Rebel Roo?

[bobbi-j]

I'm in the "eat him" camp, also. He scratched your face. How close was he to your eyes? Read the posts from the people who have gentle roosters that need to go because they live in town where they can't keep them. Check Craigslist. There are good ones out there. I have had to learn to not get too attached to my roosters. I don't name them because it's much easier to get rid of them that way if they get aggressive. All the best to you if you choose to try to "rehab" him.

 

[azygous]

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So. jlj. All of these kind folks have taken time out of their busy lives to reply to your problem. Don't you wish to respond?

 

[Ridgerunner]

I'm also in the eat him camp. I have worked with a rooster so he would leave me alone, but my wife had to take a broom with her. Any visitors remained fair game, even after he learned I was not. I have a granddaughter. She has pretty eyes. I will not have a people attacking rooster around.

 

[shareverwonder]

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Eat him or get rid of him. Only trouble to follow. Believe me, more often than not these ornery roos will attack. I just had to give mine away last week because he kept attacking me and even an old lady in the cemetary next door to me.

 

[shandiane78]

My roaster, I mean rooster, tried to spur me this morning. He did it to my 6 year old daughter too! Fortunately his spurs aren't grown in yet, but I'm not going to wait and risk someone really getting hurt.

 

[Blue]

I recently traded away an aggressive roo for another one (that I hope doesn't turn out to be aggressive). I would definitely recommend getting rid of him, either by re-homing or by eating him. There are lots of nice roos out there, and unless you're very attached to him, there's really no need to keep an aggressive one, especially one that's already went for your face.

 

[azygous]

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Spurs are quite easy to remove, you know. Just take some pliers, grasp the spur close to the shank, and twist back and forth gently until the spur comes loose and lifts off. What's left is a fleshy nub the size of your finger-tip. The nub may bleed a drop, but Stan fell asleep in my lap as I was removing his, so it must not hurt too much.

The nub hardens in a day or two and the spur slowly calcifies again, layer by layer, so you may need to remove the new spur again in six to ten months.

This removes a big danger and will provide breathing space if you choose to try to re-educate the roo to some manners.

 

[ImStillMags]

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Put him in the stew pot. He will only breed more ornery little guys. Better to take him out of the gene pool.

 

[jlj]

I am sorry I havent been back on here.
I spent the day, yesterday at the ER, Bert got me again!
And now Bert is in the fry pan!
I think I am now in the "Cook 'em" Camp!
Thank you all for your help.