Time to rehome aggressive rooster?

[FrostRanger]

Thank you everyone for the advice. I am planning to cull this rooster and donate him as food to a local wildlife rescue. I did the best I could with him.

A great way to make sure his body gets put to use! No one likes culling, but you will enjoy being able to do things with your flock without being attacked again

 

[Araucana2]

Or you make a chicken soup and eat him by yourself ;-)

 

[ChickenWonder734]

is there a certain age you can be 100 percent sure you have a rooster? I just got 6 chicks and we suspect 2 of them are roosters.

I'll happily accept any advice on taming your rooster before it gets big and aggressive!

 

[Rick589]

is there a certain age you can be 100 percent sure you have a rooster? I just got 6 chicks and we suspect 2 of them are roosters.

I'll happily accept any advice on taming your rooster before it gets big and aggressive!

We had a pretty good idea at about 7 weeks with our BO’s

 

[Twilia]

Thank you everyone for the advice. I am planning to cull this rooster and donate him as food to a local wildlife rescue. I did the best I could with him.

Ask about Roosters: How to Deal with Aggression, Explained.

After realizing the need for clarity, I decided to create an article for those of you who have roos with behavior issues, those thinking about adding one to your flock, or if you are just curious since the issue is natural to come up for each of us in even the most docile of males. It is...

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[Twilia]

is there a certain age you can be 100 percent sure you have a rooster? I just got 6 chicks and we suspect 2 of them are roosters.

I'll happily accept any advice on taming your rooster before it gets big and aggressive!

Post your pictures (in the Breed/Gender forum please...)
and I'll take a look. You can vaguely tell by four weeks.

 

[McChooky]

is there a certain age you can be 100 percent sure you have a rooster? I just got 6 chicks and we suspect 2 of them are roosters.

I'll happily accept any advice on taming your rooster before it gets big and aggressive!

I recommend raising chickens a couple years before adding a rooster especially if you have small children who help with chores.Watching videos and reading books on how to 'tame a rooster' help but in the grand scheme of things it largely depends on if the rooster perceives you as a threat .Some roosters are't too smart.

 

[cassie]

The only responsible way to rehome an aggressive rooster is in a crockpot.

 

[Araucana2]

The only responsible way to rehome an aggressive rooster is in a crockpot.

or in a frying pan

 

[Daisy June]

That's a positive way to end this sad situation. Good thinking!