My rooster keeps attacking us! HELP!

[seminolewind]

I wonder if a tazer would work!

 

[pipermark]

The answer is in ever episode of the dog whisperer. A rooster lives for 2 things, one is to try and be head rooster, the other you should already know.

Roosters try to grab the dominant position all the time, its what they do, you need to learn the signs and stop them as soon as he displays.

1. he starts the dance - U rush him, make him turn tail and run.
2. he will try to mate while you are close by - U rush him and make him and knock him off, don't let him mate successfully.
3. He crows - U if your close rush him make him run.

If you do these things consistently you will maintain your position in the flock as the dominant bird, if you don't you are telling your rooster that he is the dominant bird, which means if you don't do what he wants you have given him permission to flog you.


I have never let any of my roosters display around me, and yes they will still let you pick them up and pet them etc, one has nothing to do with the other, and chickens are smart enough to know it, some people, well thats another story.


PS. by the way I said "rush", if you start early there should never be a reason to , kick , hit or broom beat your roo, the worst I have ever done is "brush" one off a hen with my the side of my foot.

 

[rooster-red]

I agree with whats been said about charging them at the fist sign of aggresion and not letting them dance or display in your presence and being consistent , All excellent advise.

Where I have questions is about not letting them crow or mate in your presence.

I have 3 1 1/2 yo roo's, We worked out the fact that I'm the Alpha when they were about 8 months old at the first sign of aggresion. I followed the above guideline with the exception of discouraging mating & crowing in my presence and have had no issues at all with reguard to aggresive behavior.

I can turn my back on them, I can pickup even the most skittish hen while it screams bloody murder, and the roo's make no attempt to intervene, they don't run over to me or anything.

They're not all docile breeds either. One is a big Rhode Island Red, and they are notorious for being nasty, ill tempered roo's.

These roo's are very fierce defenders (one killed an unlucky crow that had the gall to land in the run), so its not like they have no will to be aggresive, just no longer toward humans.

It would seem that letting them crow and mate in my presence has no bearing maintaining my position as Alpha.

I would have a hard time believing that my 3 were just exceptions to the rule, and it can't just be in how they were raised as chics because 2 of them were raised elsewhere and I didn't get them until after they were mature.

 

[jenichick]

DH just told me that the roo we gave away attacked all the new roo's at his new home and the new owner, so the new owner has put him in quarantine area for a while. Looks like he's gonna end up dinner yet!