Was so mad I nearly beat my roo to death.

[Rare Feathers Farm]

Personally, I'd give him ONE more chance. I had my Sumatra roo test me ONCE. I gave him the biggest back-handed flight across the run that he has never tested me since and it's been like 2 years now. I'm glad I didn't kill him then because he turned out to be a nice, wonderful, gentle rooster with both me and the hens.

however, if the little roo you have keeps testing or tries again--I'd suggest Coq au vin. It's really good and I have a good recipe.

 

[flowerchild59]

He has jumped me repeatedly, I caught him last week and did the routine, holding him down, etc. I respect him and what he does, he just snuck into the coop when I was preoccpied with the nest boxes and got me in the back of the head..........i am glad i didn't see him coming and turn my head into his spurs.
I whacked him one time, not 20, sorry if I offended anyone. I have given him several chances. One more after my attitude adjustment "whack" and he is destined for whatever comes his way.

 

[EweSheep]

Too many chances I think but you are determined to have one more go at him, be prepared to whack him to his death and serve him for dinner!

 

[ThePolishPrincess]

Don't get physical with him. If it comes to that, you know what should be done now. But you're alot bigger than him and keeping him around only to take a swing at him is got a good idea. That could cause some painful damage. I've lost my cool with my boys and I've regretted it. No matter how much they annoyed me, I'd never want to be responsible for causing a severe injury.

I don't think he'll learn, and remember this little lesson. My 4 worst cases didn't learn and ended up meeting their end...prematurely. If he's been at your back more than 4 times, I think he's dug his grave.

Evict this boy and get another.

Too many good roos being eaten and too many bad ones being given a real home.

 

[flowerchicks]

I have to pipe in here. I have noticed the first response for many when talking about a mean rooster is "rooster soup". But, not all chicken folks look at their chickens as game. To many of us, they are pets who provide eggs and entertainment.

My evil silkie rooster (in my avitar) would charge and attack whenever he got the opportunity. He is almost 2 years old, his spurs are about an inch long, and the floggings hurt. He can't fly, so I never had to worry about him getting me above my knees, but he has lunged at my hands when I was petting my hens, and left nasty bruises. I wear rubber shoes or boots, so when I kicked him it was more of a punt in the chest, and I don't think I ever hurt him. But, it never seemed to deter him, either, though it did make me feel better. I hated that rooster, and sometimes wished he would just "disappear", but he did his job as he was supposed to do.

I say "did" because he is no longer the TOP rooster. He has been demoted to the bottom ranks of my 12 chicken flock. If someone had told me my sweet and goofy blue (former house chicken) silkie would take over the flock, I would have laughed my butt off. But, that is exactly what happened. Over a period of about a week, I noticed my evil roo, who would charge after me when I left the chicken area every morning, gradually start to ignore me. Then, I started noticing that, where he was the first one out, he became almost the last one out of the coop, and made a mad dash for the back of the yard. I even posted about it, because it seemed so strange. Now, Lavy is the top rooster, Roovie has been exiled and is actually NICEish. He avoids me if he can, but wont attack if I try to go near him or pick him up.

So, if you aren't wanting to kill the rooster, try "grooming" a nice rooster to take his place.

 

[laughingdog]

ive found making them submit much as you would ceaser millan style with a pit works wonders... though my border collie did grab the one by the head and keep it pinned till i let her release it, when it finally submitted (a decent working dog has saved me from trouble from horses, cattle, wild hog, and other dogs, who know enough not to mess with a serious border collie), after about an hour or so. then i had her drag it to me, and i flicked its beak, then pinched its comb, and put it up for the night. it didnt even crow around me, not alone even make eye contact or lift its head above a cower when i worked out in the yard. he was also a good protector against predators and especially hawks (he learned to get up in a big old tree above and jump on them). unfortunately he started growing at only odd hours of night (8pm, 12pm, and 3am like a very coocoo clock), and never seemed to make a full or finished crow, so ended selling him for mex stew (birdzilla was huge!). he was second in command to his runt brother who nearly killed him in a cage while raining, as the big one had started picking on him again apparently, and the poor little usually sweet before and after guy, must have just snapped and beat the big bully within an inch of his life (thinking the big one might have been a "special" boy). he oddly never tried, that i saw, to take on the part bobcat that played sheep dog to them.

 

[honeydoll]

My husband and I try very hard not to keep animals or pets around the cause us significant frustration. Our peace of mind is worth more than that to us. We had two problem roos, tried working with them, but they never calmed down so we processed them. We have a hunting lab dropped off and this dog was DOMINANT to the max, major behavior issues with him. It took a lot of work to get him to behave better and even now I don't trust him. He may need a new home or the humane society if I cannot train him better, I think he has tapped out my skill level here. The dog training school said they don't think he'll ever be trustworthy, ugh!! I love animals but if they I cannot get the aggression trained out of them, they go to someone or something that can handle them.

 

[TheWaddler]

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I hear ya. Abuse would be to continually do it. First time was a lesson. For everyone who says it would be better to just kill it....would it really. Would you rather a good whooping or death.....even the animal will choose the whooping. To each their own but to me it is a very far cry from abuse. Hell to me it is more abusive to just kill it....nearly any creature can be taught its place. Killing it is the easy out imho.

 

[black australorp prince]

what would you do about a roo being to rough with hens?

 

[silkiechicken]

I'd eat it. Chicken is a type of meat we eat in most cultures.

Aggressive roo's may be the norm, but with 90-95% of roosters already going to the stew pot because you want about 1:12 ratio of boys to girls, if one even has a roo... a nice roo can always be found. Actually, once you find a good rooster, they can often protect the flock for 5+ years, so really... more than 99% of roosters would ordinarily be food anyway and you have that 99% of other roosters to pick from.

Unless there is some very compelling reason to have an aggressive rooster, eat 'em as he's a liability.