Help my rooster wont stop attacking me and wont back down

[21hens-incharge]

By "lead hens" I am speaking of hens of any breed that are high in the pecking order.
Basically the bosses of the other girls.

 

[aurimilky]

Ok, you've got a rooster that sees you as a challenger due to your reaction to him. One thing you can try before you give up is when he attacks pick him up hold him until he calms down. Put him back down, if he attacks again repeat the process. If this works eventually when you put him down he will run instead of attack. If you do this for more than a few weeks with no improvement, it's time to try another roo. Good luck to you.

Okay I'll try that.

You won't change his behavior enough to be safe, and I agree, he needs to meet somebody's crockpot.
Nice cock birds are a delight to have, and he's not one of them! Mary

Okay, I agree to he is being bad and is not safe.

It is possible he's not fixable, some of them are just jerks. I've hatched some zonkers. It's totally up to you what you want to try,but if he's a jerk not alot you can do. I'm only telling you this because his attacks are inconsistent meaning he's planning what he's doing. If he did it everytime it might be hormonal or even illness,but he's a planner which usually means he's just a bhole.

That may be true

I successfully trained my aggressive rooster to not be aggressive. Here are the things I did:

If he attacked me, I would turn around and chase him. If he did any sort of challenging stance (puffing up hackles slightly, shuffling toward me, etc.) I would chase him. Sometimes I would try to corner him and catch him. If he was being relentless with his attacks, I would hold him to the ground until he stopped struggling. I also would "guard" over the hens while they ate (when he was still with my hens, he's in a rooster flock now). I would "guard" them by making sure he couldn't get into the coop while I was in there with them.

I hope this helped you!

Okay thx for the info. I've try chase him, but he wont back down and just goes for my leg more.

 

[Folly's place]

Sorry, I was referring to RoostersAre Awsome' post about her boy. I also like roosters, but only the polite ones! And I don't have space for a rooster only pen, so my boys have to get along with people, hens, and each other. Mary

 

[Kusanar]

Likely he won't be trainable, but I also wouldn't keep any of his sons, that human aggressiveness is inherited and likely his sons will have the same issues.

Also, don't give him away, that's just giving your problem to someone else. He's your responsibility to deal with. Either kill him yourself or only give him to someone that knows he's mean and is intending on eating him.

 

[aurimilky]

I notice that your human aggressive cock is now in a 'rooster flock'; he's not that nice, right? Mary

he nice most of the time, but when see when he see his chance, he goes for my leg.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I notice that your human aggressive cock is now in a 'rooster flock'; he's not that nice, right? Mary

If by "nice" you mean cuddly, no he is not. He is wary of me, which makes him harder to catch, but he's not aggressive at all. I moved him out of my hen flock partly because the hen coop is filled to its limit, and partly because he didn't have enough hens with him and was tearing out feathers.

Sorry, I was referring to RoostersAre Awsome' post about her boy. I also like roosters, but only the polite ones! And I don't have space for a rooster only pen, so my boys have to get along with people, hens, and each other. Mary

 

[aurimilky]

Are you addressing me or the OP?

Oh did I mess up one of the replys ? if so sorry about that.

 

[Dawnclucks22]

I don't have any roosters but my dominant hen is a beast...

 

[The Moonshiner]

I notice that your human aggressive cock is now in a 'rooster flock'; he's not that nice, right? Mary

I keep a cockerel/rooster flock during the spring and summer months. Mine has nothing to do with them being aggressive. They're my future breeding prospects. I can tell you without pullets or hens around they are calmer and get along great.
I would be curious how that rooster would do out with hens. I turn mine out into one huge flock in the fall and it goes better then expected but I don't have or keep aggressive roosters.
More interesting about that situation to me is that that is a one rooster experiment. I'd bet if he tried it with several different roosters it wouldn't be such a happy ending for the majority of them.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I agree with the others. He won't suddenly stop.
Cull and get a new rooster sooner than starting with a chick next spring.
I never have fewer than 5 adult roosters and sometimes as many as 20 mature males. I've been attacked a few times but mostly by Plymouth Rocks. I give them one chance, 2nd time they're dinner.
Like @sourland said, aggression is often genetic and inherited. You don't want to pass that trait on to the next generation.
After a couple hundred Penedesenca roosters, I've never been attacked. They're just not that into you.
Perhaps I take a different approach with my birds than most people. They are not treated as pets here. I figure roosters attack predators and other roosters. Predators move fast, other roosters mess with hens and don't bring treats. I move slowly, bring treats and don't mess with any of the birds except after dusk when they're calm.