How to stop a rooster from flogging you?!?!

[Folly's place]

x2! Mary

 

[HighStreetCoop]

My guy is a complete gentleman for/with me, but I recently went out of town and he went after my chicken sitter with a vengeance (he'd only met her once and she kept saying she was too busy to come by and get to know him/them before I left). I felt bad for everyone involved and won't but him or her in that position again. Of course I should have remembered that chickens are territorial and he wouldn't like a stranger in his yard near his hens and chicks. He was so happy to see me when I got back, too. He came running, making the excited "tidbitting" noise.

 

[enola]

For just that reason, any time I need a chicken sitter, I put all of my roosters in a bachelor pen that she won't need to go into to feed or water. All of the feeders and waterers are outside of the pen, the roosters reach through bars to eat and drink. The last thing I want is to find out a rooster is starting to flog while my sitter is responsible for their care and I am four states away!!!

 

[HighStreetCoop]

For just that reason, any time I need a chicken sitter, I put all of my roosters in a bachelor pen that she won't need to go into to feed or water. All of the feeders and waterers are outside of the pen, the roosters reach through bars to eat and drink. The last thing I want is to find out a rooster is starting to flog while my sitter is responsible for their care and I am four states away!!!

I'm having an extended secure run added to my set up so any future sitter can deal with the food and water (if they need to) while the birds are confined to the small side (connected to the coop) and then raise the access door between them once they've left the run. And honestly, since I have a Grandpa's feeder and an automatic waterer, sitters shouldn't really need to do anything except check on the birds and gather eggs (which can be done from outside the run). And with the much larger run (30 sq feet per bird), sitters won't need to let them out to free range which was the issue this last time.

 

[Mrs. K]

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my rooster has become of age where he is flogging the crap out of me because he has all those hormones running through him. I cant even catch him. I want to try your method but its so hot & hes black so Im afraid it will make him overheat or something. hes a beast. he chases me & even calls me out. I dont want to kill him because hes my first rooster & only breeding rooster. He was my baby & now hes a jerk. he doesnt have his full grown spurs yet...Im dreading that day. [/quote Use a fish net, the kind for scooping a large fish into the boat. The handle will extend your reach, and once you have it over him, drop the handle and step on it. In my experience, they will tangle themselves up tight in the net and that will calm them down. I can understand not wanting to eat him, but dreading the day he attacks you with his spurs is not reasonable. Either dispatch him yourself, or find some one who can. If you don't want to eat him, bury him and plant a rose bush. You do not deserve to be punished by a rooster. Mrs K

 

[keesmom]

my rooster has become of age where he is flogging the crap out of me because he has all those hormones running through him. I cant even catch him. I want to try your method but its so hot & hes black so Im afraid it will make him overheat or something. hes a beast. he chases me & even calls me out. I dont want to kill him because hes my first rooster & only breeding rooster. He was my baby & now hes a jerk. he doesnt have his full grown spurs yet...Im dreading that day.

I know there are some on this site that view human aggressive cockerels and roosters as flock protectors merely "doing their job". I am not one of them. There is absolutely NO reason to put up with that sort of behavior from a bird. None at all. Would that sort of behavior be tolerated from a dog, bull, ram or buck? Many well mannered males get butchered every year for a lack of homes. Why not replace the idiot jerk with a nice cockerel? One that could pass that desired trait on? I can understand how butchering birds isn't for everyone. Maybe you can find a local processor, or a hunter willing to help you learn. It isn't a pleasant task, but if you are going to start breeding it is valuable knowledge. Something will have to be done with the excess cockerels anyway and it would be a shame to give away the meat. Heck, around here the excess pullets are culled as well as the cockerels.

 

[CherryAdventure]

Mmmm. Tasty chicken pie. Aggressive roosters are no good.

 

[bwoods]

well for all you who would rather kill a fighting rooster, I found out why he is fighting. He feels threatened by my shoes. He does protect his flock by the way. He just has a problem with certain types of shoes. I dont know why. The guy we got him from would go barefoot around all his chickens (gross) but he doesnt attack my boyfriend who wears flip flops. I went out this morning & he just attacked my shoe. He pecked & flogged it. They are big clunker shoes that I got from my grandpa so I wont ruin any of my good shoes. Im not giving up on my rooster yet.

 

[FarmerMac]

I have one of these rooster that flog me when I picked one of the hens. We were inside the coop run so I was able to catch him. I shook him and tossed them a coupler of time and he never tried to flog me again. Show your rooster that you are at the top of the pecking order.
I had another one that was a man hater, he would try to flog me every time I came close to his pen to feed him. I had to wear leather gloves to take him out of the pen because he would peck the crap out of me. I tried and tried to tame him but no dice so he went to the stew pot.
Here is a pick of that rooster, too bad I could not keep him.

 

[DanEP]

well for all you who would rather kill a fighting rooster, I found out why he is fighting. He feels threatened by my shoes. He does protect his flock by the way. He just has a problem with certain types of shoes. I dont know why. The guy we got him from would go barefoot around all his chickens (gross) but he doesnt attack my boyfriend who wears flip flops. I went out this morning & he just attacked my shoe. He pecked & flogged it. They are big clunker shoes that I got from my grandpa so I wont ruin any of my good shoes. Im not giving up on my rooster yet.

If that rooster is attacking your shoes he's attacking you. What are you going to do if some kid comes over wearing the wrong shoes? I know it stinks getting rid of a rooster for aggression, but in the long run having a good rooster will make life far easier. I have evolved into a one strike rule. one attack and your done. This will allow you to have a roo that looks after his girls but is not aggressive who will have good sons if you chose to breed him.