How do I pick up my crazy roo??

[ramboas93]

Im just gonna say i dont think toddlers and chickens in general mix even a hen can peck out a eye within split second. you get down on their level and you will find that they find eyes very interesting as they shimmer in the light and are attracted to it. So if you have little kids you really shouldnt be free ranging chickens, they should be in a run. Which then if you have a mean rooster it really shouldn't matter cause they will be separated by a fence.

 

[redranger209]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume you don't have little kids.


When it's involving a toddler, the article doesn't matter. That bird may be okay with adults... MAYBE if it's worked with but that tiny human will be attacked again and again until it's big enough to hit that rooster back and hard. It's a safety concern and risk with a little kid and it's going to be for a long, long time.

I don’t have little kids, but I have tons of little nephews and nieces, five to be exact, between the ages of 7 and 1, so I know how easy it is to keep a kid away from chickens.

 

[redranger209]

Im just gonna say i dont think toddlers and chickens in general mix even a hen can peck out a eye within split second. you get down on their level and you will find that they find eyes very interesting as they shimmer in the light and are attracted to it. So if you have little kids you really shouldnt be free ranging chickens, they should be in a run. Which then if you have a mean rooster it really shouldn't matter cause they will be separated by a fence.

Thank you, finally someone who agrees to seperate them.

 

[Folly's place]

There's a difference between supervising a flock and children, and having an attack bird!
I've had both, and the children are much more important to me every time. All it takes is one gate left open once, for something bad to happen that can be avoided. I have zero tolerance for attack animals here!!!
Maybe I'm making assumptions that aren't true too, but if the OP is brand new to chickens, and has them near the house, and not on separate property, that's too close, IMO, for this situation to be safe.
Mary

 

[kkenney]

I don’t have little kids, but I have tons of little nephews and nieces, five to be exact, between the ages of 7 and 1, so I know how easy it is to keep a kid away from chickens.

Not always as easy as you'd assume. I'm just going to agree to disagree with you here.... from personal experience with my own kids and others children around chickens and other farm animals.

 

[redranger209]

I am the hugest hippocrite. I should stop now.

 

[Rose Quartz]

So seperate the danger from the dangeree. (That a word?)

indangered. I don't feel that a first offence is kill worthy either. but both of my aggressive roos did end up in the pot. ( the first which I've already described, ended up hurting himself attacking me. the kids weren't allowed anywhere near the chickens at that point. the next roo I had (crazy roos son) was ok until his hormones kicked in. he started attacking me. I tried everything. eventually he started posturing to my (at the time 2 year old) That was it for him. I couldn't have him attacking her and there was no where else he could go. I loved that boy he was the first chicken I ever hatched on my own. But my 2 year old loved the chickens there was no way to keep her completely separate from them.

 

[BlackHackle]

I’m new to chicken raising, and have 6 beautiful olive-eggers, one of whom is an aggressive rooster. A couple of weeks ago, he attacked my toddler, and has since run at me twice, scratching my leg up today. I had to kick at him today, and eventually push at him with a shovel to get him to stop running at me.

I don’t want to eat him or get rid of him (who wants a mean rooster??), and would love to try to work with him, but I’m afraid to pick him up as others have suggested. If I try to pick him up, won’t he attack me again? Or will he bite or peck at me? I want to try picking him up and holding him, but I’m afraid. Im not to afraid to be outside with him, though I do carry a broom around.

The chickens have all been pretty timid, and don’t really like for me to pick them up. At night, they let me pet them, but I know they are skittish. For the first time today, they came running for me when they saw me come outside, which was encouraging. So, the thing is, how do I deal with an aggressive rooster who is already naturally timid and averse to being handled much?

And no, I don’t want to serve him for dinner. I’m attached to my birds...yes, even him. Though I was pretty irate when he went after my son and terrified him......

I normally try to target the base of the tail and hold him still. Then I rush a hand at the top of his shoulders to clamp the wings and pin him. Then I grab his feet with one hand and use the other to press him against me so he can neither flap or kick. Make sure you don't hold him upsidedown by the feet

 

[Folly's place]

Polite roosters tend to sire polite offspring, and the opposite is also true. Genetics!
Mary

 

[Rose Quartz]

Polite roosters tend to sire polite offspring, and the opposite is also true. Genetics!
Mary

yes so far this has been accurate in my experience as well.