Friendly rooster not so friendly to my daughter...

[Folly's place]

You might get lucky with this guy, but he's not 'fully grown', he's an adolescent, and that's why, in my experience, he will only get tougher.
This may be irrelevant, but my chickens, for over 25 years, have lived in close proximity to my horses, and often steers. Never have any of my roosters, even the awful ones with humans, ever 'acted out' with the horses or cattle. They are different species, on separate tracts, and they know it. The human aggressive cockerels and cock birds, on the other hand, sought out and attacked humans, who brought them food. This is not 'protecting the flock', this is stupid!
Usually the cockerel would start after one person, and then widen his range and attack others, more often, and with forethought. Stalking, ambushing, miserable behaviors.
Sorry for the rant...
Mary

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

No you are not an idiot. We all start somewhere and learn our own ways with chickens. Read, and take advice, than figure out what works best for your situation. If he's fine otherwise than maybe penning him up while your daughter is around is the best option instead of trying to confront him and possibly make things worse.

Every rooster is different. What works on one may not work on another. What works for me may not work for someone else because dealing with roosters can be based on how a person moves and carry themselves around them, as well as the roosters own personality, age and breed.

 

[aart]

Do you suppose getting rid of him at this point is a bit hasty?

I would say so...time will tell.
Would be good to have a place to isolate him ready for if and when he acts up.
He's still fairly young yet.