And now.....my $0.02 worth.
I don't know.
I have used a broom.
I have kept a piece of tin between myself and the rooster (like if he can't see my legs he won't go after me, I have even gone at him gently when he has come at the tin) Does not work.
The best thing I have done for myself (and I now have five coops and runs) is to make it where I go into the actual run only when I have to, and when they are roosting if at all possible.
My coops and run are set up with people doors that are not in the run but on the outside. I can go in and draw a piece of tin over the pop door from the inside. And if I ever go into the run I take the piece of tin in with me and keep it between myself and the rooster. The rooster in the big flock does not pay much attention to me if I go in and the only time he has acted like he wanted to come after me was in the coop and one of the hens got loud because I had come in to collect eggs and I failed to shut the pop door. I had the egg basket and simply put it down in front of his face as I was going out. That rooster is not bad.
The other rooster in the Dominique's coop and run is a different story. I was given the entire flock. Story was the rooster had never been aggressive. If not, then the move made him so. I have never put myself in the position of being inside the run with him, but my SIL did and it was a bad deal. He will throw himself at the fence when you walk by. SOON he will go to the chicken swap. I sold my Barred Rock rooster there. Full disclosure was made there. The old man that took him said he 'weren't scart of no rooster'......he said he would take him and I told him he could get him out of the crate himself...he did....wonder if that rooster is still alive?? That rooster got to the point where the would throw himself against the fence at me too!
I now have the 'little flock' of all hens.
The 'juvies'.....my hatch from last year. That flock has the 'good' rooster.
And the Domini ques.....that is the rooster who is throwing himself at the fence at me. I simply ignore him.....turning once in a while and starring at him until he walks away. That flock is soon to be an all hen flock.
I have babies in the brooder now that will go in the newest coop and run, minus any known rooster!!
My experience has been that all roosters can get aggressive at any time. It just takes the right situation. I sure would not have them around my grandkids. And I can tell you that the most joy I have with my chickens is the little flock of all hens......maybe because they don't have a rooster, but they are all friendly and sweet!
With a rooster I simply do not allow myself to be put in a position where I have to get aggressive with them because it only serves to make them meaner. It is like there is no turning back once they start.
I don't know.
I have used a broom.
I have kept a piece of tin between myself and the rooster (like if he can't see my legs he won't go after me, I have even gone at him gently when he has come at the tin) Does not work.
The best thing I have done for myself (and I now have five coops and runs) is to make it where I go into the actual run only when I have to, and when they are roosting if at all possible.
My coops and run are set up with people doors that are not in the run but on the outside. I can go in and draw a piece of tin over the pop door from the inside. And if I ever go into the run I take the piece of tin in with me and keep it between myself and the rooster. The rooster in the big flock does not pay much attention to me if I go in and the only time he has acted like he wanted to come after me was in the coop and one of the hens got loud because I had come in to collect eggs and I failed to shut the pop door. I had the egg basket and simply put it down in front of his face as I was going out. That rooster is not bad.
The other rooster in the Dominique's coop and run is a different story. I was given the entire flock. Story was the rooster had never been aggressive. If not, then the move made him so. I have never put myself in the position of being inside the run with him, but my SIL did and it was a bad deal. He will throw himself at the fence when you walk by. SOON he will go to the chicken swap. I sold my Barred Rock rooster there. Full disclosure was made there. The old man that took him said he 'weren't scart of no rooster'......he said he would take him and I told him he could get him out of the crate himself...he did....wonder if that rooster is still alive?? That rooster got to the point where the would throw himself against the fence at me too!
I now have the 'little flock' of all hens.
The 'juvies'.....my hatch from last year. That flock has the 'good' rooster.
And the Domini ques.....that is the rooster who is throwing himself at the fence at me. I simply ignore him.....turning once in a while and starring at him until he walks away. That flock is soon to be an all hen flock.
I have babies in the brooder now that will go in the newest coop and run, minus any known rooster!!
My experience has been that all roosters can get aggressive at any time. It just takes the right situation. I sure would not have them around my grandkids. And I can tell you that the most joy I have with my chickens is the little flock of all hens......maybe because they don't have a rooster, but they are all friendly and sweet!
With a rooster I simply do not allow myself to be put in a position where I have to get aggressive with them because it only serves to make them meaner. It is like there is no turning back once they start.
