Rooster behavior

[BayBay Peepers]

From the sounds of it lots of people all over are trying to rehome aggressive roosters. I'm sure it would not be hard to stumble upon. It just seems counterproductive to cause the issue that you're trying to change. Seems wasteful of otherwise perfectly good roosters.

 

[centrarchid]

From the sounds of it lots of people all over are trying to rehome aggressive roosters.  I'm sure it would not be hard to stumble upon.  It just seems counterproductive to cause the issue that you're trying to change.  Seems wasteful of otherwise perfectly good roosters.

The waste is not being done here. I have more than enough roosters. The waste is doing by those that ultimately need to do the re-homing or crock potting. There is a purpose to this with intent of preventing such waste in the future.

I am having trouble stumbling on them.

 

[SunshineSusie]

You now can say you have a Fan! I eagerly await your video/posts on how you get this guy to be tame. THANK YOU!

 

[Orpie]

Ok.. So has anyone ever seen this behavior in roosters? I've got 4 Buff Orpington roo's and lately I've noticed this behavior out of 2 of them. They are free range. They go to this one area behind my barn and they have made what is the equivalent of a hens nest type area. One at a time, while the other stands guard, they will go in there and like make a soft "bawk bawk bawk" noise while raising their tail feathers way up in the air. One will come out and the other goes in there.
So... What are they doing?

 

[chickengeorgeto]

Purpose of this effort is to demonstrate first, your behavior can actually promote the man-fighting / human aggressiveness and secondly, you can adjust your behavior to promote a reduction and even stoppage of the behavior. I have lots of roosters so diversion of this one is not a major loss. He is the only one representing 20 of his kind that is even the least bit sassy. In the end my intent is to provide people with an alternative to the "crock pot training regimen mentality" where they re-evaluate their approach to more effectively prevent such problems from occurring in the first place. A genetic (nature) component is operating but the husbandry (nurture) part is also at play and can go a long ways towards preventing such problems from arising or over ride genetic force that otherwise works to prevent such aggression..


The best detail will be provided when others post their videos showing their interactions. We than then pick apart how the keeper promotes the aggression. You will soon see more than one way to make a monster and that mentality likely varies according to the method of making it.

Man fighting roosters are made not born. You can create a man fighter in a heart beat by letting or encouraging him to attack you because he sees you as a threat to the flock. That is what fighting the feed bucket indicates. A tame or timid rooster will turn man fighter quickly if he views you as a threat to his hens.