Rooster with an Attitude

[McChooky]

Here recently twice when I have gone into our chickens run I have had our rooster come at me. The first time I could tell he was going to fly up at me and I deflected him with my foot. He came right back at me and I booted him good and he backed down.
Today I went into the run after giving him and his 10 girls some watermelon and he came after me again. He would not back off no matter how hard I smacked him with my foot. I was trying to get to the door to get out and he was determined to not let me go anywhere. Quite frankly it frightened me a bit because he was NOT backing down. My son heard me yelling and came in with a broom and smacked him a couple good ones.
My question is this...could the color I was wearing either time have set him off? I was wearing a bright pink shirt. We had had no interaction, I did not go after any of the girls, pretty much had just ignored them while I finished what I was doing in there. I am really not liking this turn of events and I am nervous now about letting either of my grandsons go in there. These chickens are treated extremely well, no one ever teases them or abuses them. I am just very puzzled.

Edit: Kicking him then running was probably the worst thing you could have done.Because he got you to back down he would have became more & more aggressive.You might want to watch some videos on youtube on "how to tame an aggressive rooster" (requires a lot of self control) If nothing else it will give you a lot of insight into how a rooster thinks and how some people train them to quit attacking them.I'm sorry you had to kill him but in this situation it was the best thing you could do.

 

[DuckLove19]

It's more likely to happen to birds that were coddled and petted as chicks. He wasn't being 'sweet', he was showing you he wasn't afraid of you and was testing bounderies.

So it's my fault, huh? LOL I did the same thing with the girls, and they turned out just fine. They are still SWEET.

 

[nuthatched]

So it's my fault, huh? LOL I did the same thing with the girls, and they turned out just fine. They are still SWEET.

That's because they're girls and do well with that treatment. Cockerels are different, everything is body language and flock position. Making pets of cockerels rarely helps but it might not be necessarily your fault, some are just human aggressive. But generally, hands off of cockerels since i

 

[McChooky]

So it's my fault, huh? LOL I did the same thing with the girls, and they turned out just fine. They are still SWEET.

Roosters aren't the male version of hens. Testosterone can and does affect their behavior.
I have one that tried to keep me out of the run for weeks but after he figured out I'm not scared nor a threat he quit. Comparing a rooster raised to protect the flock to a pet is like comparing apples to oranges.

 

[DuckLove19]

My rooster was so sweet when he was a baby. Now he is a total dick.

Update: My friend took the rooster off my hands because he got tired of seeing all the puncture wounds on my legs. He lives out in the country and a pack of wild dogs raided his coop and ate him. I feel bad but I don't think he could be rehabilitated and I was tired of getting attacked in my yard.