My rooster is becoming aggressive toward me and my family

[Birde]

I have the best rooster ever. He comes when I call him & is truly a pet. He bit me yesterday wanting attention. I have 20 roosters & over 100 birds. When they want attention I find that's what they do.

 

[kellysmall87]

spiritedfarm - it's a good idea that works! You need to (and your children need to) show him whos the boss and that you rule that roost!

 

[speckledhen]

And often, that just simply does not work. The really stupid roosters don't learn that way and will not change. They may just become sneakier about their attacks if you humiliate them.

Much of this is the age as well-if a very young cockerel bites you prior to mating age, it's usually boundary testing and can be stopped. I've successfully stopped that on males who really were not truly human aggressive. You scoop them up and hold their beak shut for a few seconds. They really seem to hate that. A couple of times is all it takes.

However, in my experience, if you have one who is genetically programmed to be human-aggressive, all the humiliation and intimidation in the world will not fix him, no matter what folks tell you. The more intelligent roosters are the ones who learn that the humans who feed and water them are not the enemy. I don't keep stupid roosters around here.

Of course, the D'Anver bantams aren't the brightest bulbs in the package so they get away with stuff the big ones wouldn't-you don't even realize you're being flogged most of the time when a rooster weighs 18 ounces, LOL.

 

[NovaAman]

I have wonderful roos... I am lucky.

My neighbor has a roo who is aggressive. He's a good watch roo though and very good at alerting for problems. He just turned a year. I would let the out of their coop to range for the neighbor, and he warned me that his roo was going to attack me sooner or later. I told him I wasn't worried as he hadn't done so yet. A few days later he did. I kicked him away several times, but he kept coming at me. I ended up booting him one more time, puttiing my arms out to the side to make my self bigger and more aggressive and chase his fussy rump around the yard. He has not attacked me since even with my back turned. He learned quick. The neighbors wife did the same thing to him, and he's left her alone as well. SO, stop it early. IF he's stupid, sell him if you can't eat him.

 

[SpiritedFarm]

Roo & Dumplings.......mmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[Jungleexplorer]

I have a rooster that is becoming increasingly aggressive toward me and my family. He used to be very good natured, but within the past month or so is becoming much more protective of the coop and the area the chickens are in. Is there anything I can do to deal with the aggression. I have never owned chickens before and actually have a total of 5 roosters (they were straight run and I guess I just didn't get too lucky and got roos instead of hens) and 9 hens. The other roos are fine so far. I am not a person that can cull my chickens, they are strictly pets for me. Any suggestions would be appreciated. How hard is it to get rid of an aggressive roo?

I have raised chickens for many years. Aggressiveness has to do with breeding and genes more then anything else. I have a firm policy of no tolerance for any animal that will attack a human for no reason. I personally will not own an animal that will do this. I once had a White leghorn rooster that spurred a three year old daughter of my friend. 30 seconds later he lost his head. If you have a rooster that is charging your grand kids, there is no question about what needs to happen. I would not try to sell him to anyone else. It is no different then if you had a dog that you knew is aggressive towards humans and you sold him to someone else. If he injures someone, you are responsible, because you knowingly sold an animal that you knew was aggressive towards humans.

Just kill him and get it over with. There are lots of rooster, but you only have a limited amount of grand kids.

 

[gickelvolk]

Sounds like he needs an introduction to Mr.-Freezer.....

 

[kellysmall87]

Wish I lived closer to you! I would have him and try my best to change him.

 

[speckledhen]

I have raised chickens for many years. Aggressiveness has to do with breeding and genes more then anything else. I have a firm policy of no tolerance for any animal that will attack a human for no reason. I personally will not own an animal that will do this. I once had a White leghorn rooster that spurred a three year old daughter of my friend. 30 seconds later he lost his head. If you have a rooster that is charging your grand kids, there is no question about what needs to happen. I would not try to sell him to anyone else. It is no different then if you had a dog that you knew is aggressive towards humans and you sold him to someone else. If he injures someone, you are responsible, because you knowingly sold an animal that you knew was aggressive towards humans.

Just kill him and get it over with. There are lots of rooster, but you only have a limited amount of grand kids.

I agree with these points, but want to qualify the comment about kids:

Toddlers and very young children should NEVER be allowed around roosters-they can make even the calmest rooster lost his cool with their jerky, sudden, and loud movements/manner. They don't belong around a bull, a stallion or a rooster in charge of hens. Takes only once being spurred in the face for a toddler to lose her eyesight. They are exactly the right height to a rooster's height for that to happen.

Human aggressive tendencies can be inherited, as this poster mentioned. That is why I will not keep an aggressive rooster and you do not have to! A rooster can do his duty to his flock admirably and be easygoing with the humans in charge-I know this for a fact as those are the only types I keep here.

Keep males sired by males who are good around people; that mitigates your risk of having a mean rooster. Cull the ones who start up with flogging after mating age. That is not just "sowing his oats" most of the time--that is usually an indicator of what he will always be like.

 

[hj_frederick]

Thank you everyone for your advice. I actually found another hobby farmer like me who wanted roosters and took my aggressive one plus my 2 beautiful Partridge Cochins. So glad I was able to find them a good home.