Is it possible to gentle roosters?

[MochaDuck]

I have two roosters that love to bite our fingers. Is there any way to tame them of this?

 

[snow5164]

I’d say yes , do you feed them out of your hands? That could be confusing for them , they might be looking for treats .

My silkie rooster grabs my shirt or skin and doesn’t let go , i put his head under the water tap ,
He’s one year I’m hoping he’ll calm down as he grows more.

 

[TheTwoRoos]

Chase at them and hold them down when they do it,is it aggressively,or curiosity?

 

[MochaDuck]

I’d say yes , do you feed them out of your hands? That could be confusing for them , they might be looking for treats .

My silkie rooster grabs my shirt or skin and doesn’t let go , i put his head under the water tap ,
He’s one year I’m hoping he’ll calm down as he grows more.

Yeah, I do hand feed them. That would explain why one turned mean literally overnight.

Chase at them and hold them down when they do it,is it aggressively,or curiosity?

They seem to do it out of aggression. One of them will grab a finger and not let go

 

[getaclue]

Yell NO, while gently but firmly smacking his butt, or whatever part you can.

 

[TheTwoRoos]

I’d grab back,full on attack one,peck the backs when they do it,that shows it is not ok.

 

[snow5164]

Yell NO, while gently but firmly smacking his butt, or whatever part you can.

I’d grab back,full on attack one,peck the backs when they do it,that shows it is not ok.

Please don’t do any of this , just like a child if you hit, chase grab him he’ll fight back . Raising a voice is ok , you need to protect your self but not atracking him
Cause he attacked you ???

Did you mention the ages? Also why more then one rooster ? He wants to protect his hens from you , stop hand feeding him.
Walk around the hens and try to not get in between them and him, you become the enemy.

There are rooster haters, don’t listen to anything that just feels wrong to you , you care for him and want to figure him out

 

[TheTwoRoos]

The boys are young,three months.Pecking the bird on the back should reassure your in charge and that is bad behavior.If a rooster is goign to attack me,I’m going to fight back.Perosnally,from just keeping chickens,raising your voice at a chicken will be like taking to a wall,actions speak louder then Words.Do what you think is best.My methods have worked for me.I have never had an aggressive rooster.Curently all my cockerels get testy at around two to three months of age.I just peck their backs a few times and shove them out of my walking paths,from that point on Were best of friends and avoid all issues.

 

[TheTwoRoos]

my apologies,was thinking of another thread,the boys are not three months,unsure of age.

 

[Criticalicious]

Research taming/training roosters. Some can be taught, some cannot, but you need to start now before it escalates further. I don't allow my birds to bite - pullets or roos - they get a tap on the head or comb, not hard but enough to make them back off and respect me. If I have something in my hands like the bag of treats, sometimes I wave that in the roo's face to make him back up without risking my fingers. Usually he will turn around and do something else like watch out for his girls. And I stopped hand feeding because the group of birds gets rough trying to get the treats first. It's more fun to toss treats on the ground and watch the rooster call his girls over.