Well, he's toast now

[KCChickenMomma]

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And there is the reason he attacked. I agree, he's freezer meat ASAP, and I hope you heal quickly, but just to understand the behavior: Roosters don't like competition for their hens' attention. They like to be the ones showing their girls where the treats are. If another rooster tries to court one of *his* hens, by giving her treats or showing other courting behavior, they'll attack the interloper. You.
FWIW, and those reading this thread, you should try giving your rooster his treats FIRST, and let him call the hens over to get some. Still, never let your guard down, and don't turn your back on him. One unprovoked attack with injuries on the human who provides his means of living is a certain death sentence in my run.

I totally agree! The roo needs to understand that it's your coop the flock keeper needs to understand that the ladies are his. It's a mutual respect thing. Don't be coveting his ladies. Of course he also needs to know even if you do, to deal with it. You're the boss!

 

[BarnyardChaos]

The roo needs to understand that it's your coop; the flock keeper needs to understand that the ladies are his. It's a mutual respect thing. Don't be coveting his ladies.

So many rooster problems would be resolved if people would just heed this advice. So true! MY coop and run. HIS hens.

 

[Lavender Wraps]

Has anyone heard about Chicken Scratch Fever? Seems I remember something about it years ago. Can't be too careful when it comes to your health.

I bought an old hen some years back. She was fat! Was told that she was not laying much. I decided to put her in my crock pot. I found bunches of eggs in her, one ready to lay, another couple close to being ready and a cluster of small eggs (no shells yet). As it turned out, I boiled her fat, which was a lot, and made chicken noodle soup. Had eggs for breakfast the next day. Cooked her in my crock pot, had chicken for my family that evening. With left overs I made chicken salad sandwiches. Think I got my 25c worth?
Recap:
Eggs for breakfast
Chicken Noodle Soup
Chicken Dinner
Eggs Salad sandwiches

 

[Potatofluffycheeksforever]

One time I was picking eggs and the giant rooster got defensive over his hens and he leaped at me scratching my legs with his claws and then he chased me back to the house

 

[DParker75089]

If you want a tame rooster, try making sure he is never above your head or sits above the other birds. If we want to raise chickens, we may need to start thinking like them or at least knowing how they think. You are part of the coop, and your a "rude bird", you need to be brought down a notch. So whos fault is it? If we take steps to ensure he never gets into his "bird brain" that he is the top squawk, he would never be a problem.

Well, no...he was never in an elevated position relative to me or anyone else, and in fact was never even above the level of my knees, so that theory doesn't fly in this case.

 

[DParker75089]

Just de spur him. There are videos on YouTube to show you how to do it.

Which still leaves him with talons and a beak. No, he had to go.

 

[DParker75089]

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I totally agree! The roo needs to understand that it's your coop the flock keeper needs to understand that the ladies are his. It's a mutual respect thing. Don't be coveting his ladies. Of course he also needs to know even if you do, to deal with it. You're the boss!

The problem with this hypothesis is that he was so belligerent that even when I was nowhere near him or the hens he would abandon the flock and run from one corner of the yard to the other (a distance of over 100 ft) to pick a fight with me. He would even charge the fence that separates the back yard from the pasture when he saw me in the pasture. This had nothing to do with me or anyone else "coveting" his girls.

 

[DParker75089]

Just to bring this to a close, my hand and wrist finally felt good enough this morning to take care of business. It went even more smoothly than I had hoped. Once I grabbed him by the neck he just went limp and stayed that way through the whole process, which was quick and undramatic.

 

[karenm52]

My stupid WL rooster finally bought himself a one-way ticket to freezer camp. I was sitting on the edge of the back porch yesterday afternoon having a little quiet time hand-feeding the chickens some BSFL (their favorite treat). Todd (my rooster) wasn't a problem at all when we first got him about 9 months ago, but he's been getting increasingly combative with me for some time now, for reason(s) unbeknownst to me. He's normally pretty sedate at treat time though, even participating with no aggressive behavior at all, and this time appeared to be no different...until I turned my head for a second to give some larvae to one of the hens who was standing just behind my left shoulder. Apparently he thought that was a great opportunity to launch a sneak attack and he hit my right arm like a ton of bricks, sinking one spur into my forearm and the other directly into my wrist. Were I not bleeding like a stuck pig and my wrist in severe pain I would have killed him on the spot...but I was and it was, so that bought him a little time. I let both punctures bleed for just a little bit to help flush them out, then cleaned them up with peroxide and stopped the bleeding. Then I thought it a good idea to hit a local 24/7 urgent care joint to get a tetanus shot and a scrip for some antibiotics, which I did. As the night wore on my wrist and hand swelled a bit (which the doctor said would likely happen) and the pain became quite intense, making me think that I might have a hairline fracture in one or more of the little bones in/near the wrist. But this morning that pain had largely subsided (though it still aches pretty bad if I put any pressure on my wrist), which I wouldn't expect if anything were actually broken.

Given that I'm right-handed he has a few more days to strut around and crow until my hand and wrist feel good enough to grab his feathered ass and take him out of the gene pool. My fault for putting it off this long hoping he'd eventually learn better.

so sorry he gotcha. glad he will soon be a celestial discharge......

 

[aart]

Just to bring this to a close, my hand and wrist finally felt good enough this morning to take care of business. It went even more smoothly than I had hoped. Once I grabbed him by the neck he just went limp and stayed that way through the whole process, which was quick and undramatic.

Glad you're better and the culprit is no more.
Will you eat him?

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