Does your Rooster attack you??

[rooster-red]

What you want to do is make him submit to you.
There are a couple of ways to do this, you can catch him at the first sign of aggression and simply hold him, no matter how much he struggles, do not put him down until he settles down and remains calm for a couple of minutes.
Then let him down when you want to, and if he starts to struggle, pick him back up and repeat.

Do this until he can be let down without struggling, showing he knows you are in control.

You must be consistant every time he shows aggression for this to work, it may take a few weeks.

The other way is to hold him by the legs upside down until he submits.
This way does carry risks as were mentioned in another reply.

I trained 2 of my roo's this way, and it worked out fine, but I did have an incident were I grabbed one up and turned him upside down a little too quick, and Almost lost him.
He turned purple, gasping for air, then turned completely blue, he was suffacating.
I got very lucky and he managed to gasp in a breathe and start breathing again... but it was sheer luck.

I have 3 roo's now and none give humans any problem.
They all still have their spurs, though I do blunt the ends to make sur my hens don't get scratched during mating.

 

[lockedhearts]

My Cochin Roo has started to try and attack since the girls are laying, my method of dealing with it......
I snatch him up and hold him and pet him and pet him.
It seems to be working, his attacks are less frequent because he thinks I will start to get mushy on him, he hates being loved on and petted

 

[rooster-red]

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Thats exactly what I mean.

 

[lockedhearts]

Where in W Ga are you Rooster-Red? I am in W Ga too....

 

[speckledhen]

I absolutely agree with rooster-red. (lockedhearts, Lee lives around the Douglasville/Lithia Springs area. My grandfather had a farm in Carrollton for most of my life). That would be my method. Only once did I think possibly that my largest cockerel, my Blue Orp, was disrespecting me by dragging his wing at me. I wasn't sure because he had just run down the hill toward me and did it, but there was a hen in a pen behind me. Just in case, I grabbed him up and carried him around, no small feat, as Lee can attest to his size, having seen him in person. I won't allow attacks or even flirting as both are disrespecting his masters here. None of my roosters has ever been aggressive toward me, though.

 

[bantymum]

Thanks, I know he would have been tamer if I raised him, boy he even nodded his head sideways a few times just before he went in for the kill on my ankle. He had real attitude!
He has gone to a wonderful banty home as the owner needed a roo asap as hers died of old age.
The new owner said that she wont be in there with him much, as I did warn her that he needs attitude readjustment!
Ill be taming my baby roo each day, well Im not sure what the babies are yet so I tame them all anyway!