Mrs Hensley
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- Oct 12, 2015
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At this point, I don't think you can stop him. He's very young to begin flogging, and I don't think you'll be able to modify his behavior at this point. I believe that your best bet is to cull him.
There are some techniques to put a cockerel in his place, but those all work best when you catch the aggressive tendencies before the actual flogging has begun. A cockerel will test you first, before he attacks you, to see if he will win a fight. He'll stand his ground when you walk towards him, he'll come up behind you with his hackles raised and his head lowered, etc. When he does this, if you react by squawking at the top of your lungs and flapping your arms and chasing him around the pasture, you may be able to stop the aggression before it starts--he was testing you, he learned that you're the bigger rooster, he'll leave you alone. However, your bird sounds like he's not only decided he's the boss, he's proved it on multiple occasions by flogging you and winning the fight. You can try to reform him... but I personally would try again with another rooster. You certainly don't want to breed from this one, since aggression is partially genetic and you'll just breed more aggressive birds.