Rooster Question

[Crazy_Beautiful]

but again, without the stick< does he try to attack you OR is he just following you around?

I don't stay long enough to find out. I usually try and distract him with food

 

[Theorrin]

I don't stay long enough to find out. I usually try and distract him with food

then thats not a good tell. he seems to be a bit of a pushover if he lets the hens gang up on him. if hes following u around maybe he feels secure in your presence? i have roos follow me around all the time wanting attention and cuddles. maybe the hens beat up on him cause they know ur the leader and with u keeping him at bay with a stick is showing the hens that you dont approve so they shouldnt either?

 

[jpalmatier83]

Honest answer. Sounds like you’re scared of him. From what I’ve read he hasn’t shown any violent tendencies, just follows a little closer than you’d like. He walked toward your daughter, you screamed, now your daughter is scared of him. He hasnt attempted to flog or spur anyone.

Chickens/pets should be fun. Maybe your situation just isn’t made to keep him.

 

[DonyaQuick]

I tend to leave pretty quick or throw him food if he gets too close to me.

Well now he knows how to get snacks! He's trained you.

With roos it's a good idea to stand your ground if they rush up and you don't think they're going to attack. If you're worried about an attack, wear good footwear, long pants, long sleeves, etc. Space yielding is definitely perceived as a dominance win whether the encounter is aggressive or not, so don't let him move you away.

I feel he is treating me like a hen and trying to corral me. He'll sometimes do his mating dance.

Do you mean the wing dance? That's often just a sign of excitement or affection. Excitement of course can be a prelude to aggression in some birds but it doesn't have to be. All three of my roos do that for me. Two that are full brothers (the nipper and the shy one) dance for each other. If my biter comes over and dances to greet me, I give him some attention so long as he keeps his beak to himself (some days that's longer than others...lol).

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

I feel he is treating me like a hen and trying to corral me. He'll sometimes do his mating dance.

When a rooster or cockerel does a wing dance at a human, usually that is a sign of aggression. However, cockerels can be seen wing-dancing at humans because they believe them to be potential mates due to their overload of hormones.

I think you should not show any kind of fear around him, because it sounds like you are pretty scared of your cockerel. Unless he attacks you or shows general aggressive behavior, you shouldn't be worried.

 

[fluffycrow]

This https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/understanding-your-rooster.75056/ article written by @Shadrach is an excellent article, and will help you understand your boy a little better

 

[Crazy_Beautiful]

Well now he knows how to get snacks! He's trained you.

With roos it's a good idea to stand your ground if they rush up and you don't think they're going to attack. If you're worried about an attack, wear good footwear, long pants, long sleeves, etc. Space yielding is definitely perceived as a dominance win whether the encounter is aggressive or not, so don't let him move you away.


Do you mean the wing dance? That's often just a sign of excitement or affection. Excitement of course can be a prelude to aggression in some birds but it doesn't have to be. All three of my roos do that for me. Two that are full brothers (the nipper and the shy one) dance for each other. If my biter comes over and dances to greet me, I give him some attention so long as he keeps his beak to himself (some days that's longer than others...lol).

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[Crazy_Beautiful]

So this morning let the flock out of the coop and instead of leaving right away stayed for a bit. He came straight for me and started pecking me on my shoes and legs. I had my daughter ready to open the run door for me to leave quickly.

Could this be happening to me becuase i have to flocks side by side?

I have 1 coop in a 20' x 50' fenced area. Another in a 35' x 50' fenced area. Sharing 20' worth of fence between the 2 areas.
I have this to separate my pure flock from the mixed rainbow eggs layers

 

[Crazy_Beautiful]

My thought is I have 2 good roosters and 5 aggressive. The 5 aggressive same breed but they're suppose to be non aggressive. The 5 were raised in my house so got quite used to us and maybe got to see us as part of the flock. Whereas the 2 were from farms that brooded outdoors so much less hands on.

 

[DonyaQuick]

My thought is I have 2 good roosters and 5 aggressive. The 5 aggressive same breed but they're suppose to be non aggressive. The 5 were raised in my house so got quite used to us and maybe got to see us as part of the flock. Whereas the 2 were from farms that brooded outdoors so much less hands on.

Breed and personality is much of a muchness really. If you don't know the range of variation in the parent stock, it's hard to predict the personality from chicks. You can have two individuals of the same breed and even same parents that turn out very different in personality.

He came straight for me and started pecking me on my shoes and legs.

Pecking can be aggressive but isn't always. It can also mean they want something, like food or attention. My guess is he was expecting snacks to be tossed in exchange for his antics.

Is he one of the house-raised ones? Did you handle those cockerels a lot? (EDIT: I mean like actually caring them around, petting them, etc. - not just being around them)