My cockerel just tried to flog me!!!!!

[suzeqf]

i do the same thing with my roo's i have a blue andy that i'm pretty sure is a roo that tried that last night and got pinned down most of the time my "peck" stick works i have a skinny dowel rod that i use when someone gets out of line

 

[ChickLover98]

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I had a very young rooster try to flog my pap (He was about your roo's age). When the hens are being mean, we grab onto their tail feathers and hold on for w while. They hate it and now they know better.

 

[columbiacritter]

One of my husbands bantam roos bounced off the back of my leg lastnight. He discovered what a really bad idea that was very quickly. Nothing lethal or lasting but he was pinned down and screaming for his life really fast then got picked up and packed around like a loaf of bread until I finished by chores. This morning he kept to the far side of the run when I was out there.

 

[columbiacritter]

A good freind who is a national level breeder says he doesn't have the time or patience for evil roos. His method is non the first offence he holds them tightly by the neck for a slow count of five, the next time a slow count of 10, none have made it to a 4th.

But he's also got several hundred birds so losing one mean roo will not set his breedign programs back and I must say he's got some of the best tempered stock I've ever seen.

 

[speckledhen]

When they are 7 weeks old and sparring, they are establishing pecking order amongst themselves. When they are 7-14 weeks old and are biting humans, they are testing boundaries. When they are 17-24 weeks old or thereabouts, and are biting and/or flogging the humans in charge, that is aggression and is their natural personalities coming out. Before mating age, it's easier to stop. Once hormones are raging, it's less likely to change. I've been there several times and have seen this happen. I've nipped it in the bud with very young roosters, but never have been able to change true aggression in one whose hormones have kicked in and he's shown human-aggressiveness. All the current en-vogue methods were tried multiple times with no success in cockerels of mating age whose hormones were in control. Little biters can usually be stopped by scooping them up and holding their beaks shut for a half minute or so. Usually only takes two or three times to make them stop that idiocy.

Smarter roosters do not attack the humans who bring food and water. Stupid ones do. JMHO. I'd rather not propagate the stupid genes and the aggressive genes, which is why the current roosters I have of three different breeds are calm, even tempered, easy to handle and completely non-human aggressive, but awesome flock protectors just the same. I kept the smart ones.

 

[bryan99705]

Google this: Taming wild chickens

It's a very interesting article on Hubpage