My rooster hates me...

[Teresaann24]

I mean he really HATES ME...When I walk by the run he runs up and bumps the cage towards me when I go to collect eggs from his girls nests he watches me and somtimes tries to attack me. He is a gray silkie rooster and I have had him since he was about 6 weeks old. He use to be my fav rooster and has NEVER acted like this towards me. He is about 10 or 11 months old now. He has became a big pain in my butt. I do not want to rehome him because he isa good boy with his ladies and has gave me beautiful chickies. The only thing I can think of that cause him to act this way to me is about a month ago. He had found a away out of his run and was chased by dogs and was really scared and I could not get close to him to catch him so I put a bucket over him to carry him saftly back home. Since then he has had this aggresion towards me. Its been a month and I thought surly he would get over it but has not at all. What should I do just find ways around gathering eggs from him? I am at a loss with him.

Here he is I took today in the stance he stays in while I am around.

 

[DiVon80]

Thats just a rooster doing his job...Think about it they are the protectores of the flock. I choose not to even make friends w my boys let them have there fear of man...Maybe they won't challenge me! Its just part of it. A freindly boy might let your flock down...

 

[b.hromada]

I don't know the reason for the aggression towards you, but I must tell you he's beautiful! I've read here that a lot of roosters can be quite mean.
I hope you find your answer, and decide to keep that handsome guy. Oh, I've also heard that you shouldn't show fear of him, you are head of the flock.

 

[annek]

Mine are not old enough but I remember reading a post a week or two ago that said they carried their rooster around for a while to teach it who was boss. Anyway, don't do it until you do a search on it but there were some remedies for aggression. If I can find the link I will post it for you.

 

[nivtup]

We had to get rid of a couple of mean roosters this past weekend.

All I can say is that you are lucky he is only a silkie.

You can try to out rooster him, although that has not worked well for me. I tried to keep an Araucana that was mean because I wanted to use him in our breeding program. In the end, I will have to use a different roo.

There is no roo worth having to watch that closely. When it reaches the point that you need to enter the pen armed, it has gone to far.


Good luck in rehabilitating him.

 

[Sugar Sand Farm]

Join the club. My white orpington rooster will throw himself against the side of the run trying to get to me. Today he had me cornered in the run I had gone into the run to clean out one of their waterers and he attacked. I had to kick him away from me or I would have been hurt. I keep him around because I am waiting to get some of his offspring. I have 10 in the incubator and 5 or 6 in the brooder. If any of them is a rooster he is out of here fast. He was always my favorite too. He was brooded in the spare bedroom and I paid alot of attention to him. He just turned MEAN When I go into the coop (its divided into three sections), he runs into the coop and follows every move I make. While I am feeding the middle section he is trying to get me through the fence. I do his section last as I have to use a large net in front of me for protection. He still charges the net and has gotten himself caught in it several times. Can't wait to see whats growing in the brooder they are 2 weeks old

 

[highcountrychickens]

It doesn't take much to change their minds about you... Hopefully there will be someone who will post a link to Rooster Red's page (I can't seem to find it) who outlines how to reprogram this in roosters. I think that much of that is inherent... and part of their job. Don't take it personally, it just sounds like the perfect storm of his hitting "time to grow up and become a rooster" and the event where he was scared and you had to chase him. Unfortunately he associates you with the stress. Look for Rooster Red's page - it might be helpful.

Good Luck!!

 

[annek]

couldn't find that link but did find another one that looks really interesting. Read this one about 1/2 way down about how to be the king of the chickens!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=2403&p=2

 

[annek]

here is the red rooster page on aggression

https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=2588-Roo_behavior

 

[Teresaann24]

Thanks everyone for the advice I too thought he sees me as the threat now because I chased him and put him in a bucket.

I have been collecting eggs now with a net also to keep him from attacking me. I believe one of his girls has gone broody and this is gonna be hard for me to remove him to another location so my girl can brood and raise her chicks alone. UGH.

I will read red roosters post thanks for posting it for me. Maybe I can change his mind about me!!