Rooster grievances or something like that.

[Aunt Angus]

I will try to get a video of him but he puts on his best behavior when the camera is out. Even when someone is new with me he won't do it. He's just a little snicklefritz.

Snicklefritz.
That will be my next goat's name.
Sorry to interrupt.
Had to be announced

 

[BarbaraMason]

I read the article that you wrote which was most helpful. I think it is him feeling threatened by me and trying to assert himself as leader of the pack. He wasn't always like this. I used to be able to go in and walk around with him. He comes at me feet first and his head feathers flared out. I don't back down and run. I stand my ground. I have noticed he will retreat from me and pretend to find something for the hens to eat so that he doesn't lose respect with them. I will continue working with him but if it gets to be just too much I will call the local farmer to come get him. Thank you for the help.

 

[Franklinridgefarms]

I have only kept 3 roosters to a mature age. A white Leghorn a Silver Spangled Hamburg, and a Barred Rock. The Leghorn and Hamburg were vile little creatures, that in both instances I got ride of fairly quickly. They would both fly up and try to hit me in the face. Carried a stick for a few times and just decided it wasn’t worth the aggravation. The barred rock rooster never once bothered me but was hard on the hens so ultimately he ended up gone too.

 

[BarbaraMason]

Do they free range? What if he attacked a visitor?

I've never kept a true problem rooster and the aggressive ones I had recently didn't last long enough to find out if they would outgrow those tendencies (freezer camp). Aggressive behavior that extreme could be genetic and you wouldn't want that in the offspring.

I'd say it's not worth the effort at this point...

No, he cannot free range because of the dogs that I have. He does have a pretty good size fenced in area.

 

[BarbaraMason]

I hope my video worked. I told you he would be on his better behavior when the camera was out.

It's still attaching. I tried not to make it too long.

 

[Flockincrazy]

I have an Americana Rooster. I pretty much leave him alone and let him do his rooster thing. Problem is he is very territorial. I walk to his pen and he runs and throws himself on it like he is an MMA fighter or something. My thought is if the cage was not there, I would probably be a goner. He does his job protecting the other hens but man he is pretty aggressive. Any suggestions for this?

I use a squirt bottle to correct bad behavior like that