Rooster suddenly acting aggressive toward child

[MIChickandGuinea]

Some males are just nasty, some get 'coddled' too much from the get go.
Great that you have a place to get rid of him easily.

Petunia should adjust with time, she may be low bird depending on her age and demeanor.

Best of cLuck!

How do you “coddle” a rooster in a way that makes him act nasty? We are ignorant of proper rooster handling and we just kept him with the hens, tossed them all treats together, and didn’t do anything particular for training. He was completely fine until literally less than 2 weeks ago - no aggressive indications, nothing!!

We don’t really hope to keep roosters in general, but we know we could accidentally end up with one again, and would be glad to know what to do to help him grow up asma good citizen. It’s very sad to be rehoming our funny friend.

 

[MIChickandGuinea]

Some males are just nasty, some get 'coddled' too much from the get go.
Great that you have a place to get rid of him easily.

Petunia should adjust with time, she may be low bird depending on her age and demeanor.

Best of cLuck!

How do you “coddle” a rooster in a way that makes him act nasty? We are ignorant of proper rooster handling and we just kept him with the hens, tossed them all treats together, and didn’t do anything particular for training. He was completely fine until literally less than 2 weeks ago - no aggressive indications, nothing!!

We don’t really hope to keep roosters in general, but we know we could accidentally end up with one again, and would be glad to know what to do to help him grow up asma good citizen. It’s very sad to be rehoming our funny friend.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Had the same thing happen with my light brahma cockerel. One moment he’s fine the next he attacked my 9 year old sister. He was regimes to an animal park where people can not come in direct contact with him. It’s so sad to have to rehome them especially when you raise them from a chick. But my sisters safety came first.

 

[annagoodspeed]

My first cockbird Was a Welsumer that regularly challenged me. I tried to correct it by responding like a rooster -engaging and gently booting him back, then chasing him.
That didn't work. My neighbors tried him and he challenged one of them once and has since been fine, for a couple of years.
I have a Svarthona cockerel this season that has challenged me and other newcomers to the yard. He was tiny and got handfeeding attention so probably helped set it up, but that breed has forum feedback about aggression in cockbirds too. This time I am handling it by adopting the attitude of a mother dealing with a two year old tantrum, taking the advice of (I think) Beekissed, gently walking toward them without yielding until they yield, without challenging them or acting fearful, just a calm mountain that they need get out of the way of. Is that assertion rather than aggression? This seems to be working much better, he is not trustworthy with new people in the yard, but ok with me, no sneak attacks. He is not the dominant bird out there, so that may help. The Langshans are the dominant ones and they are so nonaggressive and hopefully set a tone in general (I really want the black skinned genetics, so at this point I want to keep him through the winter and think over everything, and if it is worth it to introduce that aggression too.)
Just wanting to say that there seem to be variables in how the individuals mature. Agree that they are no longer completely trustworthy.