EEEEEEVILLLL RIR Rooster!

[Rte.66_chicks]

The chicken that started me on chickens was a roo that happened into our yard-someone must have dumped him or he got out from somewhere else. Anyway, I got a hen to keep him company, and he turned really nasty. He never was very nice. I had to carry a 5 gal bucket to put over him and a rock to keep him there just to feed, water and get the egg. He ended up as fertilizer.

 

[Yonaton]

My Jersey Giant rooster is starting to get aggressive. I can usually field goal kick the sob once and he'll not try to flog my leg for 3 or 4 days, then I have to kick him into a tree again to make him stop again. I think we both are having fun, heh.

 

[Luke74]

My RIR rooster was horrible. Very mean and loved to pretend he was all fine and happy with me visiting and then as I would leave he would run up behind me and attack the back of my calves. I was not sorry when a fox ate him.

That hilarious! To bad you didn't get to enjoy him! LOL​

 

[NCrooster]

Most of the time fighting with them only makes them worse in the long run. I have had better luck with a water hose they can't fight back and they sure hate to get wet

 

[CUDA]

Man fighting roosters have absolutely nothing to do with the breed in my opinion. If you get a true man fighter, the best thing to do is just cull him out, and make some dumplings! If you have a rooster that starts acting mean, do not kick him, or do anything aggressive to him, it will not help the situation. If you want to try to calm him, there are methods. I have been working on adding stuff to my website, I'll try to get something put on there about this in detail. You can go HERE to check it out.

 

[NYREDS]

Males that are aggressive are usually the best breeders in terms of fertility. IMO culling a bird because he behaves as nature directs is not the best way to improve a line.

 

[deeszoo]

I have had good luck with carrying the roosters - and geese - when they start becoming aggressive. Spring is the time of year where they want to stake out their territory and they consider you a competitor. It is natural. Scoop him up and carry him around every chance you get while you are doing chores. Some people say they are humiliated by it, but I think it just helps establish trust. They need to know you aren't after them or their girls.

DeAnna

 

[CUDA]

Being mean towards people is not a desirable trait in my book. Well bred fowl will not act this way, and have no room on my yard. Attacking people is a sign of insecurity, and has absolutely nothing to do with fertility in my opinion, but that is just my opinion.

 

[speckledhen]

Being mean towards people is not a desirable trait in my book. Well bred fowl will not act this way, and have no room on my yard. Attacking people is a sign of insecurity, and has absolutely nothing to do with fertility in my opinion, but that is just my opinion.

Not just your opinion- I agree. I have two wonderful roosters, a Barred Rock and a Blue Orpington, both excellent protectors of their girls and neither one has ever shown aggression toward humans. I wont keep a flogging rooster around here. If he cant understand that I, the bringer of food and treats, is not a threat, then he is not of high enough intelligence to keep as a breeder, IMO.​

 

[ChuckenGirl]

all my roo's are evil but one so yea. i have old english game chickens so yea. haha.