Rooster attacks

[Rosalba]

so I have my set of chickens and I notice a set of stray chickens roaming around the neighborhood and one of them disappeared a while back and so we recently made a separate chicken fence for the strays and got them in to keep them safe and as days went by I noticed the stray rooster would attack me. I would go feed them in the morning and he would run up to me and in the evening when I fed him and his girls some mealworm I was walking out when I felt him fly and push me. Ever since I never went back in I just throw the food in. And in my set of chickens I have a Cockrell who is 5 almost 6 months and he has been acting wierd around me and keep in mind I've had him since he was a baby chick. Today I was waiting for him to go in the coop to close the door and he would stay close to me and would harshly peck at my boots and I would slowly step back and he would keep coming to me and I was scared at that point until he was far from em and I got out quickly and he was chasing me down. I also noticed he was doing the mating dance around me and don't know if that has to do with his behavior lately.

 

[-Clementine-]

the harsh pecking, from what I've picked up from having roosters, is a dominance test. He is testing his dominance over you by pecking and seeing how you react.

Do not run away from a rooster who attacks you, running away will tell him you lost the fight, and he will take dominance over you and keep attacking.

The mating dance is not actually a mating dance, it is a dominance dance. Hens will run away from a rooster doing the dance to show that he is dominant over them. The rooster might proceed to mount them afterwards. Failing to submit to the dominance dance is like picking a fight with him.

He is at his teenager-like stage, they sometimes get aggressive, but when he levels out at 8-9 months, he should stop being as aggressive. If he does not stop attacking you, then you need to re-consider keeping him around

 

[Rosalba]

the harsh pecking, from what I've picked up from having roosters, is a dominance test. He is testing his dominance over you by pecking and seeing how you react.

Do not run away from a rooster who attacks you, running away will tell him you lost the fight, and he will take dominance over you and keep attacking.

The mating dance is not actually a mating dance, it is a dominance dance. Hens will run away from a rooster doing the dance to show that he is dominant over them. The rooster might proceed to mount them afterwards. Failing to submit to the dominance dance is like picking a fight with him.

He is at his teenager-like stage, they sometimes get aggressive, but when he levels out at 8-9 months, he should stop being as aggressive. If he does not stop attacking you, then you need to re-consider keeping him around

Okay i will try my best to not run away from him considering I'm a person who is scared of everything and anyone

 

[kcan2]

Originally posted by @DobieLover in a different thread & very helpful!

Who got the treats?
When I was in the early days of working with my boy, I gave him all the treats and he gave them to the girls. If you feed HIS hens treats, you are a threat. You are trying to woo his hens.
If you see him coming to attack turn and face him and walk towards him. Remember to come to the battle with your armour on and remember that he's just a 6 or 7 pound bird. If you are properly dressed he can wail away on you and it doesn't hurt a bit. If he's getting close enough to you to flog you, you should be able to grab him. I caught my guy in mid air once. The look on his face was priceless.
If he flogs and backs up, walk towards him. Don't chase. The point you're trying to make is that you are not a threat he needs to defend against, you aren't going to hurt him and that his flogging you makes you come towards him instead of run away.
This is how I worked with my bird. Others use the 'put the fear of god into him' approach. I don't do that. I'd rather work to understand where he's coming from and learn new behaviors.
Lots of people have no interest in working with some of these boys and I'm sure there are some that can't be rehabbed. I've only had one rooster give me hell and I rehabbed him. His sons never showed the same tendencies.

 

[Folly's place]

There are good articles here about roosters, worth reading. @Beekissed , @BantyChooks , and @Shadrach , for example.
Wear at least jeans and shoes or boots, and don't back away! If you decide that this rooster and your cockerel are just to difficult, get rid of them! If you aren't able to add them to your freezer, send them off with full disclosure to someone who will appreciate having a nice meal.
Attacking roosters can cause real injuries, they are not harmless! And short people (children especially) can have facial injuries and loose eyeballs.
Nice polite roosters are wonderful, jerks aren't.
Mary