Roo attacks us

[LeghornLisa]

I'm sorry you had to go through that. I had a 2 silkie roos, one was sweet and one was quiet until he attacked me. I carried him around and would have done just about anything to keep my boys....in the end they had to go, I have 2 small kids to protect. Thank God he got me and not them. I happen to like roosters and their attitude but can't do "Mean".....good luck

 

[chickenlittle1980]

I carried my roo around before I even knew about that. He was sick and easy to catch......Back then he was a "she". Today I was trying to catch one of his hens and she was carrying on like I was killing her .......I am talking screeming!!!!! Out of the conner of my eye I see Nigel running all ticked off.... I got ready to kick, grab a stick and start throwing stuff!! I used to run but the 2 leghorns I had worked together!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have never had problems with him...... but there is always a first time for everything.... I kid you not the sec he came "flying" around the corner of the coop and saw it was me he unpoofed himself and walked off! Dont ask me how I "tamed" the beast. But I hope and pray he stays like this!


I agree once they start.........

I gave my mom my other red roo and that bird hated me! I go over to her house and he sees me and starts talking! He only got her once but she walks with a cane so he stays away! You could not pay me to go in her yard!

 

[patman75]

There are always young roos who could be great roos if given the chance. Mean roo = dinner.

 

[Backyard_Chicken_rancher]

I read that the Dominate roo will tap the young roos on the top of the head to show he is in charge so I did it when they were in the brooder to the 2 I thought were the roos now I walk into the run the come to meet me and if I don't have a treat they go away but when I pick the girls up they don't even think twice about attacking me so you may wanna try that. Light tap like a peck on top of the head or middle of the back I did both because I seen the bigger one do it to the little one so I did it to him

It must have worked.

Good luck to you.

 

[Kev]

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Your roo is too "hardcore" to be ever cured. The problem here has two causes, if he is a RIR, chances are he came from production bred lines. They are bred for production.. not personality. Possibly for some production strains, the higher aggression in roosters is linked to higher production in hens, or due to being selected for high production with almost every other trait being ignored/not considered important, a gene for aggression happens to be in there and so gets selected for by accident. Second cause is being raised very tame.. disaster if combined with a rooster with genetic inclination to be aggressive.

A lot of people have trouble accepting that aggression has a genetic basis. Also, it exists in a continuum, from very low aggression towards extreme aggression. Many roosters are somewhere in middle.. basically a rooster with enough aggression to maybe go after people(especially if hand raised very closely/tame).. but potentially also easily discouraged by ANY deterrent methods. This why some people will say "I did this and it worked for me" while another person report that method not working at all.. with the rooster keep coming back to attack again.

Your rooster throwing himself against fence and biting while being held is showing aggression on very high end of the spectrum.. this rooster is going to attack people again, pretty much no matter what you do. He's just too aggressive by genetic reasons plus being raised very tame..

High aggression is pretty common in production bred RIR. If you look around, RIR roosters seem to come out on the top of the most aggressive breed.

Now you will see someone saying THEIR RIR is sweet or not mean at all.. realize it is STRAIN.. a bloodline, so to speak.. it's not RIR in general.

 

[plumberroy]

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Your roo is too "hardcore" to be ever cured. The problem here has two causes, if he is a RIR, chances are he came from production bred lines. They are bred for production.. not personality. Possibly for some production strains, the higher aggression in roosters is linked to higher production in hens, or due to being selected for high production with almost every other trait being ignored/not considered important, a gene for aggression happens to be in there and so gets selected for by accident. Second cause is being raised very tame.. disaster if combined with a rooster with genetic inclination to be aggressive.

A lot of people have trouble accepting that aggression has a genetic basis. Also, it exists in a continuum, from very low aggression towards extreme aggression. Many roosters are somewhere in middle.. basically a rooster with enough aggression to maybe go after people(especially if hand raised very closely/tame).. but potentially also easily discouraged by ANY deterrent methods. This why some people will say "I did this and it worked for me" while another person report that method not working at all.. with the rooster keep coming back to attack again.

Your rooster throwing himself against fence and biting while being held is showing aggression on very high end of the spectrum.. this rooster is going to attack people again, pretty much no matter what you do. He's just too aggressive by genetic reasons plus being raised very tame..

High aggression is pretty common in production bred RIR. If you look around, RIR roosters seem to come out on the top of the most aggressive breed.

Now you will see someone saying THEIR RIR is sweet or not mean at all.. realize it is STRAIN.. a bloodline, so to speak.. it's not RIR in general.

Yep It is genetic. that is why they end up in the pot I want that gene out of my flock

 

[SteveP612]

Ok today might have worked. I went out there with a broom. When he came at me I chased him into the corner. I held his head down with the broom and once I let him up he didnt move until I left teh run. Now he use to run at the fence when I was there now when I come close to the run he goes inside the coop. We will see how long this lasts.

 

[isaacearlg]

an old man told me once that if you breed an aggressive chicken to its sister then all the chicks will also be aggresive and so forth.id dosent surprise me though just about all my cochins have tried to attack someone

 

[Vanessabuffsnsilkies]

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my silkie roo became crazy this spring...he had to go. I didn't want to do it, but he started on me, then both my sons and the dogs. I know he was just protecting his girls, but I can't have that. He did it several times and it was to the point where I had to make sure I had a "weapon" with me everytime I went out there. At one point he wouldn't stop kung foo kicking me and I had a coffee can full of feed and I nailed him with that. I'm hoping they all aren't like that.

 

[Russo's Roost]

If you are a fan of the TV show NCIS, you do the same to the rooster that Gibbs does to Denozo, I even call it a Denozo in my house.
I hadn't heard of that method before but I will give it a shot on my young rooster. I figure I have nothing to loose.


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