Two year old rooster aggression

[Anime2lover]

We have a rooster. He's two years old. He was great during his first summer as a chick, and great during his second summer as a 1 yr old adult. It is now his second summer as an adult and we have noticed that he reacts badly to my little brother's energy outside. I know some methods to protect them that might work, such as putting a "booty" on his spurs, putting him in time out for a week or more, or sending him to freezer farm as a last resort. We do not want to do that. So my question is are there any other options we can try first as well??

 

[Folly's place]

I've had roosters (very few, but still) that developed issues their second year. They didn't get a third year...
Children can be a real trial out there, running, screaming, and generally being children. Every bird (and other critter!) can't deal with this gracefully, and the decisions need to be made.
Can this child behave better? Will this rooster care? Usually, roosters developing human aggressive behaviors begin with shorter folks, and work up to taller individuals.
Roosters can cause real injuries, and especially with those shorter people, hit faces and eyeballs.
You have to figure out how this will play out, and make decisions that are in the best interest of the humans first!!!
Mary

 

[Anime2lover]

I've had roosters (very few, but still) that developed issues their second year. They didn't get a third year...
Children can be a real trial out there, running, screaming, and generally being children. Every bird (and other critter!) can't deal with this gracefully, and the decisions need to be made.
Can this child behave better? Will this rooster care? Usually, roosters developing human aggressive behaviors begin with shorter folks, and work up to taller individuals.
Roosters can cause real injuries, and especially with those shorter people, hit faces and eyeballs.
You have to figure out how this will play out, and make decisions that are in the best interest of the humans first!!!
Mary

I know, thats why i'm asking if there are other ways to try before things really do get out of hand. I am going to make "booties" for his spurs for sure though. But other then freezer farm (the last resort), and seperation wich we will try if this keeps up, are there other options also available?

 

[Chicken101-07]

I had success with one mean rooster,don't expect him to not attack you at first,yes it does hurt really bad when he gets you with a spur just have patience,first thing I did was carry a stick large enough,then I let him get used to me,I was the only person that went inside to give the coop water and food,that's the only way for him to gain your trust,if there is different faces every day he won't get used to someone,did it for around a few weeks,I got to the point where I didn't have to carry the stick,he still attacked me if I gave him my back so I carried treats,drop them in the ground if you see him about to charge you,if that doesn't work,hit him softly in the comb to show him who is in charge,it will happen a few times,don't expect it to work in like 1 week,it takes time just have patience and you will gain his trust,it took me around 2 months to gain the trust of mine,he is now comfortable around me,tips:if the hens are comfortable around you it will get easier since he will know that they trust you,if they are not, there is a high chance he will see you as a threat,try to handle him every day if you want it to work faster.and no I did not change how the rooster sees people,he trusts me and I know he won't attack me,yes he still sees people that he doesn't know as threats and yes,he will attack them.look at it like a relationship,your partner is the rooster and trusts you with things like handling a hen in front of him.he will not trust other people he has never met before.if you have kids let the rooster get used to you,then bring out the kids but make sure stay close to you,as time goes he will get used to them too.

 

[Anime2lover]

I had success with one mean rooster,don't expect him to not attack you at first,yes it does hurt really bad when he gets you with a spur just have patience,first thing I did was carry a stick large enough,then I let him get used to me,I was the only person that went inside to give the coop water and food,that's the only way for him to gain your trust,if there is different faces every day he won't get used to someone,did it for around a few weeks,I got to the point where I didn't have to carry the stick,he still attacked me if I gave him my back so I carried treats,drop them in the ground if you see him about to charge you,if that doesn't work,hit him softly in the comb to show him who is in charge,it will happen a few times,don't expect it to work in like 1 week,it takes time just have patience and you will gain his trust,it took me around 2 months to gain the trust of mine,he is now comfortable around me,tips:if the hens are comfortable around you it will get easier since he will know that they trust you,if they are not, there is a high chance he will see you as a threat,try to handle him every day if you want it to work faster.and no I did not change how the rooster sees people,he trusts me and I know he won't attack me,yes he still sees people that he doesn't know as threats and yes,he will attack them.look at it like a relationship,your partner is the rooster and trusts you with things like handling a hen in front of him.he will not trust other people he has never met before.if you have kids let the rooster get used to you,then bring out the kids but make sure stay close to you,as time goes he will get used to them too.

The rooster has known the boys, my siater, parents and I since he was aborn chick. He's been good with the kids for two years until this summer when they had antagonized him (without realizing they were at first.) It's only then that he's started getting antsy and agitated around them. The way I see it. He sees their energy and quick motions like a threat or something. We qant to nip that priblem in the bud before it develops to true aggression toward all of us.

 

[Folly's place]

This is where things get difficult, for sure. This child needs to behave better, but it may or may not help at this point. Also, other children will be showing up, and they can't be injured either, and this is a huge liability for your parents, or whoever the adults are who own this bird.
Either the rooster is on lockdown all the time, or he's gone, or some child may be in trouble.
Retraining the boy and the rooster means constant supervision, good luck and then more supervision.
I hope things calm down, and that there aren't more difficulties out there.
Mary

 

[Anime2lover]

Me to.

This is where things get difficult, for sure. This child needs to behave better, but it may or may not help at this point. Also, other children will be showing up, and they can't be injured either, and this is a huge liability for your parents, or whoever the adults are who own this bird.
Either the rooster is on lockdown all the time, or he's gone, or some child may be in trouble.
Retraining the boy and the rooster means constant supervision, good luck and then more supervision.
I hope things calm down, and that there aren't more difficulties out there.
Mary

He's the best out of all the roos we've had since getting chickens. We've gone through two head roosters already due to aggression in one form or another. One turned out to be just aggressive, that one's son was fine his first summer as a chick (his name was chirpy, an only chick) but his first summer as an adult started showing aggression and chasing the kids around, and now we have my favorite rooster big red.

 

[aart]

Same conclusions here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/how-to-make-rooster-spur-covers-with-wood.1365128/

 

[Anime2lover]

Same conclusions here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/how-to-make-rooster-spur-covers-with-wood.1365128/

Thats my post to. The question was asking about how toto make the spur covers, wasn't about how to stop his aggression XD