussions or debates over who is the King of the coop.

Remember, your rooster is only as aggressive as you let him be. If he still wants to discuss his claim to the kingdom.... just give him the potion.

I have had only one rooster out of 8 need two squirts over two separate agressive episodes.
That is a good track record if you ask me. My most difficult rooster who demanded a second discussion was a RIR.

Roosters are like children... they want you to set boundries... they want rules... they respond to firm and consistant consequences to bad behavior... the potion is the consequence ... it works.

If your rooster does not respond to this treatment... you have a pit bull ... not a bird and you should seriously consider he be escorted to another coop in a far away land.... or, again, there always is the Roaster Pan.

(in this case the discussion potion is not wasted...it makes a good seasoning and can be sprayed upon Mr. rooster as he cooks) I don't mean this to be funny or a joke... it does make a good seasoning for fowl if you like it a little hot and spicy. Don't mean to offend those who would never cook a bad, mean rooster.... if I offended you, forget this paragraph.

Shifting gears... and looking into the not so distant future:
I am collecting data for marketing my discussion potion. for those of you who use it, please write back and give me the number of squirts needed to effect the desired behavior AND the breed of rooster. I will post the results later this summer.


Dr. Chicken

 

[LAChic]

I'm new to the board but have been lurking for years. Ya'll give great advice. My husband has built me an awesome coop just so I can post it on your website. (Will post pics at a later date.) Prior to this, the chickens have been running around my backyard in a fenced-in yard at my old house. (I remarried and moved in with my husband.)

I have Chanticleer, Arucana rooster, alpha male; Red, Rhode Island Red, beta male; and Harry a silkie rooster who thinks he's people. Then there's 6 assorted ladies. While at my house, Harry didn't hang with the rest of the flock but roosted on the back porch. If the weather was bad, he came inside the house. Now Harry has to stay in the new coop with everyone else. I think he is punishing us for making him act like a chicken because he started attacking my husband and sometime me when we collect the eggs.

I going to try to give Harry some extra loving because I think that he might see my husband as #3 rooster and trying to take his place based on what I've read on this post. I've also ordered 3 silkie female chicks so that Harry has his own ladies. I just have to convince my husband to subdivide the new coop so that Harry can be alpha male of his own flock.

Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated except chicken & dumplings or noodle soup.

 

[BeckyLa]

I've had my run-in with bad roos, too. I've tried the Love thing and didn't have any luck. I've tried the aggression back thing and it didn't work. I have no qualms about eating bad roo, I just have trouble with the blood & guts part so won't do the deed. My thing is that I don't want to keep an aggressive roo because aggression breeds aggression. I can't expect his younguns to be any less aggressive than he is. Even if he "learns" to put up with people, he still has the aggressive nature I don't want passed on down his line. So I always rehome my bad roo to a place where aggressiveness doesn't matter. Like a farm with lots of chickens and roos that are kept in pens or that don't have small kids that might be hurt. I hate for bad things, like the stewpot, to happen to beautiful roos but I also hate to pass on bad traits since I'll only have to face the problem again and again. And someone will eventually get hurt and it will be my fault. imho

 

[delisha]

Here is some good information from the Easy Chicken on Keeping Your Rooster Sane. It explains about why roosters act like they do and how you should become the alpha roo. Makes sense to me.
http://shilala.homestead.com/roosters.html

Really good article!!