Cockerel keeps bringing me food.. what do I do to correct this?

[Folly's place]

I'm so sorry!
Clean the wound, apply antibiotic ointment without lidocaine, and have him inside for right now.
Keep your birds on lockdown for two weeks of so, until that hawk gives up and moves on.
L hope he can recover.
Mary

 

[KikiDeAnime]

I'm so sorry!
Clean the wound, apply antibiotic ointment without lidocaine, and have him inside for right now.
Keep your birds on lockdown for two weeks of so, until that hawk gives up and moves on.
L hope he can recover.
Mary

As I said, I've already seen to his injuries.

 

[Folly's place]

Sorry, I missed that. Poor guy, he did try.
Mary

 

[KikiDeAnime]

Sorry, I missed that. Poor guy, he did try.
Mary

This is the first time he's actually tried to keep a predator away. Normally he just warns them and leads them to a safe spot.
I also cleaned and wrapped up the injuries I received when I got the hawk off him.

 

[Folly's place]

Ouch!
You done good too!
All but one of our losses to hawks here have been bantams, not adult standard birds. That's certainly not true for everyone, but the smaller birds are definitely easier targets.
Mary

 

[Beaglegal]

Well, I'm not sure, then. I have one who occasionally challenges me. I usually have a food bucket to put casually between us. Once it was empty and I gently slipped it over his little self. Didn't hold it there above 5 seconds. He didn't approach me after that for a while, but He did eventually go after me again once. He just ran himself into the bucket. That's been 3-4 weeks past, maybe longer.

I don't turn my back on him. I would process him, but I want to put him in with the girls first. He's my only rose-comb rooster, and I want to eventually have a flock with all rose-combed (or similar) birds. It's cold up here on the mountain.

I don't like his attitude, but I've got him and a few hens with rose combs so I'll worry about attitudes later. There are no children here and so far I'm having no trouble handling him. I never cuddled any of them (too many birds to cuddle them much). He's just over-supplied with testosterone, I guess.

There’s a rooster in the bucket dear Liza, dear Liza

 

[Beaglegal]

This is the first time he's actually tried to keep a predator away. Normally he just warns them and leads them to a safe spot.
I also cleaned and wrapped up the injuries I received when I got the hawk off him.

Ouch poor guy, what a champion

 

[Folly's place]

How's your boy doing today?
Mary

 

[KikiDeAnime]

He's doing fine. I just gave him some Nutri-Drench to help give him a boost.
He got some treats earlier because he's really scared of me right now.

 

[Folly's place]

Some fear might be a good thing! I'm glad he's eating too.
Mary