Final straw for my roo

[SuziQ991]

I have been so good to him. I nursed him for a month and a half when he hurt his foot. He lived in my dining room all that time for goodness sakes. I hand fed him. He has 5 beautiful girls and a very nice coop and extra large run. I keep everything clean. I bring treats everyday. What more could he want? The first couple times he pecked me I thought "hmm was that a love tap?". The next few times it was harder and it kind of made me mad ya know. As time went by he started drawing blood and I was angry. I read my trusted BYC info on being the alpha rooster in my flock. No mating when I am around, picked him up when he pecked me and carried him around. That would only last a week or so and he was back at it. Not all the time mind you, mostly when I pick up the water bucket to refill. For some reason he does not want me to touch it. Well today was the last straw! I picked up the water bucket and BAM he got me! Hard! Oh it hurt! It bled and bruised immediately. Guess what?? Mr. Rooster is on Craigslist!! I can't bring myself to do the deed myself.....my husband would but I couldn't eat him. So off he goes to a fate unknown. Hey I gave him many chances......so why do I feel so guilty??

 

[CoyoteMagic]

My roo used to chase after my husband until one day DH went berzerk on the roo. Started chasing him all over the yard. Flapping his arms like the big dodo bird he is. Roo never bothered him again. I got rid of him when he started attacking my 17year old cat when ever she would walk across the yard.

You have no reason to feel guilty. You've done all you can to give him a great life. Like I tell the young thugs I work with, "You want to act like a Fool, I will treat you like one!"

 

[SuziQ991]

Thanks CoyoteMagic, I can just picture your DH going crazy on your roo! Believe me, I can relate LOL

 

[eac04]

DH has been known to discipline the roosters when they get cocky. Just recently he took a milk crate, turned it upside down and "locked" the roo in there for a good portion of the day. According to DH he was pecking him and the other subordinate roosters in the coop and wouldn't let the hens eat. I just did a double take when I saw the white rooster sulking in a corner. Dh let him out shortly after and it seemed like he had learned his lesson. He's living peacefully with the rest of the flock right now. I just laugh at all the crazy things my husband comes up with. He loves those chickens but he doesn't take any "lip" -- in this case, BEAK -- from them. LOL

 

[astecksouls]

In some cases is not what u do some roosters just are like that no matter what u do

 

[Wiglwerm]

I'm in the same boat. I have one getting ready to go on craigslist. I have three roo's. One who is in a seperate pen with his lady, a naked neck who is pretty submissive and HIM. Just too agressive with the chicks. He is like a mating freak! When he ripped the flesh off one of my babies trying to mate he went on lockdown. We made plans to cull him and eat our first fresh chicken dinner but as D-day approached DH finally admitted he did not want to kill him..Hopefully it is just sentimental cause at some point I wanna eat some yard bird!

 

[patnjess]

yeah we were in the same boat a few weeks ago but ours ended up dead and buried with a 2 x 4 to the head. sounds brutal but hear me out. I was our prize arucana so we put up with his meanness. He attacked us all!! The big kids we come inside with battle wounds from eggs, the girrls wouldn't go in anymore because they were scared to death. my husband and I did most of it as we were quick enough to keep on good eye on him, and defend our self. our chickens free range during the day and he would search us out, he was CRAzY!

anyway, our youngest is just 16 months and super tiny 5% for everything and she was out in the yard not far from us but obviously too far. we were sitting at the picinic table, next thing we knew he was beside her. I said honey quick~! (the rooster is the same highth as her) we weren't fast enough, he jumped up twice he had got her face all up near her eys insede her mouth down her chest and her arms, she was just laying in the dirt screaming, and bleeding. I just grabbed her and ran inside and tended to her, my husband grabbed the closest thing and tended to him

anyway just had to share

 

[joebryant]

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Don't feel guily; feel SMART. I spent two years doing the same thing with an insane rooster that I liked. When he tried to fly into my face, that was IT. I grabbed him by the neck and wrang it; then I put him in a trash bag and set him out for the trash. Now I have a really super-nice rooster. I don't bother him, and he makes room when I have to come around.

 

[SuziQ991]

Thanks all, I really feel good about my decision. I think if it was a child he pecked I could have done it myself right there. I can only hope someone will take him. If not...... I will go shopping and hubby can take care of it.

 

[TriciaHowe]

There are way to many nice roosters out there to worry about keeping a mean one around.