Really mean rooster!

[Nd2lrnChx]

I have one rooster that is a sweet heart. But his two brothers were jerks. Good roosters are hard to get.

I have one rooster that is a sweet heart. But his two brothers were jerks. Good roosters are hard to get.

Bad roosters make really pretty feather earrings!

 

[meetthebubus]

I don't ignore my roosters, each roo has a different personality
I had 3 that were mean but respected me for the most part, I had to spray water bc they would fight between themselves really badly, I culled them bc they abused China their sister that turned roo (probably bc of them) and they tried to kill my buff boy Roo when he was 3 months

Now Roo never wants to be touched but he eats from my hand and has never ever challenged me he is the gentlest and emotional

My newest boy is marshmellow, an EE 4 months and he is outgoing, unafraid, and from really little was the first to come to me. He allows us to hold him, he will sit in my lap and close his eyes and isn't mean
Yet he's not a baby, he mates and gives his girls first turn at the treats like a good boy

China is a buff orps who thinks she's a roo, she is grumpy but never mean to me and will let me hold her once in a day it after she fought 2 Rottweilers intruders she ran to me when I scared them away and stayed trembling for 2 minutes in my arms and then walked away all proud so....

I think every rooster is different, they don't need to be abused to control them if they are out of control they always will be imo and imo handling them doesn't make them aggressive to you

Respect and fear are 2 different things

 

[Nd2lrnChx]

I don't ignore my roosters, each roo has a different personality
I had 3 that were mean but respected me for the most part, I had to spray water bc they would fight between themselves really badly, I culled them bc they abused China their sister that turned roo (probably bc of them) and they tried to kill my buff boy Roo when he was 3 months

Now Roo never wants to be touched but he eats from my hand and has never ever challenged me he is the gentlest and emotional

My newest boy is marshmellow, an EE 4 months and he is outgoing, unafraid, and from really little was the first to come to me. He allows us to hold him, he will sit in my lap and close his eyes and isn't mean
Yet he's not a baby, he mates and gives his girls first turn at the treats like a good boy

China is a buff orps who thinks she's a roo, she is grumpy but never mean to me and will let me hold her once in a day it after she fought 2 Rottweilers intruders she ran to me when I scared them away and stayed trembling for 2 minutes in my arms and then walked away all proud so....

I think every rooster is different, they don't need to be abused to control them if they are out of control they always will be imo and imo handling them doesn't make them aggressive to you

Respect and fear are 2 different things

Thanx for your input, it's all being absorbed and appreciated!

 

[Frazzemrat1]

I just picked up my first rooster this past weekend. He's two years old and honestly very polite with me and my hens. He watches me, but so far he's moved out of my way when I walk towards him. He hasn't been loose yet, as in free ranging, but we'll see what happens then. The only thing I'm worried about is how he'll feel about being free, and how he'll handle my dogs.

 

[The Phantom]

Bad roosters make really pretty feather earrings!

Lol and good for fly tying.

 

[bobbi-j]

So, are all roosters so mean or mean in general or is his behavior caused by something in the way his previous owner raised him? I mean, if you hold them and give them lots of attention and stuff when they're babies can it prevent a rooster from being mean? I'm new at chickens.

Roosters, like people, each have their own personality. I think some do become aggressive because of how they’re handled and raised. I believe some are that way because of genetics. They’re just too stupid to realize that the Bringer of Food is not a threat.

Many of the “My rooster suddenly turned mean” posts start out with, “My sweet baby that has been hand raised and hand fed...” Does that mean that all hand raised roosters become aggressive? Of course not.

I raise my chickens similarly to Oldhen. So far so good. Does that mean all roosters raised that way will turn out well? No, but I have been raising them this way for several years now and have yet to have an aggressive one since I started that.

 

[mixedbreeds]

I would get rid of him I have tried and tried to tame them down when I have a bad one I would only get a week or two at best then back to the attack. Roosters are easy to come by get another one if you like to have a Roo. I tried with a Welsummer Roo for two years finally I gave up.

 

[Lilorp14]

In the winter ours have been nice but spring, summer and fall ours that are mean are mean. I always come in or near them with food and hand feed them first. They start out agresive then realize I have a handful of scratch suddenly they change. They eat and chill out realizing I'm not a chicken. We have had roosters that no matter what you do they are mean. Do not let children near them. One of our roosters we raised from a chick was fine that first fall and winter by spring my daughter went in to take care of them and was attacked. Bruises and slashed open skin. Freezer he went. If you cant change them which more than likely you cant get rid of them or you have to always watch your back. We have given some away telling people that they are mean. I know of one that seemed to be much happier at another farm. I don't know whether they still have them.

 

[cassie]

I am very sure ignoring roosters as they grow up is an excellent idea. That said, I once had two big Buff Orpington roosters that became real menaces. I don't recall ever handling them or interacting with them, but that was a long time ago and maybe I did make that mistake and have since forgotten about it. I tried the hanging them upside down bit and everything else you can think of to no avail. I ended up giving each of them a nice long hot soothing bath with some onions, celery, a bay leaf or two and some garlic. Sure cure. Having an aggressive rooster around just isn't worth it. You can buy an awful lot of chickens for the price of one trip to the ER.

 

[bobbi-j]

I am very sure ignoring roosters as they grow up is an excellent idea. That said, I once had two big Buff Orpington roosters that became real menaces. I don't recall ever handling them or interacting with them, but that was a long time ago and maybe I did make that mistake and have since forgotten about it. I tried the hanging them upside down bit and everything else you can think of to no avail. I ended up giving each of them a nice long hot soothing bath with some onions, celery, a bay leaf or two and some garlic. Sure cure. Having an aggressive rooster around just isn't worth it. You can buy an awful lot of chickens for the price of one trip to the ER.

I don’t just ignore mine. I start training them from the time I realize they are cockerels. I don’t take any nonsense out of them. If I want to be somewhere and a cockerel is in my way, I go straight through him. If a cockerel does try to challenge me, I meet him with confidence and back him down. Sometimes I will just walk towards them and make them move just because I can. I have not had an aggressive cockerel since I started raising them that way. They stay out of my space from the beginning. I don’t have to try to reform them. No spraying with a hose, no carrying or hanging them upside down, nothing. They already know.