ROO odd behavior when pet sitter came

[Dar]

I have a sultan rooster. He has ALWAYS been skittish runs away like chicken little...I swear he is bawking "the sky is falling"

I had a pet sitter come over the weekend and she is afraid of chickens

so her boyfriend came..(i work with the both of them so that was ok by me).. but when he went to go into the coop to collect eggs and to close the chicken door and my sultan chased him out of the coop.. the spurs were flying. he went to go back after dark when they should be sleeping... NOOOOOO the rooster went flying at him again.

Now picture this ~~~~~~~~~

grown man.. 6'3".. about 250 lbs
walking into the coop with a childs winter sled holding it like a police riot gear shield all to collect eggs from the chickens.

then he ran into my broody hen.. so he found the bucket...

slowly but the bucket over the broody slowly moving her out of the way all the while keeping an eye on the ninja sultan in the corner.

I almost died as his girlfriend was telling me this.

so the chickens were well taken care of this weekend... but why would the sultan all of a sudden go from the nervous nelly to the ninja attack chicken?

the sultan has never gone after the kids or hubby..my daughter brings her friends to the coop all the time without incident

 

[gryeyes]

Quote:
1. He didn't know the stranger.
2. Your daughter's friends are in her company; that stranger wasn't escorted by any known person.

Simple. Chickens are sometimes smarter than you would think.

 

[cat1994]

that is interesting

and funny, maybe he thought the big stranger was a real threat to his hens, so his mean side emerged.

 

[vincehick]

i think he was just doing his job. but keep watch, i had (HAD) a over protective roo that started to go after the kids, that he new his whole life. i never would have thought

 

[Wildflower_VA]

I almost died laughing while reading this!

 

[sourland]

As a kid somewhere 7 decades or so ago

, I had a very large RIR rooster. I'm not real big now and needless to say was much smaller then but never had a problem with 'Big Red.' I got sick and my BIL, 6'+ was sent to gather eggs. Red ran him right out of the coop.

The moral of the story: Strangers beware of the flock master.