Rooster doesn’t like exposed skin?

[Pukkits]

So this same rooster has now drawn blood on my 8 year olds foot, and pecked mine with intention of hurting me (skinned me some but I didn’t bleed). He runs at us in the yard, there doesn’t seem to be rhyme or reason to it. We’re not within even 20 feet of his flock when it’s happened. This morning he left his flock in the front of the house to come at me when I was at the back of the house calling for the cat. Probably a good 40 feet at least. Flew up on the porch with intentions to not be so nice so I swatted at him and said “I don’t think so!” He sized me up for a bit before leaving.

I was definitely more tolerable when he was being curious, or even if he was being protective of his flock and I was in their feed/coop area, but I can’t have him running 40+ feet away from his own flock to attack me and my small kids. He’s got 2 acres on my land, and 300 acres all around us that’s woodland. He could definitely distance himself if he wanted to. So I think I’m making the hard decision to try to rehome him if possible.

He’s great with his hens, and I think he’s very handsome, so hopefully he finds a good home with different circumstances. Either someone who is willing to keep an eye on him if he free ranges, or a pasture situation where he’s just with chickens and there aren’t really people around other than to feed/water.

Sounds like he's being a butt. I hope you find someone to take him quickly. With the rush on chicks this year, there's a lot of free roosters out there. If you can be ok with it, it's much easier to find someone who wants to put him in their freezer. Something to think about. It took me over a month to home my accidental roosters this spring, and they had shown no signs of aggression and were a harder to find color variety.

There's a lot of sweet natured roosters in the world, it's not worth keeping an aggressive one in a home with kids (or adults that don't want to deal with it). I hope you find someone to take him fast.

 

[KRack]

Sounds like he's being a butt. I hope you find someone to take him quickly. With the rush on chicks this year, there's a lot of free roosters out there. If you can be ok with it, it's much easier to find someone who wants to put him in their freezer. Something to think about. It took me over a month to home my accidental roosters this spring, and they had shown no signs of aggression and were a harder to find color variety.

There's a lot of sweet natured roosters in the world, it's not worth keeping an aggressive one in a home with kids (or adults that don't want to deal with it). I hope you find someone to take him fast.

Thank you!! I’m keeping all options on the table at this point, but a good home is what I’ll short for first!

 

[Mrs. K]

Do keep him penned or your kids separated from him, I would expect this to get much worse while you take the time to look. Roosters have ruined the whole chicken experience for a lot of kids.

 

[KRack]

Do keep him penned or your kids separated from him, I would expect this to get much worse while you take the time to look. Roosters have ruined the whole chicken experience for a lot of kids.

Fortunately the kids understand the nature of these things. I included them in the discussion of rehoming, and even the one that got pecked wanted him to stay, until I explained we have even littler feet to consider. Then she was on board. They’re being raised that ALL animals are exactly that…animals. We can’t read their mind, we ultimately can’t control their decisions. There’s a healthy mix of respect and awareness when handling any of our animals.