Very Aggressive Rooster!

[SuperMami8]

Taraje is on the left and Butter on the right side!

 

[LovemyBabies]

Best in my opinion is to get rid of him - out of all our birds which is a lot - very only had a few bad seeds - D'Uccles are the worst when it comes to them getting feisty - We had a Bantam Cochin, who all of a sudden got highly aggressive - had to have a broom to go into coop - he finally nailed me bad enough he went bye bye - Silkie roo who even attacked the hens and meaner than a bee, became dinner - we currently have a young roo who all of a sudden changed as well- that sadly we just cant have. We get rid of our aggressive ones, as we don't even want to breed that into babies. Sadly the roo we have now, he's our RIR's baby - Daddy is a big boob, most people are shocked at how tame and docile he is - we were hoping the offspring would be the same... but this young one started out that way, then took a turn. *sigh*

But yes, out of a few roos they wont fix...they'll just keep at it or it makes them worse.

 

[Jacqdiva]

I have a young light sussex rooster. He is mean with the little ones, not humans. I chase him off if I catch him at it. I hope it's an adolescent phase and all the new power and women gone to his head. Haha! I have three roos and my blue Orpington is a gentleman, as is my white Wyandotte roo. My other 2 are gentle with older chicks and babies. Not on their agenda it seems. The hens peck a chick or two, but they are not an issue. Just food jealousy type behavior.
So I am letting 2 flocks out together, so this young guy is kept busy worrying about having his own butt kicked, hoping that keeps him too busy to bother or hurt younger chickens. Fingers crossed, for all with these problems.

 

[Chickensfan]

I have an aggressive polish rooster, and after he managed to break out of the coop and attack a toddler, it's bye-bye rooster. This is his last day here.

 

[speckledhen]

The OP said this:

I have a very aggressive rooster. I can't get near the pen. He flies at the wire. I can't get in to clean their coop. What do I do about this Rooster? Is there any way to calm him down? Any advice you can give me would be appreciated!!

You cannot change a rooster who is like that, flying at the wire is extreme aggression.

Temperament is a heritable trait, passed down the line. My sig line says "You don't breed stupid" which refers to this issue. I find the least intelligent roosters are the most aggressive, but they tend to pass on the trait, which is why I only keep non human aggressive males. Because of that, I have not had to cull a rooster for aggression in probably eight or nine years. Keep the best, cull the rest.

That said, people seem to expect roosters to act toward their small children like the family dog. Think about it from his perspective. The kid is small, loud, is jerky and grabby and makes him nervous. He may react out of fear to a small child. I do not consider that true aggression. The sweetest roosters ever will react differently to running, screaming kids. And a toddler is just the right height to lose an eye to a flogging rooster, so they need to be kept separate. My beloved Isaac was visibly nervous just hearing a neighbor's loud grandchildren through the trees but he would not dream of hurting me or any other human being so I never allowed kids in the pen with him unless I was holding him.

You can't train a truly human aggressive rooster, I just do not buy it. I've done it all and a really mean one will not change. If they're young, pre-mating age, boundary testing is expected but that's not flogging. Biting and rushing is what that refers to. Flogging is a ramp-up on the aggression scale. I just don't let a flogging rooster stay to breed here. Mine are easy to handle, don't bite and certainly never flog. I have two BR roosters, one each from a different heritage line, and a year old Blue Partridge Brahma rooster. None have ever flogged me.