Why is my rooster coming after me? (UPDATE.pg.5)

[Cetawin]

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Yep. My DD has been doing the same thing with our EE roo aka her baby boy. He has decided since she picked up one of his girls and she yelled (she yells all the time for attention) that he could jump up on her leg. I said "Snatch him up and carry him around with you till he calms down"...she did and does each time he gets froggy with her. He does not even try it with me. I smacked him once when he bit/pecked my arm when I was attending to a girl with a few scrapes on her back. he tagged my arm and I grabbed him and literally swatted his butt. He knows not to mess with me.



So to OP...grab him, hold him and make him behave. Let him know that YOU rule the roost not him. And go into knowing that you have hurt yourself worse as a kid than the rooster is going to do before you can get your hands on him. Just be confident, snatch his butt up and carry him for 30 minutes or more. Do it each time he gets froggy!

 

[LLBA]

Thanks for all the great advice. We have a 13-month old Polish Buff rooster - absolutely beautiful - who has decided to become aggressive in the last 2 weeks. He goes after my 9 year old son and he went after me yesterday and put a welt on my leg! Broke the skin right through my jeans! My husband says, "Just say the word and he's gone," but I was hoping for rehabilitation.

All of this advice makes sense. I will try the foot on his back. If it doesn't work, I'll see if I can't give him away. It's a shame - he's so beautiful and he's our only Polish Buff.

 

[LLBA]

By the way, my Polish Buff is kick-boxing, just like someone else said. Really fast and jumps up and slams his feet into you. On my jeans I could see his 3-toed footprint! Very effective fighter!

 

[Lanissa86]

I too have fallen victim of Roo aggression.

My babies hatched here and I have hand raised my Barred rocks and Delawares...

I kept one Barred rock roo because he was the sweetest and most curious chick..

When those hormones kicked in, he attacks everyone!!! My brother scarred for life now! He spurred him down his leg real deep...

I still thought I could get the better of him and followed rooster reds advice and he still tried to attack me!

Now its getting worse and I am just plain scared to open the coop because he waits for me to open it! Evil thing!

Now he is on Craigslist and I am waiting for someone to come and pick his butt up!

 

[DiVon80]

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Ther ie good advice here!

 

[momofchicks]

So the saga goes on. It has been over a week and I am still petrified of this stupid Rooster. I have made my kids get eggs and feed and water them, he doesn't seem to bother my kids but as soon as I go out there the girls run toward me and so does he all fluffed up. I am so scared I just run away screaming without even seeing what he'll do first. My husband is so frustrated he just wants to shoot him. I won't let him, I am trying to re-home him but who will want an aggressive roo? Wish me luck. I have not been able to make myself pick him up, heck I can't get within 10 feet of him without being scared to death. So thank you all again for your efforts on helping me, but I think it's useless because I am really too scared of him.

 

[basicliving]

momofchicks - I agree with you. Get rid of the rooster. Immediately. I personally love roosters - but if you are too scared to even go out in your own yard, let alone work with him, you need to get rid of him. It's just not worth it. And you'll be much happier in the end.

Penny

 

[momofchicks]

I tried to re-home the "devil" his real name is Foghorn but I have been calling him devil since this started. No luck with the re-homing yet, no one wants an aggressive Rooster. However, he may just be punking me out. yesterday the kids and husband were out there feeding them in the grass and he didn't do anything. It's like he knows I am scared to death and he just fluffs up to be a jerk towards me. Brat, don't he know that I am the one who feeds him? I was going to try to be brave last night and put lots of clothes on so if he did come after me maybe it wouldn't hurt as bad, but I chickened out (no pun intended). Ugh maybe today I'll be brave and see if he even tries to get me.

 

[shaggy]

he is definitely punking you out

chase him - don't let him chase you .... just walk out the back door or whatever and if you see him --- just break out in a full run right at him

if he stands his ground - you have a real problem --- if he takes off running - chase him a little bit and then turn your back on him and ignore him

 

[funkychickenowner]

just whack em either your foot in his butt or your axe on his neck but you gotta whack em' one way or another he thinks your subordinate.