Rooster attack

[honeydoll]

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My rooster does that same funny dance...head down, butt up and shake...i dont think it means he likes us though...i really think it means hes trying to get you to back and hes about to attack

He does this to our hens before he mounts them. So do my neighbors roos, the do this little side step and then mount. That's why I think it must be a mating ritual.

 

[stethomps]

What I have done when I have a problem Ro is I catch them and hold them as much as I can & for as long as I can. This has worked pretty well for me.

I read on here that holding them upside down for a bit works well. So, I tried this with a problem Golden Phoenix Ro. He is just gorgeous, and king of the yard, but he started going after everyone. When he came after me, I caught him, twisted off his spurs (just to be safe), and I held him upside down for 15 mins or so. Then I kept him with me and held him for about 4 hours (it was a lazy day). I grilled hotdogs that day with a Ro under my arm.

Well this worked, he isnt attacking anyone anymore, but you would be hard pressed to even get near him after that day. He definately learned his leason.

 

[stethomps]

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My rooster does that same funny dance...head down, butt up and shake...i dont think it means he likes us though...i really think it means hes trying to get you to back and hes about to attack

He does this to our hens before he mounts them. So do my neighbors roos, the do this little side step and then mount. That's why I think it must be a mating ritual.

We call it the "Whose da Man Dance": shakes his wing while pivoting on one foot in a semi circle. They do this to both the ladies and gents. To show the ladies how striking & handsome he is, and to the other Ro's to let them know he is the alpha Ro.

 

[Judy]

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Many of us have. Thy go to the freezer here.

 

[Faith's Chicks]

We have a Barred Plymoth Rock Roo that is mean. He attacks everyone in the family. My husband has knocked him out. He tries to climb your leg like a lineman for the electric company. So I looked up what to do with him on this site and told my husband, "Well, the chicken people say you need to pick him up and hold him under your arm" Husbands response was "And how do I keep him from shredding my intestines?"
I have a semi-soft bat (kid's toy) that I push him back with, I put it in his chest and push him back again and again. Sometimes if I can get him up against the coop or a shed I will pin him down with the bat. If not, I keep backing him up until he turns and retreats. Quite frustrating at times, I have found myself proclaiming, "I am the Alpha!!" Thank goodness we are out in the country and have no close neighbors.
If he wasn't my daughters class hatching project, we would get rid of him. But she tears up everytime I mention it.

 

[Olive Hill]

How's he doing today?

I'm not going fault you for giving him a beating, he attacked your 2 year old. I would have knocked him out with whatever was there. Mother Bear Instinct being as it is...

I'm going to wager he'll probably be fine. Might have a bit of a few down days (probably has quite the headache) but he could recover. We had some family that got in over their heads one year with 25 roos (supposed to be straight run, but they all turned out male). Called us to come get them because they wouldn't you know once they all got about 25 lbs and were MEAN they couldn't even get in to feed them anymore.

I held cages while the husband grabbed them and shoved them in. One busted loose of his grip and would not calm down -- he finally let go so he could re-grab and get a better grip and it went for his face. He beat that one senseless against the barn wall. I thought it was dead, grabbed a feed bag and stuffed it in separate from the others. Figured I'd dispose of it when we got home and got the others set. When we pulled the bag out of the back of the truck it was awake. So we put it out with the others (free range in the back field) For the first two days he took it very easy, just sat around for the most part. But three days later he was up and running with the rest of them just like nothing had ever happened.

 

[mightieskeeper]

My Roo is 100 percent OK. I only beat him because I was reacting not thinking. He can stay if he is going to be a good boy.
What happened! The Roo backed my daughter up on the front porch and started pecking at her pants. The only thing I seen was my Baby be attacked. His hens were not even close, the chicken coop is behind the house. He was just showing he is Alpha. I am Alpha! Thanks, Ryan

 

[ziggywiggy]

Most of the roosters I've had have been mean.
I am totally against beating animals. It doesn't accomplish anything. It just makes them meaner.
Eat him and get another one. That's more humane than beating him.

 

[redchick]

my rooster is mean i have 3 and 1 needs to go he chased my wife and pecks at my liitle ones

 

[4 Love of Baby Chickens]

Only once did my Rhode Island Red rooster Rusty bite me. Just ONCE. I grabbed hold of him and gave him a big 'ol kick on his red butt and sent him flying half way across the coop. He has NEVER bitten me since.

If anything when I want to catch him he runs as fast as his legs carry him away from me.

Right now I'm training a young Black Sexlink Cockeral (whose is the son of Rusty's brother whom I hated) right now to be a gentleman. He keeps biting me and keeps pecking and pulling my new RIR pullet's feathers. I've held him down on the ground until he quits struggling then I leave him. He stays there for up to a minute then gets up and runs away. He's learning that I'M the TOP cluck in the coop. Of course I'm going to put him up for sale in a month or so. I want him to be polite and a gentleman just in case his new owners have kids.