how to train rooster to attack strangers

[speckledhen]

 

[The Angry Hen]

If you teach him to attack strangers he'll most likely attack you.

 

[speckledhen]

If you teach him to attack strangers he'll most likely attack you.

Exactly. A rooster does not have the same type of intelligence that a dog does so you can't really train him to make that distinction.

 

[aart]

@Akrnaf2 Great posts!!

 

[Akrnaf2]

@Akrnaf2 Great posts!!

 

[Diannastarr]

hello

i had an aggressive rooster that attacked all strangers and annoying people who enter our property, but it died (RIP, two minutes of silence...)

so now i need to train another one to take place as home guard, is there anyway to train the rooster?

thanks

hmmm i had one my big bad chicky boy i trained him to never even think about coming after me , but every one else, but i could stop him if i needed to, i even had a sign on my front gates beware of attack rooster enter at your own risk , i think thats about the only way is you first need an attack roo then train it to never go after you & remember never turn you back to them , or they will give it a try ,they usually try to attack from the back, so make sure that can never happen , or you will loose your head of the pack power over him ,if he can find your weak spot, but i cant tell you how to create an atack roo you just need a bad roo to start with. look for the more aggressive breeds mine was a new Hampshire red , he turned mean at about 16 weeks old , i tangled with him a few times until he knew better to even try to come at me , i guess we respected each other , thats what you need is the roos respect , remember

your the head roo in his eyes .!! but never do this if there is any chance of a child being hurt by your roo, we never have any unannounced visitors front gates are always locked but we live on the Mexican border in a rural area, so if any illegals would enter our place at any time night or day my roo would be right there, he was loose 24 /7 for our protection. i eventually penned him up in a nice big pen until he passed away it seemed the best thing to do , for every ones safety . but also you could get a goose a baby one then grow it up to be good around you , and boy let me tell you a goose is a good guard..!!!

 

[morheb]

the rooster i had was a good one, he only attacked strangers

 

[centrarchid]

the rooster i had was a good one, he only attacked strangers

I think you could do it and have tinkered with how aggression is directed at humans. Most people likely have not even given the issue real thought for a variety reasons.

Some birds will be easier to work with that others. Getting bird to not attack non-targets consistently would be tough. Family members would need to be in on this. You may also need to consider boundaries where bird does not cross them in an aggressive mode.

My approach would have you and family very much as part of the territory but not part of the pecking order.

How do you expect rooster to be able to distinguish you from trespassers?

 

[bobbi-j]

No way, it is not for rooster fighting, i want it to keep strangers away that is uutthene we had only attacked strangers but never hurt anyone, (not badly anyway)


Sooo u say i can train one to protect the house like a dog?
How can i?

Why don't you just get a dog? Really - an attack rooster is a bad idea.

I knew they threw rocks at him to get him like he was... But the problem with that is no one could go in his pen!

So apparently to create an "attack rooster" one has to be cruel to them. Again. Bad idea. Get a dog. Wait - OP, you wouldn't throw rocks at a dog to make it aggressive, would you? Because that's still just wrong. Research training for guard dogs. For the dog you're going to get instead of the poor rooster you want.

 

[Sara Ranch]

Wow. Lots said.

I have the Brat Pack. (They earned the nickname.) They would NOT let anyone, or anything, near the house. End of story. That included other animals that lived here before they were adopted.

I verbally warn everybody that I had attack roosters.

After being here for a bit, the guys mellowed some. They still look mean and fierce and huge. (That's just how they look. Think sumo wrestler.)

Recently, anytime I wander alone near a perimeter, at least one of the big, mean looking roosters will accompany me. His choice to do so. And I am grateful for the protection. (There have been a lot of problems the last few weeks with trespassers, hunters, hunting dogs, foxes, coyotes/wolves, and who knows what all else. Something has been eating the rabbits and stalking my animals, so some of us have been on high alert.)

I wouldn't train the roosters to attack. I would, however, be grateful for any protection they offered.

Sometimes the warning of an attack rooster would be enough. Or seeing a fierce looking rooster would be enough. Do you think either of those would work in your situation?