I have a devil rooster! Help please.

[lleighmay]

Do you have to keep him until May? If not, I would just get rid of him now to avoid any hazards to other family and friends. Even without spurs they can still hurt you with claws and beak.

 

[chickened]

I give my 10 year old son a plastic baseball bat and it seem to work and the rooster left him alone after that.

 

[perolane]

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[Chicken0Boy]

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I was thinking about that. I am getting some chicks in May. I dont really care about the whole fertilization thing with my roo right now. I hope I can find someone to take him.

 

[oldchickenlady]

I cured my roo of messing with me by being the aggressor whenever I saw him. When I went outside to let them out I would walk towards him and make him move out of my way sort of chasing him around the yard for a few minutes (not really chasing him but making him move away from me). I also would not let him mate any of the girls when I was outside. Sometimes when I threw scratch out for them, I wouldn't let him eat for a while. That seemed to establish me over him in the pecking order. Now occasionally he would try to mess with my husband, but he never did with me! I finally culled him because he was being too rough to one of my hens and was tearing the hide off her back. Then one of my RIR hens started acting like she was the 'head chick' on the place and would bow up at me if I went close to her, either in the yard or the coop. We butted heads for about 3 weeks before I finally convinced her she wasn't 'all that'! Now she squats for me! Finally, the little heifer scratched, pecked and bruised my hand and arm multiple times before I cured her. Good thing she lays pretty dark brown eggs or I would have had to make dumplings out of her!

 

[cubalaya]

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i have never used the plastic balls. someone who bought some chickens from me told me that one. i wont tolerate a mean rooster but im not scared of them. i think the mean ones taste better.

 

[ladybug99]

Mine only does that flogging thing to me.. my BF swears its because I take it personal... I told him because the rooster thinks I am the dominate one and he wants to be the dominate one.....he is good for about two weeks and then he does his flogging thing for a few days and after I beat him in the dominance thing he calms down.. but I always have my broom with me

 

[galanie]

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Thank you for getting the joke! I know you aren't afraid, Chicken0boy, there were just a couple posts that sounded like the posters were scared of their birds. I have been around people that were petrified of a mean rooster and never understood that so I had to open my big mouth

 

[GeneJordan]

send that devil to the fiery flames of the barbecue pit

 

[Chicken0Boy]

Thanks you guys, for the posts.

I have decided to keep him until May, and when he trys to mess with me I will set him in his place.