Rooster issues!

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My family is new to chickens. We bought 6 cochin bantams in May and have been having a blast. One f the issues I'm having is that 2 of the chickens are roosters. Even though we hold all of them everyday, one of the roosters is getting territorial. I will reach down to clean their water and he pecks my hand. Its starting to hurt and I'm not sure what to do. I don't want to get rid of him. Any advice is much appreciated!
 
His hormones are probably kicking in. When he pecks you, either pick him up and carry him until he stops struggling or if he likes being picked up, flip him upside down and pin him down for a few seconds (10-15 seconds). Firm but not hard enough to hurt him. Call his girls over- make sure he will hear about it for the next few hours. If he does it again, same thing until he gets the message. :)
 
I have wondered about keeping him out of the coop. Our coop is completely fenced in. I wondered if keeping him in the fenced section away from the hens would help him. We have a Australian Shepherd that keeps watch over the coop. We get a lot of raccoons and coyotes. He is my favorite cochin.
 
Welcome to BYC! Please make yourself at home and we are here to help.

I LOVE YOUR AVATAR! Australian shepherd is it?

X2 your rooster is just maturing. Yes, make sure he knows your in charge and pinning him down like Malibu99 said, will help.

Good luck and glad you joined!
 
Hello there and welcome to BYC!
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Good luck with your rooster and welcome to our flock!
 
Well I tried to pick up my rooster to hold him upside down and he bit me so hard it drew blood!!! Now I'm scared to pick him up.
 
Welcome to BYC! Glad you decided to join our flock. I don't want to sound negative, but I know from long experience that it can be very difficult, and sometimes impossible, to break a rooster that turns aggressive. If you eventually find that you cannot do it, it is best, as hard as it may be emotionally, to cull him out of the flock. You don't want to risk him seriously injuring someone (like putting out an eye), and you don't want to breed that kind of aggression into your flock. I had a gorgeous Golden Polish rooster (normally not an aggressive breed) named Ivan that turned very aggressive and became the meanest rooster I ever had. He would attack and try to spur anyone and anything in the pen with him (interestingly enough he never attacked me, but I was the only one). I had raised Ivan from a chick, but as much as it grieved me, I had to cull him from the flock for the reasons that I stated above. When you really get down to it, the only reason you really need a rooster is to fertilize eggs for hatching. I currently have 25 hens, no roosters, and I get loads of eggs without feeding any non-egg laying mouths, without the aggression, fights, crowing in the middle of the night, and over-bred and battered hens that frequently goes along with having roosters (especially too many of them). Good luck in taming your rooster.
 

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