We may be having chicken soup for dinner...

[Tracydr]

I would make no excuses for him, no human emotions or reasoning. Dangerous behavior is not tolerated with young children around and roosters, unless rare and of a selected breeding program, are a dime a dozen. I would cull him.
When starting your next rooster, if you choose to do so, start with a known, gentle breed ( naked neck, Cochin, brahma, OEGB, Serama,Silky, D'Uccle) and start from the beginning with submission techniques.
I've also found that roosters that become extremely tame as young chickens seem to have more aggression issues if very tame as a young bird. But, perhaps this is just because people who tend to tame their young birds are also less likely to have experience in dealing with roosters and other aggressive male animals. Meaning that typically it's the backyard new owner of chickens that wants a pet that sits in their lap who ends up with aggression issues. You rarely see old farmers or chicken breeders complaining of aggressive roosters.
I see this a lot in horses and even in dogs. Newcomers to horses, especially, will be very surprised when their sweet little baby colt suddenly becomes a raging, obnoxious, aggressive, two year old stallion that they have no idea how to handle. Then, they get hurt and end up with a dangerous stallion because it wasn't taught proper respect from before it even knew it was a stallion. It was a " lap" colt who walked all over the owners.

 

[flowerchild59]

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Very well said.
X2 on everything you stated. Cull with no regrets.

 

[Florida_country_boy]

same thing happend to my nephew about 8 years ago, he got attaked by the rooster, and it cut his eye. We took the pellet gun to him.

However, when I first joined this site there was a link on the home page about roosters, I do not see it anymore. It basically said that children and roosters do not mix, and if a rooster attacks your child, it is your fault, not the rooster's. That he is only doing what nature has programmed him to do, and they see children as a threat. It also said you could hold them upside down until they calm down, or carry them around with you.

I specifically do not have any roosters because I have a 2 year old daughter and a 6 year old son, and learned my lesson long ago(the hard way). To be on the safe side, I suggest you only keep hens as well, or keep your rooster locked up when the kids are outside.

 

[Lordofchickens 86]

i say make some stew and get a cockeral about 2 months old and let your kids play ie pet it almost everyday with it so it knows her. my 2 year old neice helps me feed my flock and collect eggs and the 3 roosters i have don't mess with her because she petted them when they where small and i trained them that she means food or a treat of left over vegatable or fruit.