Killer Rooster-HELP!

[jonesgirl]

I agree if I had a rooster that even tried to attck one of my children, I wouldn't be so nice to hang him by his feet.. He would get one good whack and be gone for good.. It just seems like the more you beat them up and they live through it, they would just get meaner...

I just worry because one of our little chickies is a rooster.. We had a bantam but he dies over the winter.. He was a little intimidating, he would puff up and charge you, but he was so little that we just laughted at him.. He would never jump on any of us..

Now for the legghorn, I am a little worried, because he is already twice as big as his sister...
YIKES!

 

[Lobzi]

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Not sure but I will tell you that my roo was babied by me and raised around humans...not chickens. He didnt know another chicken until he was about 3 months old. I keep hoping he will calm down when it comes to being with the other birds but so far I have to keep him separated. I think temperament might be hereditary it is just who and what they direct any meanness toward that can vary.

 

[Farm Frenzy]

Just let them know who's boss from the beginning, when they are still little. If you're all cuddly and lovey dovey with them then they think they are ahead of you in the pecking order. Don't give them any reason to think that and they will be fine.

 

[ticks]

You have a Killer rooster, its time for you to turn into a Rooster Killer.

 

[Farm Frenzy]

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nice....

 

[Ugly Cowboy]

Chicken noodle soup... Sounds good right about now with this wild weather!

 

[Sugar Sand Farm]

I think its in them from the beginning. I handled my white orp all the time He was always alittle flighty when he was small And my black australope was in with a very mean rooster who we got rid of I used to pick him up and give him special treats all the time and that was when he was older. He turned when he became head roo in his coop. Casper has always been the biggest and toughest in his coop. We had to take the other roos out as they started to fight It just made him worse,when he had all the girls to himself. I actually will put up with him as I have been told he is very pretty eye candy lol I don't actually fight with him I just tell him off and go into the coop with the net He really is afraid of the net. I don't have to do anything except walk in with it and he leaves rather quickly.

 

[joebryant]

What Farm Frenzy said.

 

[estpr13]

I have come to realize that there are many different circumstances which call for different options in handling these kinds of problems. I don't have any small kids and I live in town so the roos don't get out much. So how I handle a situation will be different from others.

I have no qualms about inviting a roo to dinner. Picked one up and he bit my arm. So I thought to myself that's okay you are probably just scared. So I started to pet him an stroke his waddles. Then he pulled his head back, looked me over and bit me on the neck and twisted his head to try to pull off a piece of me... He lived less than 5 seconds after that, as a outside corner of a wall was just a few feet from me and I swung his head hard against it.

But normally I try to grab my roo as it tries to leave the coop and give it a pet down and pep talk. Then let him go. It kind of works. I get bit every now and then. No big deal for me. But most often I get wing feathers up side the head until I get the roo under control.

Rusty is a big roo with 2 inch spurs and could really hurt if he wanted to but he calms down quickly and is use to the treatment. My other roos; like Rusty, don't like to be picked up but will calm down when held. There is no one else around so I don't know how they would react to other people but ususally they give me a wide burth unless I have a protesting hen in my arms then they act aggressive towards me but stay out of arms reach.

I try not to hit any rooster as I believe it causes them to see you as something to fight. Once they see you as something to fight they will always be imprinted to fight you.

Just my two cents worth.