Rude rooster

[Gary palmer]

One of my roosters is getting a bit bold and acting like he's going to o attack people. Christmas day he came.after my aunt when she came by. I've raised him from a chick and would hate to have to put him on the rotisserie. Any suggestions? Also, I can't have him coming after my kids.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Hi, welcome to BYC!

Sounds like a young cockerel who's hormones are just kicking in. Better to rehome or make soup instead of risking a kid being blinded by flogging.

Some people work on "training" but has been useless in my experience. Cockerels either will or won't be jerks. This one sounds like he is going to be very protective and not a good fit for a family with kids.

Good luck making the decision. It's an easy one for me, but took a LONG time to get here!

 

[wamtazlady]

I've tried to retrain a rooster for 2 months. He never took to it and continuted to attack people. When he went after my grandson he went to freezer camp. With all the really nice roosters there are it just doesn't seem worthwhile to put up with a dangerous one.

 

[chuckachucka]

There is hope, especially when you catch the bad behaviour early. Dont give up yet.

My eight month old cockerel was a sweetie until around five months when he started trying to dominate me with wing dancing and feet pecking. He would square up to me and peck my hands when I was opening the run door. So I would give a sharp tug to the base of his tail feathers the way another chicken might peck him and then pick him up and carry him for a while. This worked worked within days and he is now a very tame cockerel who is not people aggressive at all.

Try to teach him who is boss by picking him up and carrying him and not letting him jump on you. If he's in your way, never back down, make him move. Chase him a little if he's acting ornery. He will always be protective of the girls so be careful when entering their space (the coop) and picking one of the hens up, but it's not a bad thing for him to protect his flock. He just needs to learn that aggression has a time and a place.

 

[JaneneB]

Hi, welcome to BYC!

Sounds like a young cockerel who's hormones are just kicking in. Better to rehome or make soup instead of risking a kid being blinded by flogging.

Some people work on "training" but has been useless in my experience. Cockerels either will or won't be jerks. This one sounds like he is going to be very protective and not a good fit for a family with kids.

Good luck making the decision. It's an easy one for me, but took a LONG time to get here!

I recently had an 8 month old

 

[chuckachucka]

Also you mentioned that you have more than one rooster. Do they live together in one flock with your hens or have their own flock of girls each? Is the rooster in question the 'top' rooster?

 

[Peter.J]

Roosters are cheap and easy to come by; i wouldn’t risk it with kids around. Soup pot!

 

[JaneneB]

I recently had an 8 month old

Cochin that I retrained after he went after me and my grand daughter. I took him out of the pen he was in with hens and put him in a small pen at night by himself. I would pick him up each night to put him to bed and take him out each morning. He would be alone in a run with the same routine each night. I would hold him under my arm and pet him. After a month I put him back with some hens and he has been a perfect gentleman for months now,. He lets kids in the run to collect eggs and is so good now. Hope this helps. He was a real butthead to start with but a new boy now!

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Cochin that I retrained after he went after me and my grand daughter. I took him out of the pen he was in with hens and put him in a small pen at night by himself. I would pick him up each night to put him to bed and take him out each morning. He would be alone in a run with the same routine each night. I would hold him under my arm and pet him. After a month I put him back with some hens and he has been a perfect gentleman for months now,. He lets kids in the run to collect eggs and is so good now. Hope this helps. He was a real butthead to start with but a new boy now!

Guess you got... something, more than I do...

Because ANY chicken that went after a grand daughter of mine would be lucky it was still viable to make it into the pot!

Zero tolerance when kids are involved!

Each to their own, hope it continues to work out well for you!

 

[JaneneB]

Guess you got... something, more than I do...

Because ANY chicken that went after a grand daughter of mine would be lucky it was still viable to make it into the pot!

Zero tolerance when kids are involved!

Each to their own, hope it continues to work out well for you!