HELP, Hard Headed Rooster.

[Lancaster KY]

I bought a year and a half old RIR Rooster a few days ago. Very good guard and the hens are pleased with him. This Morning when I went to the coop, He put me out of it LOL. I have been around Roosters all my life and never have i met one as aggressive as this one is. Long story short we ended up in my yard fighting and he won this round. I returned to the house laced up my steel toe boots, grabbed a 3 foot long 2x2 and returned to the coop. this time i put him out the chicken door into the chicken yard. I then closed the door to prevent him from getting back in the coop. I then entered his yard and you guessed it here he came full charge. I used my 2x2 and rolled him into the chain link fence. He bounced off the fence and when he hit the ground I nailed him again. Once he recovered he was fine until I turned my back and he attacked again, I was able to turn and roll him again before he got to me. I went about my bussiness of filling the water bucket and the usual tiding up. I made several trips to the coop during the day and he avoided me at all cost LOL.
Tonight I was looking at my garden and walked by the chicken pen. and much to my surprise this crazy rooster was charging and hitting the fence to try to get at me. So without any delay I grabbed my 2x2 and entered the yard again. no sooner than I entered he was charging. I made contact with his head with the very end of the 2x2. He went rolling about 5 feet across the ground and ended up in a ball of feathers, twitching and breathing very hard. I was about to write him off as dinner when he stood up, He thought he was a statue for about a minute making no movement or sound. That was about 30 minutes ago, he seems to be fine now. BUT I can't keep hitting this rooster like this or he will be dead, I would really like to keep him because of his color and looks. Truth be told I like a little aggression in a Rooster but this is just to much for the grandkids to deal with and to much for me too. Any suggestions on how to calm him down without eating him?

 

[Peeps61]

If you can put him in a separate enclosure from the hens for a while, he might begin to view you as the bringer of food, rather than a challenger for his hens.

I had a rooster. Sadly, he disappeared today. Sometime between letting the hens and my rooster out and my going out to feed the dogs, something snatched him. Poor Eli is never away from his girls, so I know something got him. I locked the hens back up and that's where they'll stay until I can get a large run built. No more free ranging for a while until whatever has figured out it can get my birds has given up. Good luck with your rooster! Just be consistent with him and I think he'll settle down.

RIP Eli!

 

[iwiw60]

Time for the Stew Pot!! If you have that aggressive of a rooster imagine what he would/might do to a child...yikes! JMHO

 

[heartsizedfarm]

Please stop playing combat games with your rooster. You need to look into many many informative sites on how to train and calm a rooster who has developed aggression issues because of they way YOU behave. And do not hit a six pound creature that you could kill with one stroke and the worst he could do is scratch your leg. Not a fair fight.

 

[chycknFun]

I have a Red too as many of this breed My roo is also rather high strung and needy. I find carrying him around talking softly to him and even holding him for a while on my lap improves his behavior I also know in what situations he is more likely to kick it up a notch and try to stay one step ahead of the situation. Seems to attack anything i carry unless I am holding him too. Working so far good luck hope this helps

 

[Peeps61]

In my opinion, if an animal is human aggressive, then it needs to be handled. By that, I mean by any means necessary short of abuse. I don't believe in abusing animals. But I can tell you from personal experience and a visit to the doctor to seek medical attention and get a tetanus shot, a full grown rooster can KILL you if you aren't careful. I'd kick or knock the snot out of mine if it attacked me, and that's my final word on it. The rooster that got taken today had to learn that lesson, but we learned to co-exist peacefully. These birds act on instinct and they can be reconditioned if the person is consistent.

 

[Lancaster KY]

Please stop playing combat games with your rooster. You need to look into many many informative sites on how to train and calm a rooster who has developed aggression issues because of they way YOU behave. And do not hit a six pound creature that you could kill with one stroke and the worst he could do is scratch your leg. Not a fair fight.

Who's playing? Every time he comes at me I will swing for the fences and I don't care how fair it is. Man has dominion over all beast and that includes crazy roosters. And I never taught this rooster anything except that When he attacks I will fight back. I just got this Rooster 3 days ago. But my goal isn't to kill or fight with him, I really want this rooster in my blood line so I am willing to do whatever it takes but I will not let him attack me or my grand kids without recieving a piece of lumber upside his head as a result of that attack. .

 

[azygous]

It's a choice. Do you want to do it the easy way or the hard way?

The easy way is to re-home him or eat him.

The hard way is to make the decision to rehabilitate him. It's hard work, you have to be consistent, and it doesn't happen overnight. It can take a year to get noticeable results, and another year before you will be able to relax around your roo. But it can be done. I've done it with all of my roosters, and my first one was just like yours. We had daily boxing matches until I figured out it was more my behavior that was the problem than was his.

There are lots of great rooster training manuals out there. You can come back here for tips and guidance, too. We'll be happy to lend support and help once you've made your decision.

 

[Lancaster KY]

If you can put him in a separate enclosure from the hens for a while, he might begin to view you as the bringer of food, rather than a challenger for his hens.

I had a rooster. Sadly, he disappeared today. Sometime between letting the hens and my rooster out and my going out to feed the dogs, something snatched him. Poor Eli is never away from his girls, so I know something got him. I locked the hens back up and that's where they'll stay until I can get a large run built. No more free ranging for a while until whatever has figured out it can get my birds has given up. Good luck with your rooster! Just be consistent with him and I think he'll settle down.

RIP Eli!

This is worth a try and I am set up to do it too. I think i will hem him up tomorrow.

 

[Lancaster KY]

I have a Red too as many of this breed My roo is also rather high strung and needy. I find carrying him around talking softly to him and even holding him for a while on my lap improves his behavior I also know in what situations he is more likely to kick it up a notch and try to stay one step ahead of the situation. Seems to attack anything i carry unless I am holding him too. Working so far good luck hope this helps

I only have one arm so carring him is pretty much out of the question. And i'm not risking injury to the one arm i got in order to try to pick him up. Maybe i can do it while hes on the roost though.