Small flock with one rooster

[Mrs. K]

These are the red flags for me:

• He readily comes toward me with confidence. He should just move away from me, giving me a circle of respect of about 5 feet. A lot of people see this as friendly behavior, to me it means no respect.
• He crows incessantly when I come to the coop.
• He fluffs up at me
• He jumps on things to be taller that me or at face level
• He sneaks behind me
• Stink eye- he glares at me
• If I am distracted, carrying something, or bent over and he charges toward me, and then acts all innocent if I call him on it.
• He flys at me.

They don’t do all of these at once, but I start paying attention when I see a few of them. It is my humble opinion that if they have become aggressive, it is too late for training.

Mrs K

 

[Geira]

These are the red flags for me:

• He readily comes toward me with confidence. He should just move away from me, giving me a circle of respect of about 5 feet. A lot of people see this as friendly behavior, to me it means no respect.
• He crows incessantly when I come to the coop.
• He fluffs up at me
• He jumps on things to be taller that me or at face level
• He sneaks behind me
• Stink eye- he glares at me
• If I am distracted, carrying something, or bent over and he charges toward me, and then acts all innocent if I call him on it.
• He flys at me.

They don’t do all of these at once, but I start paying attention when I see a few of them. It is my humble opinion that if they have become aggressive, it is too late for training.

Mrs K

Thanks so much for the info. I'll be sure to keep a look out and correct as soon as I see it as he is only 17 weeks now and so far I have not seen any of this. When I let them out to free range, they all just file out including him. He's never charged me. There is a point in the afternoon that they all come to me, but that's pure Pavlovian response as that would be the most likely time I would be giving them a treat. Great info.