How to tame Roosters?

[centrarchid]

Ahh this seems pretty similar to what I'm saw with my rooster when he bit me.

Feed bucket aggression. Generally easiest to correct. With aggression, it helps to understand the roosters motivation so you can remove stimulus for his being aggressive.

 

[Jmwah_12]

Feed bucket aggression. Generally easiest to correct. With aggression, it helps to understand the roosters motivation so you can remove stimulus for his being aggressive.

Yes, I see thank you very much for the advice! I'll change what I usually do and see if it changes. If it doesnt I'll see to something is done to be corrected

 

[ChickenChick34]

Dolly, my Buff Orpington, just started crowing last week... s/he is 4 months old. I hope to keep him. Is it too late to try to handle him more, be his alpha so he doesn’t turn into a jerk?

 

[Cheery]

Hello, I need some very important advice! I got some chicks a few months back which all happened to be roosters, they're like 2 maybe almost 3 months old. Lately they've been acting very aggressive, as for example I had a younger chick in my lap the other day and they came and snatched it out of my lap and tried to kill the poor baby. This morning one of them bit me very hard on the foot because I had walked away to bring them their morning food! It's not bad but it did draw quite some blood. So I was wondering if this is normal or if there is a way to somehow tame them? I tried to raise them as best as I could but maybe I spoiled them too much as chicks. I dont know but I could use some advice! Thank you!

If you have hens you can’t keep too many roosters with them. It’s just no fair on the hens.
you need about 12 hens per rooster or the rooster /s needs to be kept separately.
mid you want eggs from your hens then they need a nice calm life.
However back to your roosters, who I presume are separated from hens at the moment,
Some breeds can be tamed and some breeds have a nasty streak more often than not and then some genetics lines are nasty no matter how well they’re raised.
I raise chicks and handle them from hatching.
I feed them from my hand and pick them up a lot.
I like the way this makes fo very calm birds no matter what I have to do around them.
I keep young roosters seperate until I can chose the best one for breeding. The others are culled. It’s hard on me but easier on them because they used to being handled.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

If you have hens you can’t keep too many roosters with them. It’s just no fair on the hens.
you need about 12 hens per rooster or the rooster /s needs to be kept separately.
mid you want eggs from your hens then they need a nice calm life.
However back to your roosters, who I presume are separated from hens at the moment,
Some breeds can be tamed and some breeds have a nasty streak more often than not and then some genetics lines are nasty no matter how well they’re raised.
I raise chicks and handle them from hatching.
I feed them from my hand and pick them up a lot.
I like the way this makes fo very calm birds no matter what I have to do around them.
I keep young roosters seperate until I can chose the best one for breeding. The others are culled. It’s hard on me but easier on them because they used to being handled.

12 per male seems a bit excessive as a general rule. I've never had that many per male and mine are typically happy with a rooster

 

[imladrisfarms]

Get the book:

THE SMALL-SCALE POULTRY FLOCK
by Harvey Ussery
(Forward by Joel Salatin)

That will help. But roo's will kill each other. Everybody gets down on the chicken fighters, but roo's naturally kill each other. Only 1 to a barn yard!

(No, I don't support chicken fighting. They shouldn't use drugs/metal spurs, etc, for the fights. But fact is, roo's kill each other!! Have watched it play out on my own barn yard numerous times.)

Separating the roo's would go a long ways to see if they're actually aggressive (as some breeds are) or just being rogue teenage boys.
Either find them a home or put them in the pot! One to the yard is all that's ever needed!!
G'luck!!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

For my mixed flock, I let any boys that I somehow keep deal it out. Usually it's over pretty fast and it's obvious who's on top. I had a Male that lived to be almost 8 that spend nearly every spring and early summer with other males. Usually we ate the extras. But 4 years ago, he had a son that I wasn't about to eat. They had their spats, but he was clearly in charge and they got along decently. As he got older, the son became in charge but still they were peaceful. They would be side by side grazing and.in.eyesight of each other when theyndid their dance. The son only seemed to have one rule that would.resilt.in him fighting the other male: Don't touch his favorite hen.

Some.flocks can do well with two roosters. I wouldn't do more than that, but with the right male's and hens it's possible

 

[Jmwah_12]

If you have hens you can’t keep too many roosters with them. It’s just no fair on the hens.
you need about 12 hens per rooster or the rooster /s needs to be kept separately.
mid you want eggs from your hens then they need a nice calm life.
However back to your roosters, who I presume are separated from hens at the moment,
Some breeds can be tamed and some breeds have a nasty streak more often than not and then some genetics lines are nasty no matter how well they’re raised.
I raise chicks and handle them from hatching.
I feed them from my hand and pick them up a lot.
I like the way this makes fo very calm birds no matter what I have to do around them.
I keep young roosters seperate until I can chose the best one for breeding. The others are culled. It’s hard on me but easier on them because they used to being handled.

Right now I only have a small flock of roos because I'm just starting out and the chicks I originally got had all happened to be roosters. I did get some more chicks which I'm hoping are hens, and a few new hens will be arriving soon. But they seem to be quite well without the hens and they always go exploring with each other. I did hand raise them and they seem to be very obedient, at times..

 

[PhilSanchez]

Hello, I need some very important advice! I got some chicks a few months back which all happened to be roosters, they're like 2 maybe almost 3 months old. Lately they've been acting very aggressive, as for example I had a younger chick in my lap the other day and they came and snatched it out of my lap and tried to kill the poor baby. This morning one of them bit me very hard on the foot because I had walked away to bring them their morning food! It's not bad but it did draw quite some blood. So I was wondering if this is normal or if there is a way to somehow tame them? I tried to raise them as best as I could but maybe I spoiled them too much as chicks. I dont know but I could use some advice! Thank you!

Hundreds of answers to this question on here with 99% advising to get rid of, roosters don’t have thinking like a human, they only want you to stay away from hens, you will learn quickly to not turn your back to him.

 

[Ihavesomechickens]

Dolly, my Buff Orpington, just started crowing last week... s/he is 4 months old. I hope to keep him. Is it too late to try to handle him more, be his alpha so he doesn’t turn into a jerk?

Don’t try to be his alpha. Stay as far away from the pecking order as you can.