What is my rooster doing?

[30CalGal]

I had one Roo that just got meaner and meaner no matter what I did, He went in the cook pot. The Roo I have now ambushed me one day and then the next, he attacked me straight on, kicked (not hard) back like 3 times and then pushed him to the ground and held him there, So far he's been good since, but the pot is waiting if not

 

[Ursuline Chick]

I attack my rooster back if he tries to attack me. He runs away after that.

It only took once of having to resort to backing my roo down to get him to understand that I am the top chicken. He did peck my leg once more after that, but I was unknowingly standing on his foot at the time. LOL, I don't think that counts, he was a great boy and I miss him alot as we had to re home him because of a neighbor. He was our first chicken, we had him about 4 years and it's been 2 years since he had to leave us. I guess I will always miss him. He got a great home. A good roo is truely your best friend when it comes to your flock. Good luck getting him under control.

 

[MartinsPoultry]

I have had this same issue with my bantam cockerel but he learned the hard way one day with dancing me while I was watering the garden and he turned into a soggy cockerel and quit. After that I read an article on here about raising cockerels and turned what I learned on there into his training and he has been good, no more dancing me only his ladies and giving me a wide birth unless its feeding time which I allow him to get close to take feed from my hands.

 

[aart]

the question is aimed more her finally letting him when he first started trying none of the girls would let him my red sexlink is the 1st and only one that he has managed to completely mount

It may be that she let him because she's ready to lay....
...or she's just the first to submit.
Mounting can also be purely a dominance behavior.
Only time will tell...and maybe not even then.

 

[Crooked Chicken]

What you are describing is likely "the dance". Sourland is doing you a service by pointing out you need to keep an eye on this cockerel. He's right at the age when hormones begin to flow. His attitudes about your role and his role in the flock are changing. This is the time when a cockerel starts to go bad or you manage to head it off by understanding what's happening.

My mom finally got to see my #1 cockerel Red Rider do the sidestep today. He wasn't doing at us, but toward #2 cockerel. You can actually hear him kick his other foot when he does this.

thank you they are 17 weeks today and I have been waiting on my 1st egg the
wait is killing me

Curious if you have your first egg yet. I don't -- still waiting, I have a feeling the change from daytime free-ranging to penned up might have thrown a damper on things.