darn roo...what else can I do? (long)

klf73

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other than stew him? My daughter has a roo and 4 girls. They free range with 7 ameraucana. My ameraucana are lovable babies, then there is dash, my daughter's mixed roo. He is the oldest here, hatched May 30th. He tries to be a bully every now and then, but I easily put him back in his place. Yesterday I went to close up the coop and was standing in the doorway. I had a maglight, just in case it was dark in the coop. I went to pick up an egg and he was watching me, as soon as my eyes shifted to see what I was picking up he attacked. I had my hand up with the flashlight(off) blocking so if he did attack he wouldn't get my face. I have a bruise and scratches on my hand. I couldn't leave and he didn't let up until I grabbed a light plastic container and bopped him a couple times(last time he was dazed) and I took the chance to leave. Well today he came at me. I used my boot to keep pushing him down when he would come at me, trying not to hurt him. I finally had to grab the bugger by the neck. I restrained him for a few then threw him in the opposite direction I was going. He came at me again! This time I knocked him down then hung him upside down. I then tried to put him under my arm and he have me a blood blister on my arm through my coat. I threw him down and he again came at me. This time I got more aggressive than him. I kept hitting him back to the ground until his hackles went down and he started running from me. I kept chasing him until he hid under a trailer(cargo type). I realize all my roos are getting a little more aggressive with each other and figured maybe it is because spring is going to be coming up? But it is darn cold here, so I don't know what is going on. My daughter would be heartbroken if he has to go, dh says he is great at protecting his girls, but I am done bleeding. Oh, and he did get my leg one of his attempt and it's bleeding too. Looks like I got in a fight with some feral cats
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sorry this got long, but I need HELP
 
I had one like that to and one day the other roosters beat the crap out of him, i found him bleeding in the hen house up under the nest box. I felt sorry for him and took into a seperate pen to recoperate and ever since then he has not tried to attack me.
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yeah, the ameraucanas are awesome, except one keeps trying to get on my head
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I think he *likes* me. He's on my heels a lot, and chatters to me all the time. Dash is the dom roo so I didn't know if he was gone if their personalities would change? Dash was nice when he wasn't dom roo
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