Our rooster sometimes attacks humans, but only half-heartedly.

[gg706]

My rooster came at me one time when the testosterone started. He met my foot at full force and the blow sent him into the fence. He has not tried anything ever since. IF he does he will meet the axe. I have small children around and will not tolerate a rooster who does not have manners. I would suggest if you want to try a few things go ahead...if it continues butcher him. I also would not hatch out any off spring from him. It has been suggested that rooster temperment is possibly very genetic related. So you quite possibly would replace a problem with another problem.

 

[gryeyes]

Never chase a rooster. Really. That just ups the challenge to him. None of my roosters are aggressive. They just know I am The Boss and the Food Lady. When I HAD a couple little banty Roos, I had to break them of flogging me or my visitors. (Unfortunately, men think an 8 inch tall Silver Sebright rooster flogging their ankles is too cute. They kind of reinforced that behavior.). Anyway, I walk "through" roosters standing in my way - THEY have to step aside and no sneak attacks as I pass are allowed.

I've walked a few roosters backwards for 20 some feet, until they turn to the side and give up. Then I just continue on in the same direction as if they don't matter in the least.

I have also carried a few roosters like footballs, with their heads facing to the rear. Like for ten minutes at a time as I do yard chores. Or not. Just carrying them "embarrases" them. LOL

Look for gritsar's methods of gentling aggressive roosters here in BYC. Her methods work well.

 

[Scott H]

And how does this show they are unintelligentt?

Roosters, all roosters fight because of sexual jealousy, period.  You create an aggressive rooster by scaring, chasing or catching hens in your roosters sight or hearing.  After he is confirmed in fighting you, there is usually little that can change his behavior.  Even game roosters won't fight you unless you use bad chicken manners in their presence. 

In case some of us think that chickens are an intelligent animal, I have over 60 years of experience that says that chickens are not very bright.  There was a case in the 1940s where a farmer chopped off Mike the Chicken's head to use his body in a batch of chicken and dumplings.  The farmer missed Mike's major arteries and spine, he left SOME of Mike's brain stem but cut his brain clean off.  The chicken lived for 18 more months and did or attempted to do all the chicken things Mike did before.  Mike enjoyed some success in the entertainment field, appearing in freak shows. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken

Chickens have a very short attention span and their world is governed by instinct.  If you must pin a rooster spread eagle to the ground and make him think that your going to perform chicken sex on him, my question is, who is training who?  In the long run you only make matters worse as your rooster soon begins to view you as a challenger for the favors of his hens. 

 

[Scott H]

I just don't get why a freaky botched beheading proves chickens are unintelligent.

 

[Keric]

I just don't get why a freaky botched beheading proves chickens are unintelligent.

x2

 

[chickengeorgeto]

Instinct is not the same as intelligence. In chickens pecking is an instinct, rational though is not. Thus a baby chick comes into this world pecking. Yes you can train a hen to play tic-tact-toe but she is only trained to peck a grid square in her cage that lights up to show her which square to peck. She only doese this in expectation of receiving a food reward.

In fact you can place a trained chicken in the nose of a bomb, fill it with a 1000 pounds of TNT and she can guide that bomb to hit a ship before it explodes. This is not my definition of intelligence, and I also doubt that it is your definition of intelligence.

 

[Scott H]

I agree instinct is not intelligence but I don't agree that if an animal has instincts it precludes it from having intelligence.

 

[Firefighter Chick]

My buff orpington roo, Maynard, wasn't a fan of children. He would chase and attack them. One day, when I thought he wasn't around us, he kicked my two year old son in the face, nearly hitting his eye. Maynard was no more after that. I felt so guilty for not forseeing that happening. Rehome him, cook him, or kill him.

 

[gg706]

I agree with killing and cooking him, but not with rehoming him. I would not want to pass on a nasty rooster and would not want anyone to pass a nasty roo to me. IF you do rehome him definetly let them know about his behavior before the new owners take him.

 

[chickenandchick]

A child will test his parents to learn where the LINE is. If the parent isn't consistent in teaching where this LINE is then child will become a brat.




It is my belief pets/animals are the same way. When your rooster "half-heartily" attacks move straight at him speaking in a mean voice letting him know that you will not tolerate that type of behavior.




Some on this forum suggest pinning the aggressive chicken to the ground to establish your dominance.

yes, he died anyway... so it was kinda good he was gone