Help! My rooster is trying to kill me

[Bantambird]

Since I have small children, I don't tolerate bad roosters. My alpha rooster is Jake,

He's a really good boy, a birchen Marans. He keeps everything in line, except the Tom turkey. The other roosters give him wide berth. Sometimes selecting for temperament can help get a better rooster. English Orpington are pretty laid back.

 

[N F C]

Since I have small children, I don't tolerate bad roosters. My alpha rooster is Jake,
He's a really good boy, a birchen Marans. He keeps everything in line, except the Tom turkey. The other roosters give him wide berth. Sometimes selecting for temperament can help get a better rooster. English Orpington are pretty laid back.

Jake is a handsome guy @Bantambird

 

[drumstick diva]

Never a good reason to keep a bad roo. So many good roosters desperate for homes because they aren't allowed in many areas. Just a glut of them on the market and reasonable prices or even free. Or maybe you really don't need a rooster. Unless you sell fertile eggs or hatch chicks, hens will be thrilled not to have a rooster harassing them. They will lay just as many eggs without them.

 

[IdyllwildAcres]

I only read the heading, rooster trying to kill you. Kill him first.

Your'e welcome.

Gary

 

[poodlechicks]

You might luck out turning him back into a nice rooster, but I wouldn't bet on it.
I would either rehome him w full disclosure or turn him into soup before he seriously hurts you or someone else. Best of luck w your flock

 

[blogachick]

Hi chickenobsessed. Thank you for the advice. I'm learning a lot.

 

[blogachick]

Hi Idyllwild. LOL. it may come to that!

 

[blogachick]

Hi Wicked and BobDBirdDog:

So much fun reading what you've written. I didn't know you could trim spurs. And trimming his head with a hatchet. HaHa!

I thought I'd give you an update. I decided to take wick-ed's advice (and it looks like BobDBirdDog's too). Normally, gentle kindness is my default when it comes to chickens but frankly anger has begun to erode my finer qualities and I've run out of patience.

So this is what I did:

I got a really long pole and went all grizzly-bear alpha on Randy. (Picture granny running around the backyard growling like a mad woman poking a rooster with a big stick)

This is what Randy Rooster did:

His eyes got really big and then he ran for his life. When he’d reached safety on the other side of the yard he stood tall, flapped his wings and screamed a series of angry cock-a-doodle-doos at me. Then he wandered off as though nothing had happened.

I’ve done this every day and I've also taken Dekel's advice and '"walk through him" every chance I get. Now when I go into the yard on routine matters Randy runs away from me. I still carry my pole in case of ambush and of course the jury’s still out on whether Randy is truly rehabilitated but so far, so good. But now that I've heard from BobDBirdDog and his clubbed rooster, I'm not holding my breath!! (lol)

 

[BobDBirdDog]

Beware of rooster....I like that. Accurate AND funny.

I bet that made some people look when they read the sign!

It was well known back then and we were the chicken joke of the community, everyone knew to watch out for the rooster if they came to visit.

We were also known to be the only ones who held an all night chicken square dance as we kept the light on and had music playing all night long in the roost to help keep predators away.
One night an old drunk person tried to break into the barn thinking there was a local dance!

That was all back in the 70s.

 

[RodNTN]

How is he?