Why is my rooster attacking me

[ramblingrose]

Check my signature for rooster correction and raising methods that I have found to work well.

Can you send it to me please thank you

 

[BantyChooks]

Can you send it to me please thank you

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/is-it-worth-it.1217178/page-13#post-19443949

 

[GreenbrierChickens]

I always vote freezer camp with a aggressive rooster. I never want to be in my yard and have a rooster run at me. Nope.

But I have a toddler and will not have any roosters for awhile now.

 

[ramblingrose]

theyre right, he views you as at the bottom of the pecking order or as a threat to him or the girls. You CAN get 'rid' of him, some people don't want to or have the time to deal with the more aggressive roosters. But heres how I see it. The rooster is supposed to be the protector of your hens, thus he needs a certain element of aggression in him in order to do his job right. How would you feel if a coyote came into your flock and started killing all the girls, and the rooster sat back and did nothing? No bueno. Id get rid of THAT rooster. That is truly good for nothing. He needs to defend the flock.
SO with that said, there are many methods to help your rooster to become submissive to you. They require time on your part, but if you have time then these may work. No guarantee. Depends on you, depends on the rooster. My favorite is to approach the rooster- with confidence. They can sense fear, like horses...so you need to not be afraid. Scoop him up and carry him. Hold him. Do your chores while holding him. Walk around the yard and hold him. He may resist at first, but eventually he will submit. And he may start to like it. This is the best method ive seen so far. They become submissive to the individual who does this. But its no guarantee. And you need to put time and effort. And make sure you protect your arms and body from him talons the first few times you do this, he may try to fight back. Just remember youre in charge, youre the alpha predator and you are stronger.

Good Luck! I love my Roosters!

Thank you

 

[Kessel23]

I always vote freezer camp with a aggressive rooster. I never want to be in my yard and have a rooster run at me. Nope.

But I have a toddler and will not have any roosters for awhile now.

Yea, roosters and toddlers definitely do not mix

 

[Folly's place]

You MIGHT be able to reform your bird for you, but human aggressive cockbirds will continue to try out every human that they meet. This especially includes small children!!!
Also, human aggression is not a sign of a 'good flock protector'; while he's stalking you, he's not paying attention to his flock at all. He's also a lousy addition to the gene pool.
I'm in the 'crock pot' camp here.
Only polite cockerels and cockbirds get to live and reproduce on my farm.
Mary

 

[Kessel23]

You MIGHT be able to reform your bird for you, but human cockbirds will continue to try out every human that they meet. This especially includes small children!!!
Also, human aggression is not a sign of a 'good flock protector'; while he's stalking you, he's not paying attention to his flock at all. He's also a lousy addition to the gene pool.
I'm in the 'crock pot' camp here.
Only polite cockerels and cockbirds get to live and reproduce on my farm.
Mary

I agree, a rooster who spends all his time chasing humans is not very useful. I have 3 roosters in my flock and I don't have them because I expect them to beat up coyotes or other predators, they warn the hens of predators and it is amazing. The roosters are always on the lookout and will make alarm calls to warn you and your hens of danger, if a rooster is always focused on you and your kids then he is definitely not going to see a hawk or coyote coming.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

Why is one of my barred rock rooster attacking me I would be out running in yard playing and he would come up and fly at me should I get rid of him?

Before doing something with your rooster that you will find it impossible to undo, how old is this bad boy. Young male chickens are cockerels, not roosters and they all try to establish a hierarchy or flock with themselves at the apex. As cockerels mature they chill out and this so called "aggressive" behavior will decrease as the cockerel in question learns to better recognize a human from a hen.

 

[ramblingrose]

Before doing something with your rooster that you will find it impossible to undo, how old is this bad boy. Young male chickens are cockerels, not roosters and they all try to establish a hierarchy or flock with themselves at the apex. As cockerels mature they chill out and this so called "aggressive" behavior will decrease as the cockerel in question learns to better recognize a human from a hen.

He is about 5 to 6 months old this is the bad boy I am talking about

 

[MartinsPoultry]

I know it might sound a bit mean but grab him and pinch the base of his neck skin near the back about two inches from wings, and pin his naughty behind down he will fight against the notion but do not give into him make sure before you let him up that his tail is lowered towards the ground if released prior then you will have to do it again. Sometimes assisiting in tail lowering is needed to put the point across, but do it to where the flock can see it. It is humiliating him in the grandest order. I've had to do it to roosters who were not to say human aggressive but hen aggressive, after a few pins they behaved and if that didn't work they sure tasted good.