How to deal with an over-protective rooster

[Lizzie]

Our family has a Golden Campine rooster. We were supposed to get a hen of the same breed but the hatchery made a mistake. Just recenty he started attacking me and my brother. We have tried to bait him with treats, swing poles at him and sqiurt him in the face with water but nothing seems to phase him. My dad loves this rooster. Unfortunatly (for the rooster) the next step is putting him on the chooping block. Is there anything else to try before ''poor'' Adam the Rooster meets the hatchet?????????

 

[chicmom]

One thing to try is, everytime he comes towards you in a threatening manner, grab him up and hang him upside down. Then stick him under your arm (if you can manage that), and carry him around a bit.

This will show him that you are his boss--he is not your boss!

If that doesn't work, then OFF WITH HIS HEAD! LOL

 

[Sir Birdaholic]

Show him the crockpot!

 

[Nava]

what ever you guys do do not run away from him,face him when i have roos like that, they get to meet my boot,and then i give chase,and do that everytime he charges at you, until he knows who is running the show.

 

[frankenchick]

Give his girls treats, and give him your boot when he forgets his place. If our roo ever attacks me (or worse, the kids), he's going to freezer camp.

 

[Teresaann24]

Yeah stand up to him do not show fear or back away from him. Show him whos boss give him a swift kick when he acts up.

 

[paparootzi]

I have 8 game roos and when mine were growing up and I couldn't catch them, I went and bought a big long handled fish net so I could catch them up and handle each one of them for a while EVERY DAY. All they have to see is that big fish net and they run the other direction! I guess it helps alot to handle them when they are young but that's an easy way of catching them when they are young and fast and scared! Once they got bigger, they would come around me when I didn't have the net and I could pick them up and show them some love!

I do have one that jumped up and flapped me w/ his wings a few times when I went into his pen but I just grabbed him up and held him and pet him for a while. I didn't get aggressive with him because I figured he would just get meaner! After all, he probably just thought I was a threat and was doing his job of protecting his girls! He hasn't done it in a while and I just made it a point to give him some affection now & then!

 

[KKatknap]

I haven't read through all of this, but what I have read looks like excellent advice.

It's Gritsar's BYC page: https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=4810

Good luck.

 

[patnjess]

2 x 4 worked great for ours. we tried everything for 6 months while we were big enough to handle it, when he attacked our one year old and tore her face up that was the last straw. You can't change their behavior, you might modify it short term, but long term i don't think so. change breeders, they might accidently be breeding an aggressive breed

 

[paparootzi]

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I agree with this to carry him around for a while letting him know that you are in control of him but you might want to have on some long sleeves! Carry him around like 15 minutes or so and pet him and then put him down, if he walks away calmly, then that was a good session but if he acts "cocky" REPEAT it again and show him he's not the boss! Hopefully, he will get it the FIRST time, but you might have to do it a few times. It sounds like your dad likes him and would want to keep him so maybe he will realize that you don't want to hurt him or any of the girls and will be a good rooster for protection!
BUT......I read a while back that holding a rooster upside down by the legs can be harmful because of the position of their spinal cord could press on the lungs (or something like that) I usually put my hands on their shoulders from behind them and slightly press them down to make them still and then slide my hand and lower arm through their legs (from the front) and hold them up against my stomach w/ my other hand on top (the one between his legs supports him).

Good Luck! Hope it all works out!