Is silkie attacking me?

[featherhead007]

So far for me the toe spurring did no physical harm whatsoever. My rope trick though is something that has finally earned his respect for my space.

Rope trick, I think I'll keep my distance too!

 

[sourland]

Flog/mate - whatever, both are unacceptable and tend to escalate. Educate or isolate until he is mature and 'rooster' behavior can be evaluated.

 

[Phillyndilly]

Flog/mate - whatever, both are unacceptable and tend to escalate. Educate or isolate until he is mature and 'rooster' behavior can be evaluated.

I agree.. I prefer educate Im not pushed around by my full grown pissy goose during mating season so no way he’s getting special treatment. Plus we only have one enclosure and even though he made me mad I don’t want him to be alone.. he doesn’t hurt the girls. At least not yet.

 

[Phillyndilly]

Does everyone suggest the bopping method? By device of choice rope or other lol

Or is there a better way to handle the situation. All joking aside I would like him to be a friendly boy and not afraid of me...but if that’s not possible I just want to train him in the best way and I don’t want to hurt him or isolate him.

 

[sourland]

Never used the 'rope method', but it sounds interesting. Bird gains respect for the object yet not fear of you. Only possible problem is that you will be carrying the 'rope' around for the rest of his life.

 

[Phillyndilly]

Oh ok so I YouTubed it and the dance is def mating.. the only reason I wanted to distinguish is because I would be less annoyed if he wanted to mate me than attack me!

 

[KiwiandPeachthePigeons]

lol my silkie rooster does this. I come home, and he comes marching out with his girlfriend. So I go to say hi, and he attacks my hands, like pecking them and clucking. When I pick him up he usually stops and calms down. He thinks he's so violent and vicious.

 

[BantamBabies]

Can I jump in here? I have 4 Silkie satin hens and 2 Silkie satin roosters all of which are almost a year old. Just a couple weeks ago our top rooster started chasing my 5 yr old daughter. We didn’t believe her at first because out of all our chickens he’s the one that is most held and tamed. He managed to scratch her nose up and when I went out to survey the situation he started attacking me too! I hate to say but mama bear kicked in and I booted he’d a few time as he charged me. The next morning he tried again and got the boot again. I felt horrible but I can’t have that. When I told my daughter we will have to rehome him she cried all day. I’m trying to give him a second chance. He’s since chased my younger daughter and just recently backed down from me. Should I wait until he’s past a year old to make the final decision? We really don’t need two roosters but my daughter would be devastated. Can you teach a rooster to respect kids who are totally fearful now?

 

[Shadrach]

Stand still. Let him do what he needs to do and be happy he loves you.
My mate Treacle. Not once has he tried to flog or spur me, but he does think I'm his hen and he does love a boot.
Try to bear in mind through the hysteria that we are talking about a creature that probably is no taller than your knee cap and weighs at maximum one tenth of your bodyweight.

 

[Phillyndilly]

Stand still. Let him do what he needs to do and be happy he loves you.
My mate Treacle. Not once has he tried to flog or spur me, but he does think I'm his hen and he does love a boot.
Try to bear in mind through the hysteria that we are talking about a creature that probably is no taller than your knee cap and weighs at maximum one tenth of your bodyweight.
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This may very well be true for you but my rooster is DEFINITELY attacking me. He isn’t being nice, he doesn’t want to snuggle with my boot. And I highly doubt @BantamBabies wants to snuggle your daughter. Since posting this Rudy attacks me still. I’ve tried bopping him, now I grab him and carry him around. I’m trying the nice route. Staying still is an option because I usually won’t escalate the situation. But Rudy always sneak attacks me, if I see him looking at me crazy I will stop and say no.
Silkie Likely won’t do any harm. I know it’s hard to teach a child to stand up to him but running is obviously the worst thing. Some people say they are bad their first year when the hormones kick in but it’s up to you. I would say a stick for her but the problem with Chickens verse water fowl that I’ve noticed is if you wack them or push them away they come back at you. If you are in a “fight” if you stand still it’s just the pause before the charge. She’d prob have to chase and poke him or tap him and that’s a lot for an already fearful child to do.
I just started the hug method someone on here posted an article. So any time he attacks me I grab him hold him. First I say no! Then I pet him. I’m hatching chicks right now and if I get a friendly rooster he’s going to be out unless he changes his behavior. Being mean hasn’t helped so I’ll try this way, he deserves a chance. He just gets me mad that it’s always sneak attack and he startles me lol.