my rooster is attacking me!!!

[the funny farm6615]

took him to my friend today, ( he has raised chickend for years ) and he said that he has heard from a LOT of people this year saying that their roosters have gotten agressive. it has been colder and MUCH wetter than usual, i know the wet makes me grumpy. anyone know about roosters?

 

[cochinbantam-lover]

I don't know much about this but i had a roo that was kinda nasty, one day he attacked me so I grabbed him and tossed him in a puddle he never did it to me again but continued to run for my DH when he came home from work and they would go at it....I think they both enjoyed it!!

My roo has since passed away from an unknown cause and I still think of him with fondness!

I wonder about this too why would they suddenly become nasty and attack you?

 

[chickiewhite]

The rooster is being a rooster so cruel behavior is uncalled for.
He is honoring his nature.
Grab the rooster and hold his head down (in a bow position) for half minute.
That is a chicken submissive role and can teach him you are the dominant rooster.

 

[cochinbantam-lover]

I don't think it was cruel just got him a little wet that is all!

 

[MuranoFarms]

I tried holding him like a baby. I tried holding him upside down by his feet. I tried pinning him down on the ground and holding him there. I tried making him get out of my way for about 10 minutes every day, trying to teach him that I'm the bigger badder roo. Nothing worked. That roo stalked me! Seriously, I would turn around and there he was. No matter where I went in the yard! (and its a several acre yard!) Finally I tried making him into soup.....he hasn't bothered me since!

He was an EE

I have a jersey giant that needs to go next. Mean thing has taking to thumping the backs of my legs when I'm carrying ducks. He hates the ducks though, so I don't believe he's protecting them. He doesn't have spurs yet, or I'm sure I'd be feeling the business end of them! He's next....and the chicken chasing, feather pulling, baby duck drowning pekin is going with them!

 

[housetree88]

Every so often, my Amerucana-Cross Roo and one of his hens do me this way. I carry a squirt bottle of water and spray it directly at their heads. It stops them in their tracks and I usually don't have any more trouble with them for a while.

 

[Chickenaddict]

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That doesn't work it just gets em fired up even more.... I had a white cochin roo who attacked me. Picked the little stinker up to calm him down and he went for my face.... Took several layers of skin from inside and outside of my nose! That was it for him. Also had a cuckoo marans named earl, one of my first roosters. He would stalk me hiding behind trees dippin and divin out of sight but as soon as you bent down he'd run up and attack from behind. He too had to go. Those styrafoam pool noodles wok well for playing chicken baseball, it doesn't hurt em when ya whack em with it but it sure does scare the living crap out of them.

 

[Jasmine1998]

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Mine is a 9 week old Gold Laced Wyandotte

 

[koop]

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LOL, I think I would be the same way, I'm just a little too much like my old man. Growing up the neighbors had geese, one day we were there looking at the animals, and they had a goose pen, we would try to pet the geese, and the geese would bite our fingers. So what my dad did was let them bite, then he would quickly try to catch the goose by the neck, they backed off.

I don't put up with agressive animals, if I can work with them thats fine, but I don't back down when they try to attack. And I have animals trying to attack often as I work in a boar stud barn. When you have an 800 LBer try to attack.......well it takes a bit to scare me now.

 

[Panhanle RIR]

chase him around untill he stops do this every time he gets to close and he will learn that you are the King/Queen of the flock
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