Really mean rooster!

[4 ever Orpington]

We have acquired a really really mean rooster from a guy that posted on the local social media group here that said he had purchased what he was told were all females but one grew up to be a rooster. The rooster is one year old he said and I suspect that the truth is that he didn't want him because he's extraordinarily mean!
My question is, is there any way to change his horribly mean behavior? I have tried being nice to him and not squirting him with the hose like the lady who owns the chickens told me to do to keep him from attacking but being nice to him absolutely does not work! Any suggestions? He's really really really mean and sneaks up behind you if you take your attention off of him for even one second and attacks viciously!

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[Cluckington101]

We have acquired a really really mean rooster from a guy that posted on the local social media group here that said he had purchased what he was told were all females but one grew up to be a rooster. The rooster is one year old he said and I suspect that the truth is that he didn't want him because he's extraordinarily mean!
My question is, is there any way to change his horribly mean behavior? I have tried being nice to him and not squirting him with the hose like the lady who owns the chickens told me to do to keep him from attacking but being nice to him absolutely does not work! Any suggestions? He's really really really mean and sneaks up behind you if you take your attention off of him for even one second and attacks viciously!

I Also Have a rooster like that he is 3 months old and making all his hens scared i am planning to put him in the freezer

 

[EllieW]

Let me throw out my theory and see if anyone thinks it's got validity. My chickens (including roosters) see me dozens of times a day. I am in and out of their space all the time. From day olds to the ancient ones. I've never had a mean rooster. My theory is that if they see you as one of the flock then you're not the enemy. And I don't handle them but rarely either, but I'm pretty sure it's more about just seeing me a lot. I call them for treats, too. That might have a little to do with it. Sorry, no idea what to do with a mean one since I have never had one.

 

[Nd2lrnChx]

We have acquired a really really mean rooster from a guy that posted on the local social media group here that said he had purchased what he was told were all females but one grew up to be a rooster. The rooster is one year old he said and I suspect that the truth is that he didn't want him because he's extraordinarily mean!
My question is, is there any way to change his horribly mean behavior? I have tried being nice to him and not squirting him with the hose like the lady who owns the chickens told me to do to keep him from attacking but being nice to him absolutely does not work! Any suggestions? He's really really really mean and sneaks up behind you if you take your attention off of him for even one second and attacks viciously!

 

[Nd2lrnChx]

I guess I never did figure out how to navigate this site because I don't know if this is the correct way to update my previous conversation about really mean roosters.
So, the general consensus about whether or not it was possible to fix a really mean rooster was that it wasn't possible and that he should probably just go in the Crock-Pot!
Well, just so you know, I did end up naming him Stu ! But even tho his name is stew, he still didn't end up in the Crock-Pot and is alive and well ,and believe or not he's not mean anymore! I suppose you guys might like to know how I did that?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Sure.

 

[Nd2lrnChx]

Sure.

 

[Nd2lrnChx]

Sure.

Oh man, please tell me it didn't just post a very serious letter that my son wrote that was on my clipboard, and then I will tell you how I fixed Stu. Thanks

 

[Nd2lrnChx]

In lieu of putting the mean guy in the crock pot, we simply put him in a separate enclosure in the main enclosure and he was forced to watch all the little chicks from this spring blossom into beautiful hens and didn't get to 'hang out' with them like he would have liked to! Poor guy!
So now we've released him into the general population a couple weeks ago and he hasn't attacked anyone and it doesn't seem to even cross his mind to! So far so good!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I have penned up many young naughty roosters that have emerged well behaved adults. A few months to a year in the clink can do wonders sometimes.