How can I keep my Rooster from Flogging me?

[jaburke]

I wacked mine with a rake. Hes better now.

 

[Sassafras]

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I'd like a gem pooping rooster please..

 

[BWSY]

I have never experienced this, so I don't know what I'm talking about....

But, why would you want to lower yourself to the rooster's level and fight him?

Just saying.....

I've had geese try to attack me and I just stared them down.

Oh wait!! I just watch some videos......what if you had shin guards on?

 

[sourland]

Shin guards don't do much to help your face if a rooster goes for your eyes. It can quite simply be self preservation especially when small children are involved. Ever have an infection caused by a rooster's spurs. Guess not or you wouldn't have asked that question.

 

[noodleroo]

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[BWSY]

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Just joking..... That's why I stated that I don't have experience in this.

 

[evhammond1200]

My rooster got one chance and only one he went after my 7 year olds face that was the end for him. I agree with alot of peoples posts I have seen In other threads if a rooster is agressive do you really want those genes passed on to future generations of chicks? We are going to try again this spring to raise a rooster and add him to our flock and He will have the one strike rule aplied to him too.

 

[Momo]

First off, don't run away from him!!!!! He's a CHICKEN, fer cryin' out loud!

It's like being attacked by a feather duster! You're, like, a Huge Giant compared to him. You can calmly reach down when he's squaring off against you, pin his shoulders down and just pick him up. If you're going to let him chase you, your only option is to make soup out of him. If you can learn to dominate him without making him more aggressive, then you can live with him, BUT you'll have to be aware of him at all times (especially since they love to attack when your back is turned) and he'll still flog / chase anyone who will allow it. I had an aggressive roo who never tried to flog me, but he liked to give me the stink eye and I had to "haze" him all the time and be vigilant enough to always be in the dominant position. He flogged my neighbour. He flogged my hubby, who got a nasty infection where his shin was punctured by a spur. So, I learned my lesson and the coop is a very peaceful place without him. I've only kept gentle roos since then. It's like Sunny_Side says, if you keep a nasty roo, you're kind of condemning a nice gentlemanly roo to the chopping block in his stead.

 

[RainbowBirds_of_a_Feather]

Aloha,

Roosters are complex, for the lack of words. It is like having a testosterone high teenager! Some are quick to know their place but others need grounding. I have done many things to get change but what I found was to separate and dominate. Like grounding a teen to his room. Then giving him chores for a month. It kinda is the same.

Isolate the rooster, as long as you have the room. Man handle him with all the people he has attempted/attacked. In other words, force him to squat, it is humiliating to roosters. If he attacks again. Then do it rougher with the treading. Make everyone do it, if possible. If he pecks you, you pinch a bunch of feathers and yank like when a rooster attacks another rooster. Then do it again until submition. Often using your hands like claws to pluck and scratch like a roosters fighting. It has worked with majority of my roos. But pure isolation and constant human handling will be effective also. But it depends on the rooster. But I have used the "katonk" with the broom. But if you think about it once the stronger roo wins dominance he will chase that lower roo until he proves a point. That is why l used the peck and pull action. It mimics dominance in chickens.

But this is just what worked for me and I have tried it out many times. But you have to be relentless cause any time there is weakness you will be challenged. So be on your guard. Young roosters will do that more than older roosters that are set in their ways. When the naughty roo is kinder to the humans allow him back into his flock. but if he does it again then i degrade him in front of the gals if need be. Killing is my last option. Unless it is cause the kids are kinder than the father and in with the new and out with the old.

Hope this helps... But you really do not need to follow my lead. I just wanted to share...

 

[pollostick]

he has never flogged me but he has my mom, dad, and two of my cousins. He just chased me all the way from the chicken coop to the house! Why does he do this and how can i make him quit?

Well, lol... ive read everything here from "cook it" to "rub, stroke, teach it english and sing it a lullabye".. hahah!!
Heres my two cents. *Ahem* Roosters do that PERIOD. Its a natural instinct thyve had since the first chicken or egg touched the surface of the earth. Its not only the way it establishes dominance, but also how he defends himself as well as his laying hens.
And he is entitled to do so and it should be expected. Some roosters are more aggressive than others as some have a fighting spirit. Believe it or not tbis is actually a good thing.
Butall is not lost, there are things that can be done here.
I clip the long spurrs off my rooster to prevent him from having the ability to inflict injury or pain. Doing so turns a potential harmful situation into a mere annoyance, as a de-spurred roosters flogging is akin to being hit with a foam pillow.
Now, if you have a rooster you really wanna keep, but he insists upon having a showdown each time you meet, heres what i do.
Im not overly aggressive but i face him head on and walk toward him calmly as if im not the least bit intimidaded and when he runs up i calmly scoop him up and gingerly pin him on his back. I hold him there until i see genuine worry in his eyes. Thats when i allow him to stand and go about his business.. this has always worked for me.
But i wanna reitterate that my main comment on this is that roosters just do that and its to be expected.
If your the type that gets butthurt and wants to murder your roosters for behaving normally then perhaps you need to find another hobby.
Also, and this may sound far fetched but it has worked, you can embarass him in front of all his peeps (pun intended) and shame him into leaving you alone. Pinning him like i described is one way, anotber is once you have him in your grasp carry him around in front of the hens. Maybe carry him upside down or even by his legs.
Ive done these things for many years and alwYs worked.