Rooster behavior change

erinlchicky

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I had 3 roosters and "Alfredo" was on the bottom of the pecking order. He was so very sweet and would let me pick him up and snuggle with him. I gave away the other 2 and now Alfredo has changed. He bit me and I played it off as he was going after the pattern on my jammies, and now every morning he comes out of the coop hits the ground and charges toward me. My husband and I have been fighting because I don't want to deal with this now changed rooster and he thinks it's all in my head. I guess what I'm asking is now that he's the only rooster has he changed or am I just gun shy since after he bit me?
 
I’m not there watching. I don’t know. How does he “come after” you? Is he running over to get a treat? Is he flaring his neck feathers and flying at you, trying to spur you?

A dominant rooster has many duties. One of those is to keep peace in his flock. If one of the other flock members (male or female) gets uppity, he has to put them in their place. If another chicken gets aggressive, he stops that behavior. A good dominant rooster suppresses behavior that disturbs the peace of his flock. A dominant rooster feels extra pressure because he is the one charged with keeping the flock safe.

When a non-dominant rooster is suddenly thrown into the flock master position, it is certainly possible his personality can appear to change. He is no longer being suppressed. Obviously not all turn bad when put in this position, but it can happen. It’s also possible your husband is right and it’s all in your head. I really don’t know.

It’s also possible you have a self-fulfilling prophesy. He may detect your fear and be bully enough to want to beat you up the way bullies do. If your behavior around him has changed, maybe his has in response.
 
nope it is not in your head. Many times the pet becomes impossible and dangerous, because they are not afraid of you. What you look at as petting and cuddling, the rooster looks at as you being subordinate to him. He attacks to prove that. They seldom stop this behavior, and you can never trust them after they have attacked you. I strongly suggest that you get rid of him.

Generally, when you keep roosters, keep the one that is a little bit afraid of you, that gets out of your way when you walk, that moves out of your space. Pet's often turn terrible with puberty.

Generally, roosters will attack children first, women second, and then men. That is why having a rooster around small children can be so dangerous, is that the roo will attack the child first, with what seems to be little warning. Inexperienced poultiers make the mistake of making excuses for the roo, because they don't want to believe that the rooster has gone rogue, or they don't want to do anything as in cull the rooster.

This will get worse, and it will severely reduce the pleasure of chickens for you. If you have trouble catching him, use a larger fishing net, the kind to scoop the fish out ofthe water. Just drop it over the top of him. He will subdue when he can't get away.

Mrs K
 

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