My Roo Attacked Me!!

[sutillman]

A few days ago a new roo I bought about a month ago flogged me and left my leg a little bloody and bruised. I put him in a pen by himself for a day and then back in with the hens. He avoided me until yesterday. He jumped on me and his spur hit a vein in my leg. I had blood squirting out the front of my leg as well as a couple of other holes bleeding. I was so shaken by this. I have never had a roo be aggressive to me. Of course the rest of my flock(excusing a pair of silkies, and we all know how sweet they are) was hand raised by me. This is the first grown bird I have ever bought and fear I have just inherited someone elses nightmare.I searched high and low for a rooster for my hens for a year and this is what I ended up with. My husband says I should have just killed him on the spot. I was just trying to get away without more injuries at the time. Would you kill him, sale him, give him away, or is there something I can do to stop him? I'd hate for anyone else to have this happen to them or their child. Had it been my little boy, who usually gathers the eggs every day, he would be in chicken heaven by now! This is a Polish roo, and I have always heard how timid and submissive they are. Yea, right! Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

 

[vfem]

You need to show you are the big 'man' around there. Pick him up, carry him around all afternoon while you are outside doing your stuff. Don't put him down, don't hit him... just carry him around. Then a few days later, do it again. If it happens after that he attacks you, I would just whack him but good, and then into a pot!

 

[Camelot Farms]

Oh honey...there is no question. Eat him or shoot him and throw him out for the coyotes.... right now.

There are too many wonderful roos out there to waste your time on this one.

www.allrecipes.com can help you out

 

[Chickenmaven]

I had a Polish roo that was the Devil himself.

My view is that you can try to tame your little demon by carrying him around. If things are too far gone for that (which I could understand), then name him Stew!

 

[Serama Man]

LUNCH, but if you decide not to have roast chicken, try holding him upside down, it makes them learn their lesson. my Polish roo is a BRAT!

 

[sourland]

Look at the damage he did to you. Could you ever trust him around your son? Kill him! Do not pass the problem on to someone else.

 

[Shifty Joe]

Wait until you get the fertile eggs for hatching, then say bye bye to Mister Rooster Pants. No reason not to get some new chicks out of the deal... but if he's got a mean streak in him, there is no reason to keep him and passing the issue to another person is no good. Reach out to a local hatchery, breeder, or criag's list ad because roosters are a dime a dozen. I had two BO roos added last minute to my last chick order and the hatchery was VERY happy to provide them. Hand raised chickens are always better.

 

[sutillman]

I think you are all right. I could never eat one of my chickens, and I don't want to pass him on to someone else that might get hurt. I'm going to keep him a couple more weeks to get some fertile eggs and hatch them. Maybe I'll get a little roo from those. Then it's to chicken heaven, or I think hell for him!

On another note. I cleaned the wounds really good once I finally got the bleeding to stop and used Neosporin. Should I worry about infection from his spurs? I mean no telling what was on them?

 

[Luvmybob]

I'm really sorry to hear you have gotten hurt by a roo! I had a wonderful roo who recently passed ( thanks to a stray dog ) but it sounds to me that someone passed this problem onto you and you wouldn't want to do that to someone else. If you want to try to "train" him, catch him and carry him around under your arm while you do your every day things outside, don't let him scare you or he'll know. Holding him lets him know that your the boss- I did this with my roo when he started to show aggressive nature towards my family- Don't be afraid to whack him if he gets out of line, especially if he's coming at you-- they are really tough birds--

My roo tried to "mate" with me once but I didn't realize it and I panicked and kicked him clear across the yard- he was fine- lol but he never tried to mount me again-

If he's too much then yeah, put him down-- remember your child is first priority, he's still just a bird

God bless and good luck!!
Dana

 

[Alabama ee]

The roo is dangerous. I would get rid of him. What if your son goes in there? However, I'm sure your son would enjoy chicken and dumplings.