Rooster attacked me

[esme13]

Rooster advice please. I’m on the fence with this boy and have been for over a year. He attacked his father last year , once he turned 1year old, so we caged him to his own coop in view of everyone. His dad (father rooster) passed away in February.

Today I decided to try and see if he can do well with the girls. Everyone was happy. However my oldest hen was running away from him and he dominated her. So I went over to that direction and before I even got close to her. The other hens and him came over to me.

He looked at me and than suddenly bit me and clawed me and did it several times. I stood my ground. I have marks all over my leg.

My husband chased him and said we need to show him to be afraid. Not sure about that.

What else can I do? This may just be how he is wired, but I’m giving him just 1 more chance.

Reason he stayed alive is he hatched on my son’s birthday.

 

[Coops Dad]

Eat him, give him away (with full disclosure) or tolerate him. Roosters don't get second chances at our place. There are too many good roosters out there to put up with a bad one.

 

[theoldchick]

I teach my roosters to go to a certain spot-usually a roost- and stay there until I leave the coop. I do this by making the rooster very uncomfortable around me by chasing him with a net. When he goes to where I want him to be, I leave him alone. Most roosters learn how to avoid my wrath very quickly and will comply. Those who don't learn go to the man down the road to feed his family. If you have children, I would not keep him.

 

[Mrs. K]

No one deserves to be attacked.

 

[Brooks_]

Eat him, give him away (with full disclosure) or tolerate him.

Disclosure cannot be stressed enough.

No one deserves to be attacked.

My husband chased him and said we need to show him to be afraid

Of the training methods, this is the least likely to work. (none work imo)

 

[esme13]

We are going to put him down. He ended up killing my oldest hen with his claws. And I don’t wish to see that happen with any other hens.

 

[chx]

@esme13 You're making the right decision. The reality is that, like animals, poultry needs to be managed in a way that results in the best outcome for all involved and sometimes that means bad behavior = freezer camp or dirt nap. I just had to put a laying hen down because she wouldn't stop harassing the new pullets. I really didn't want to because that particular hen was my late girlfriend's hen (she would have been my fiance, I was waiting for her to complete her divorce, and THAT was waiting on their child to turn 18) - but it needed to be done.

Basically, what it came down to was either I lose that one hen or lose x number (up to possibly ALL) of the pullets. The latter being unacceptable, of course.

You are certainly making a tough but correct decision.

 

[esme13]

Thank you all, for your words and tips. I think he will have to go . I don’t want anyone else to get hurt or the dog. He attacked me again, this time he ran into the butterfly net. He just kept charging at me when I got him into the enclosure.

Even when I think he is intimidated by me, he still takes a chance to charge. I have welts from earlier. I just feel so bad, because we tried to hold onto him for so long. He unfortunately didn’t inherit his fathers personality. And one of my hens is totally traumatized.

 

[CluckNorris4eva]

I’m so sorry!! Some roosters are just too aggressive

 

[esme13]

it’s just aweful. For her to go out that way. Literally killed by her own son and was about to turn 9years old. She had a beautiful life. My first chicken too.