I got some rubber gloves that covered my arms, but they were too hot and bulky. But, I remembered the big yellow towel they were terrified of. So, all I do now is put the towel around my neck. It scared the chickens at first, but they got used to it. When the rooster starts his act, I show him the towel, and he backs off. I open it up and sometimes, I will even chase after him.
It really works well and if he does attack which he could , I would just throw the towel over his head and create another unforgettable experience for him! Yellow towel. I may try something similar. Our roosters are usuallt good, but they like to try out their dominance here and there. This morning our bug guy flew outnof the coop and at my face. Hes never ever done that before, and is usually the more docile one of the two, so i am hoping he was simply flying out of the coop, and not at me.
They are always more aggresive in the morning, but this was odd. So i assume they are not threatened by them … only me, or any man that comes over interesting, isnt i!? I love roosters.
Our main guy is my favourite chicken of our flock, even if he is a jerk sometimes. I would turn on him often had to fight back. I am not one for animal violence but after multiple attacks I had no problem drop kicking him every time he came at me.
Even chased him around the yard once with a pitch fork… Ultimately karma bit him in the backside and he became a fox dinner… Would have been my dinner but I could never catch the bugger.
Rocky the last of the three was always well mannered until recently… Been have fox issues and have lost 6 of his girls to it over the last 5 months or so…anywho the last time he came after me I had the feed Tupperware in my hand and I threw it at him hit him square in the head then chased him around the yard a couple of times till he started acting submissive to me. I would love to show you a picture of Tiny, but alas that is not to be with this communication platform. Being a first time chicken Mom I made the mistake of getting 20 straight run chicks not really thinking about what to do with the inevitable 8 roosters I received.
He bites, hard enough to draw blood half the time, anytime you tried to reach for him or for a chicken next to him. He goes into a challenge stance when someone comes near and sometimes will put himself in front of me in order to do this.
We have managed to pare down the number of roosters in the yard to 3. We decided to keep Tiny because we really felt like he needed a chance to be a different chicken. Are there any other suggestions to help rehabilitate Tiny? Try to find help in forums where people take care of animals with heart. Poor Tiny! Of course he can learn, with your help and intelligent acts, how to not be so scared by everyone.
Poor little Tiny! He need compassion. So this morning I flogged my rooster. I feel bad for doing it but his behaviour is getting worse not better even after reading this article. Last night when I was about to close the door on the coop he went me again and I thought we had worked thew our problems and I was the boss. So this morning I went with a new approach as soon as I opened the door of the coop I chased him down and walked him a couple of times with the poly pipe he hates so much then stood over him in the corner of the coop he would not even look at me.
Learn to be patient. It requires patience. And you will learn, you will gain experience. We have a Silkie Rooster, Chickytita, who is 3rd in ranking with his 3 other brothers. We raised them since they were a week old. Chickytita and his brothers are now 7 months old. However, he has increasingly had delusions of grandeur and has begun to bully his brothers, and all of the hens. We had to segregate him from the rest of the flock and other pets.
Chickytita is now in a spacious single level Condo on the front porch. He gets to come into the house for socialization and enrichment but now he bullies the dog, cats, and one of my Daughters. The rest of the flock are not missing him at all and are very happy. Unfortunately, now Chickytita is a guard chicken and crows at the slightest sound day and night… Next option is to re-home him. I got a batch of chicks from a popular hatchery 5 months Ago- Sept 1 I bought a dozen Wellsummer pullets and 1 rooster.
Well I kept saying No at the online check out for the free rare breed bird and for a reason. Well they sent the rare breed anyway. So I put the polish in a crate for over night so he could rest after being stressed from the attack. Anyone have any ideas on how to stop the attacks? Also I live in an extremely rural area so finding the Polish another home is near impossible. Thank you all for any tips on how I can handle this rooster situation.
I see where you put the submissive rooster in a crate for a bit of a rest. Flogging involves flying at you and attempting to beat at you with his wings. Spurring involves attempting to rake at you with the spurs on the back of his feet. He may chase you if you get too close to the flock or make him feel threatened. He may also peck at you aggressively, which may seem cute when he is little but can become quite painful when he grows up.
If you have a rooster who is already behaving aggressively from an early age, then you can start early by establishing that you are in charge. Although it is normal for male chicks to be stand-offish, you should still be able to hold them, to cuddle them, and to hand feed them.
This is a great time to lay the foundation of respect. If your aggressive rooster is pecking at you and acting disrespectful toward you, he is showing you he thinks he is the boss. You need to establish that it is actually the other way around. You can pick him up and talk to him, especially in front of the hens, to show him that he does not have that level of control.
You should try to feed him from your hand if he will eat before putting him back down. Establishing this relationship early with your young aggressive rooster may help to alleviate some of his aggression prior to puberty. Approach an aggressive rooster wearing the proper gear. Make sure that you wear gloves, long pants, long-sleeves, and boots so that you are completely protected. If your rooster is attacking you, then you may be able to disarm him by crouching down low and carefully feeding him treats out of your hand.
It will take time and patience for him to grow accustomed to your approach. Eventually, he will stop wanting to pick fights with you. This is because roosters do not regard other roosters or chickens as dispensers of food.
This is an important distinction that they need to draw between you and the flock. It is important that you are not afraid of your aggressive rooster, and that you do not demonstrate fear toward your rooster. You must also take care not to allow him to fly up at your face.
This is why you should crouch down and keep him on the ground by being down at his level. Roosters naturally like to fight with their legs and feet. You should always wear foot and leg protection when dealing with them whether you go with kindness or dominance in dealing with them.
If you repeat this process each time your aggressive rooster attacks, he will eventually hopefully decide that you are more dominant than he is. This does not work with every rooster, but it is an option worth exploring. The goal here is to demonstrate to your aggressive rooster that you are higher up in the pecking order than he is. Another way that you can accomplish this is by scooping him up each time he attacks.
Hold him against your body, clamped underneath your arm. He will likely squawk and flop, however it is important for you to hold him still. In fact, if it is possible for you to do so you should go about your business while holding onto your rooster and continue to carry him around until he calms himself down.
If, when you set him down, he begins to kick or squawk, then pick him back up and repeat the cycle again. Do this until you can set him down calmly and peacefully. I would think each rooster would need more than three hens. I have read that each rooster should have ten to twelve hens for the hens to not be over bred. I did NOT strike the bird with the umbrella but I opened the umbrella in a threatening manner kind of like the way roosters fan their neck feathers at each other.
Thank you for this tip! Tried it yesterday and worked like a charm! So sad to see my roo turn aggressive. He came at me and my hubby each twice and drew blood. I want my sweet boy back! They make a small cage called a chicken pyramid. I use it for my over aggressive rooster. I tried everything with him. Carrying a stick, standing up to him, never backing down, carrying him around. Nothing worked. I leave it at the gate of the pen, calmly walk over to the rooster and plop it over him.
He stays in it while I do chores. Sometimes he goes to jump at me thru the cage but I gently nudge him back with the cage and he walks off towards his hens. I love roosters; I think they are gorgeous. I have had many and some were aggressive.
One way of handling them, if they are human aggressive, is to grab him and hold him while you are feeding. I carried him most of the time that I was in the pen.
When I put him down he ran away from me, but you have to do it all the time. It was pretty effective. I remember one buff wyandotte rooster I had named Wally.
When he was about 9 months old, he started to peck at my shoes. I realized that this was the beginning of something bad and I was right. I had one Sumatra rooster that loved me and hated everyone else. It is their biology. Screw that getting attacked crap.
Hubby said we are going to have to put him in the freezer. He never attacks my husband. I told him HE could go get the eggs from now on. If you are out of options consider replacing, because it is ruining your desire to be with your chickens.
When I stared at my rooster he pecked the white part of my eye and leveraged it very bad. No more starrng at the rooster!
I have the cutest Bantam Silkie rooster who is the devil incarnate!! I have not tried these methods but definitely will! I do enjoy him, he is so strange looking in his adorable way, and I love hearing the crowing. My Brahma roo attacked one of my hens so badly over the weekend the vet had to stitch her up. We separated him from the ladies but tonight when I tried to get him into the isolation coop he attacked me. How long will this behavior take to stop?
I have two Brahma roos in a flock with seven hens. One of them has begun to be aggressive. It happened when we were out of town, and the girl next door who was caring for the animals got chased by him. When I came back he attacked me. I had the egg basket in my hand and whacked his head with it, hard. He shook his head and flew at me a second time. Then I ran at him, clapping my hands, and chased him around for about two minutes. Now he treats me with respect.
I should also mention that we did not expect to keep two roos with a flock that small. My silkie rooster is in with some wine dots, a couple of bramas, and some americanas. He is picking a fight every day with a wine dot hen, and she is showing him what for. He may get a feather, but she gives him a bloody head and almost seems like he is going to be killed by her. We put him in a cage, but he of course is miserable because until now he was free to roam about the yard.
Will a hen kill a rooster? We have a white leghorn rooster who is aggressive. He has attacked me, my husband and now my 11 year old. Does it work to separate him out?
Put him in a different location? My husband is ready to shot him…I enjoy him and know he is just trying to do his job. Thanks for any help! I sing as I go out to feed the flock. Then into the duck pen next doot, sing to Sir Francis Drake and collect eggs, throw BSFL and close door to outside yards for the night. Same thing every night. Roy knows what to expect.
However, if for some reason it is my husband, instead of me, he doesnt talk to them, just gets it done and lately Roy has started charging him. Hubs is threatening to turn his neck. I tell him that he has to move slowly and talk to him to not be threatening. I wanted to learn how to deal with my rooster, not just give up and put him in the fridge.
He is just doing his job…find him a new home…someone who has free range chickens and needs a good cock to protect them. I just bought 5 week old hens and 1 roo, same age; think he is an old english game but not sure.
The others integrated with the flock just fine and so did he for a few hours before he became aggressive and just plain mean with the hens. This morning was the same mean attacks on my hens. I give him time-outs in a large deep bucket with a lid because he flies up and bangs it to get out. The gentlemen I purchased him from is willing to take him back and I can trade him in for a hen. Then two of my hens had little chicks, and he likes to peck them all the time.
Why does he do that? And each of the two hens have one little baby rooster. Or does he already know there are two more roosters? He once launched himself at me, but I put my foot down and he just put his head down and backed away.
My rooster mates so much with the hens it is tearing the feathers off their backs. Also the hens are not laying as much anymore. What should I do? I have very aggressive silver laced wyandotte rooster and I now use a small hand held water sprayer every time I go into the yard. Mind you I still never drop my guard or turn my back on him.
We saved a rooster and silkie from being dumped but although they have settled in with my other 5 girls, he attacks me. I do pick him up and carry him when he attacks me. Tonight he flogged me as I had to turn my back to him for a second. Advice would be appreciated. I have had several human aggressive roosters. I found that if I carry him around with me long enough he runs away when I put him down. You have to be consistent with this.
Roosters are like many other male animals, bulls, stallions, elephants, billy goats etc. Why some are lovely and trustworthy is hard to figure out. Right now I have a very large dark Brahma and he is really a sweet bird.
I love to carry him, but just because he is a delight and non aggressive. My friend had a dark Brahma, years ago, that attacked anyone who came into the yard. I have had New Hampshires that were really nice and one that was aggressive. I have had black minorcas that were nice and others that were vicious. I have found that in Wyandottes, a usual calm breed, the roosters I have had and known have been aggressive.
I had 2 Sumatras, One was aggressive to everyone but me. He used to fly up on my shoulder and we would walk around together like a parrot, the other attacked everybody including me. I had to give them to a farm sanctuary because they wet after my children. I hope this helps my rooster. Just the other day he was his normal sweet self and we gave our mean rooster away and ever since he has been aggressive to me. Today I was giving him his bed time blackberries and he jumped up and went after me.
I had him since he was a day old and we cuddled on the couch and he was my best friend and now that he us now 6 months he has been nasty to me.
I have one aggresive rooster aswell and he attacks everyone except for me and I not know what to do! I used mimicry to subdue him. I am much bigger, and stronger, but I was still kinda scared of him lol. He backed of, but I had to do it a couple of times, until he learned. Do NOT strike the bird. Just open the umbrella in a menacing fashion. I do not raise the fighting breeds but even a docile breed rooster can be naughty occasionally. I do not want to hurt or kill my birds.
Chirpie he is a 7 month old Rhode Island Red that I had gotten as a baby chick along with 3 others. They were all supposed to be ladies, but Chirpie turned out to be a roo. As babies, I kept them in a tin tub covered with a metal screen. Mia, my cat, would watch them for hours babysitting her chickens. I still pick him up daily and cuddle with him.
All and all she was okay, just real scared. Chirpie is a good caretaker of his ladies.
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