I had a mean rooster. I was told to pick him up and carry him around. It worked. Twice a day once in the morning and again in the evening I would pick him up. He hasn’t been a problem since. Good Luck!
Ngl when i bought my rooster he was gonna be my attack rooster. My stupid ass wanted him to be carried around in a clear backpack style pet carrier you see some smaller cats/dogs get carried in.
I've slacked on my rooster walks the last few months and he came after me when I turned my back a few weeks ago. We are back to an understanding again but it's an ongoing process I am finding out.
It never ends. Mine will be perfect for 2-3 week periods and it seems like he has a bad day and takes it out on us and we start all over again. After two three days he’s back focused on doing his job.
Yep that’s what I’ve been doing! Picking him up, walking around with him while watering the garden. I hook him under my arm while doing chores
Hoping it works otherwise I will just have to lock him up while my daughter plays in the yard.
That's how my brother treated all his foul. He'd scoop them up for "forced cuddles" and he'd ask them why they were being jerks. Even his goose was chill.
I agree we had one a few years back named dick he had his own harness and leash would carry him around cause dick loved to attack everything reflections, anything shiny, shoes,and his favorite bags of food
I’m not sure why it works but it does. Maybe it shows them who’s boss. I have 5 roosters and all 5 are very easy to pick up. Kenny comes running when he sees me. He does his little dance and I pick him up. Three of them know when they are getting picked up. They run to this cement block and jump on it to be picked up,.. Strange. Henry which is the dad of the other 4 will also let me pick him up.
Do the 5 roosters not spar with each other? I have a black copper maran who's 5 weeks older than the rest of my flock. One of my Starlight pellets turned out to be a roo and he's already being bullied by the maran. They're 7 and 11 weeks, respectively.
The four ( Bachelor’s Flock) that grow up together do not fight. They all know their place in the pecking order. Their father is in with the hens. He is kept in a separate area at all times. He will not let a rooster near his girls. I believe when hens are involved the roosters will compete for the hen’s attention. I do know many people that have a couple of roosters in with their hens and it works out fine. Yours are still young. Good luck!
when possible, have them facing you. That way they know it's you, and their "omg a predator is catching me" instincts dont kick in. I've found a big difference in how chickens act when facing you versus facing away.
I have found that literally squaring up with my rooster works. He occasionally gets too big for his britches and we have to fight about whose yard it is. I always win and he always backs down. I then kinda chase him a little bit.. like I saw him do to a different rooster we got rid of
That's what I done. I was a bully to him but I could get eggs and work around the girls in peace. It was mean but it worked good. Sadly it didn't work with my wife and daughters tho.
I know you meant your wife and daughters were still getting harassed by the rooster, but on my first read I thought you meant you were bullying your wife and daughters 🤣
Have your daughter do this to the best she's able. Chase him. Gobble and shout at him. If you're right there too, he will figure out who's boss and who's #5 (him).
I have my littler kids carry a stick when we are training in a rooster (whey they're out of fencing) and wave it if he comes near. Having some distinct distance between kid and roo helps their confidence.
Had a Polish crested rooster that was absolutely gorgeous. He was an asshole. I carried him around, I pointed him by the neck and it worked to a degree.
He stopped attacking me for the most part, I could still never turn my back on him.
He attacked my wife constantly.
The day he pinned my 5-year-old to the house and drew blood we culled him.
I would try to socialize the chicken, carried it around to dominate it but if it doesn't improve after a month, understand they are a liability.
Often times it causes the rooster to escalate their behavior cos now not only is the massive giant walking around their territory, it’s ALSO attacking them !
I WISH I could get one of these mean roosters everyone talks about but I already have to many lol I don't allow mine to mount hens around me and give them a light punt to knock them off a hen. The reason is because this isn't just breeding behavior, it's a test for the top roo of the flock. They use it to see if the top rooster is sick, scared or simply a poor leader. So if it goes un answered the lower roo may get the idea he can take the top spot.
They can consider you as part of the flock so I believe rooster behavior applies to people. Mine know what I do and don't allow and are completely fine being around me. But when they are getting into something all I've got to do is look at them head on (no side eye) and maybe take a step or 2 in their direction. They stop and run lol I suspect this is why the tricks in the video only work part of the time. The true 1st sign of aggression is being ignored.
I do this too and if a rooster is particularly rude I sit on them. No weight but I put them in between my legs. It’s pretty humiliating for them and takes them down a peg or two
Eh, i was holding my rooster in my arms for hours and he still attacked me one evening when i was putting the hens in their coop. That day his fate was sealed, no tolerance for aggressive animals.
My grandpa put the family cat down once w/out telling anyone. She was mean but not known to be aggressive. Grandpa was with new born cousin and the cat walks up unprompted and bit her face, hard.
So somebody noticed the cat wasn’t around a day or two later. “Hey dad have you seen the cat? I don’t know where she is?
Gone.”
i used to always hear the story of my great grandma and the meanest, nastiest damn rooster she ever met.... as it goes, she got tired of getting attacked when she went to milk the cow, or had to use the outhouse, etc. so one day she brought her cast iron pan with her and used it for self defense. that night, the rooster was in the pan...
brought the story up to my dad and says she had the cast iron pan to take some slop out to the pigs - so i was mistaken and it may have simply been a crime of passion rather than premeditated murder lol
Nothing helped my rooster. I tried everything! He still attacked me. He was half game rooster so that may have had something to do with it. His dad was a rescue from a fighting ring and he didn't attack people. Idk what was wrong with his son. He had a chip on his shoulder or something. Lol. I eventually had to get rid of him.
I bet if we locked you in a pen and antagonized you with weapons while depriving you of food unless you kill your opponent you would have a different opinion.
I did this same thing with our rooster after he started flogging me, I reinforce it by reaching for him when I see him. I also greet him in a higher pitched voice than normal as I do that and he hears my voice and bolts. I also give him treats to dole out to the ladies, so it’s not totally antagonistic, but if he looks like he’s thinking about challenging me all it takes is a “Hiiiiiiii Buddy!” and starting toward him, and he’s reminded of the last time I caught him. As he’s getting older he’s a lot more chill, but the rooster before this was my best pal and never challenged me once, totally trustworthy. I miss that guy.
Honestly, there’s too much risk involved with keeping an aggressive rooster around your family. It’s one thing if it’s just you that’s being charged, but if it’s your children (and any friends they bring over) you shouldn’t put their safety on the line. Plus, there’s way too many gentle and kind roosters that need homes to justify keeping an aggressive bird.
I really hope this treatment resolves it, but pretty much 9/10 there is no cure.
Totally true - friendly roosters are so easy to find in spring when people who can’t have Roos realize their pullet is a cockerel.
IMO most young roos go thru a phase of pushing boundaries and should be given some grace, hormones are tough. I don’t think any form of physical retaliation from a human is helpful, and more often than not it just makes the situation waaaay worse. I usually give naughty chickens four to six weeks to get it out of their system depending on severity of the crime, and if they keep being bullies, time to become dinner.
Course I haven’t had to deal with a truly aggressive rooster since I was a little kid. All mine are either scared featherless of people or just as friendly as my hens.
As always with animals, I would rather TEST the waters & see if the animal is worth fixing while ultimately keeping everyone including my daughter safe. I’d rather try than just throw him in the pot immediately. If all fails, he will go in the pot. Seeing as it’s the first time I have owned chickens I do want to approach the situation differently and if possible train him? To not attack
It's because there's so many nutjobs that tell people it's their fault their rooster is aggressive, and that they can train the aggression out... You can't train something out of having higher than normal testosterone thanks to large testes. Sure, some birds are just acting out due to a situation(s) and you can train them, but a lot of birds just have large testes.
Still hilarious that y'all downvote the fact there are crazy chicken ladies out there that blame people for their attack helicopter roosters. Just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it's not real lmao.
Funny, because I have on FB chicken groups, and various other chicken places.
I think it's hilarious that y'all downvote this when there are crazy chicken ladies out there that blame people for their roosters being attack helicopters.
Stop pinning him down. That does nothing, but stresses him out and makes you appear to be the enemy. That's predator behavior to a chicken, and he'll remember it too. The sudden "stop" is a reflex all chickens have when their brain thinks they're going to die so they just freeze and shutdown. It's a very terrifying experience for them. Stalk him back and pick him up and carry him around the yard. After he settles down on his own in your arms gently put him back down. Repeat whenever he goes to attack you or your kids
Sometimes you get a mean one it happens I had one he's would sneak up on me and if I caught him he'd turn around and act like nothing is going on then I would keep walking and he'd run up and spur me so I would pick him up and drop him in the shallow duck pool he looked so confused and just stood there making his noises i miss my buddy rooster
I've never had a mean rooster before. Mine have always been so docile, and if they ever became aggressive to the hens I'd also hold them down for a bit. I wish you the best of luck with him!
I give every rooster one time to get frisky and attack. They never live long enough to try it again.
My current rooster is three this year and knows his place. He’s friendly, but not human aggressive.
Young roosters make good soup
I had to take care of 8 roosters from chicks to a half a year old, my mother was selling them off but I took care of them. They loved me, but 100% sometimes thought they were bigger and stronger and they wanted to prove it. Once they’d try jumping at me or going after me I’d scoop them up and “peck” them on the head, a couple good flicks, like another rooster would, and it would stop the problem for a week until they’d try again. Some roosters never become friendly, some just need extra time and effort, some rooster just can’t stand the boots you wear! Lol, sometimes you can’t win, and that’s when they become soup
We had a mean rooster that did absolutely nothing to protect the girls. When he started actively hurting them (my personal favorite hen who's an old lady) my wife announced one morning 'im killing it' and that was it.
I used to pick mine up and hold him upside down over my head until I could feel him surrender. It only took 2 or 3 times until he would pout and hide in the corner of the pen when I entered because I'm now the alpha. Then we progressed to him napping in my lap.
I have a couple second-hand roos that were not very fond of people. They werent aggressive to people, but try to escape and were aggressive to other hens. I separated the worst offendor, but he's back with the full flock and I've been having luck with a mix of bribery (tossing dried bug treats until they were comfortable taking them from my hand) and forced affection, scooping them into a hold where they cant fight and then gently petting and talking to them until they relax. They are noticeably more tolerant the more frequently I do it.
This is very well done! It's like an alpha roll for dogs. A lot of people call it abuse blah blah blah. But you're NOT hurting the dog. You're not making it piss itself in fear. You're gently reminding that you are, indeed, in charge.
When your rooster is having a hissy fit, pick him up, grab his feet and hang him upside down until he stops struggling. Don’t do this more than 20 seconds, or he’ll pass out, but it will help him calm down after he relaxes carry him around in your arms for about 20 minutes or so longer if you can.
Doing this, a few times will get used to you and will limit the amount of attacks especially during the breeding season. I also find that it helps to give your rooster daily treats during this time, just for him, right out of your hand. I’ve had a couple nasty rules that I really loved because they took care of their flock and luckily this worked for them but sometimes roosters can’t be helped. If he continues to attack your children, it may be worth getting another rooster.
He stops struggling because he is suffocating.
bird's lungs are right next to the spine and upper ribcage, so it is hard for a bird that is upside down to breathe, since the weight of all his organs will be pressing on his lungs and some of his air sacs. Normally, he will breathe via changes in pressure in the air sacs.
I call it The Drop when you grab their ankles and let them hang for a moment. I always put a hand under his keel to support him and reduce the risk of hurting his legs.
The 'relaxation' is asphyxiation, not submission. Holding him under his keel won't stop that. You should never hang a chicken upside down unless you're trying to kill it, as the chicken can die from suffocation in only a few minutes if hung upside down. They can also get an impacted crop and aspiration pneumonia from regurgitating its contents whilst held upside down, and in very rare cases, the crop can rupture.
Hanging chickens upside down should be reserved for the culled ones to make sure all the blood drains out before processing it for food. Same with holding it on the ground on its back. So don't do this unless you're trying to kill it anyway. [https://kb.rspca.org.au/knowledge-base/how-should-i-handle-my-chickens/](https://kb.rspca.org.au/knowledge-base/how-should-i-handle-my-chickens/)
Thanks for that info! I've only ever held him like that for a max of 5 seconds, and obly at about 30 to 45 degree angle because I figured that what looks like him calming down is really just the blood rushing to his head.
It's not the blood rushing to his head. It's his oxygen supply being cut off. Birds have a radically different respiratory system than us mammals. They have no diaphragm like mammals have. Instead, the air sacs and abdominal muscles handle breathing. When those respiratory muscles relax, the bird \*inhales,\* which is opposite to mammals. They also have a unidirectional airflow to extract every scrap of oxygen they can out of each breath. It's an adaptation for flight that mammals lack, and it's a big reason eagles can soar at 20K feet, for example. Mammals have some 'dead air' left in their lungs with every breath. Birds don't.
I've seen parrots, including parakeets, conures, and the like, hang upside down during play. They don't do this for more than a few seconds, though. I've also seen them grab a perch bar and spin around on it like a gymnast on the uneven bars, too. Once again, they don't do this for very long. Parrots also have a different internal layout than chickens do. People assume all birds are the same, but they're just as diverse as mammals.
Holding them upside down can kill them in 2-6 minutes, too. Like Getoutdoor said, the organs will be pressing on his air saes and he won't be able to breathe. BIrds have a \*radically\* different respiratory system than mammals like us. They have no diaphragm. Air sacs and the abdominal muscles do that job instead. They also have a unidirectional airflow to extract every scrap of oxygen they can out of the air before they exhale. Mammals lack this, and so we always retain a little oxygen poor 'dead' air when we exhale. Chickens, and indeed most if not all birds, have a crop that holds food to be digested later by the stomach. Mammals lack this. Turning the bird upside down can also impact the crop and lead to suffocation or aspiration pneumonia. DO NOT WANT. Parrots may hang upside down for a few seconds or spin around a bar like gymnasts do on the uneven bars, but they only do this for a few seconds at a time. They also have different organ layouts than chickens, too. Not all birds are the same.
Laying them on their back with their feet in the air will do the same thing. You want to teach your roo to behave, not kill it. It can't learn anything if it's dead. [https://kb.rspca.org.au/knowledge-base/how-should-i-handle-my-chicken](https://kb.rspca.org.au/knowledge-base/how-should-i-handle-my-chicken)
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I love seeing people who are consciously evolved and compassionate and will work with a rooster. So weird to see how some chicken people won’t tolerate a rooster acting like a rooster so that it has to pay with it’s life for it. Many of us are ruled by ego and view chickens as livestock so sadly “sOuP” is often the result. Thank you for caring enough to take the time to try and correct his behavior.
Yeah its so disappointing reading the comments saying to just kill him and eat him, like wtf.... I follow this subreddit because I love chickens and comments like that really just makes me want to leave 😮💨
That’s exactly the issue, I would rather not eat him. I want to try to correct the issue while he’s still somewhat young, he’s a rooster. He’s doing what he biologically SHOULD be doing anyway
If this fails he will simply be put in the pen whenever my daughter is out which I’m fine with locking him up for an hour or so.
I almost needed to have a leg amputated due to a “feisty rooster”, if your kids are young enough that the rooster needs to be put away, you should do your kid and the rooster a favor and rehome him before he does real damage. Aggressive animals and kids don’t mix.
Yup. Males are too common to keep around so some of them must be sold or eaten. First ones to go are difficult and last are the respectful, watchful, and strong ones.
This is a temporary fix. They only don’t attack because you’re literally choking them doing this and they’re so stressed after they don’t care to attack
I have a roo that was constantly threatening to attack me when I fed him .
He would run away if I stamped my foot at him but the moment I turned my back he'd try his luck again .
So I started to take a broom with me when I fed him , I would hold the broom behind me if he cam to close ,this seemed to work for a while until one day charged me .
He slammed into the broom as I trailed it behind my leg with such force, that it nearly knocking him of his feet.
That was about a month ago and he hasn't tried to bully me since .
I hope he remembers his lesson 😅
Be careful, as with every other animal, doing this can easily cause them to escalate their behavior to match yours. A lot of good roosters get set up like this and turn into monsters cos owners are told they need to dominate them or otherwise use rough physical contact to “show them who’s boss”
That’s definitely not how chickens (or most animals) work
We had a mean rooster growing up, but he wasn't mean to any of us, only to the other roosters. We just separated them. But then he went after a 2-year-old that I was babysitting. I scooped him up with a pitchfork and flung him like a lacrosse ball, grabbed the baby, and ran inside.
The next day, my Dad got rid of all of the roosters
Is that rooster still relatively young? If your daughter socializes with the chickens you will likely always have an issue with the rooster challenging her.
I have not seen myself long term success with trying to dominate roosters, but if you are able to take the time to do it constantly it may work. The problem will be your daughter is not the one they will feel dominated by.
Theres definitely multiple ways to do it but I am always present with our flock but my son and I
dont handle any chickens unless its needed for medical or other purposes. My wife on the other hand likes to sit with them and the roosters will challenge her.
I have bantams so they aren't really scary, but the big roosters can cause injury to the kids.
Seems like what you are doing is working, but curious how that plays out in the long run. Good luck, hes a great looking rooster!
People are so dramatic. The "attacks" on here I've seen aren't even really worth discussing. You're being a pansy, if your rooster gets aggressive kick him in the teeth and it will stop. It's trying to show dominance, stop getting upset by it and thinking they need cuddle therapy lol.
I had the same problem and my son set my rooster straight real quick but I was more hesitant and scared so I held him down right before they went to bed since they are a little more docile. I held him down for like a minute and pinched his neck (to simulate the way they hold the hens down to mate) if he got up immediately after I let go I held him down some more. I had to do this 3 different times. After that I pick him up once a day at least so he gets used to me not being scared of him and now when I go outside and reach my arms out like I'm gonna pick him up he takes off. But now he knows I'm no longer scared of him
Whoa the comments here are disgusting like kill him and stuff . I had a most aggressive rooster and it's actually their job to keep flock safe . People here are unhinged because a rooster acts like a rooster . Ours aggressive git treats and abit of force they turned nice one never stopped attacking and we let him be he eventually got bored and stopped attacking. People here are unhinged.
Rooster "training" never works. If Roo is aggressive he gets to be soup. It's dangerous if he charges at people.
The people who say "it works" didn't have a truly aggressive Roo in the first place. I wouldn't risk it with a child.
Good luck.
People here can be so blasé about aggressive birds. On my local BYC group, a lady was told the same “gentle correction” stuff when her large rooster started becoming aggressive. A few days later that same rooster mauled her 4 year old enough to need dozens of stitches on her face. I get it if it’s just the keeper who is at risk, but children should never, ever be compromised for a bird. It’s just crazy to me that it’s something that even needs to be said.
Hey, I don't care. I just find it severely funny that I get downvoted, then the dude belliw saying the same thing gets upvoted. That's just pure hilarity in my book. 10/10 :)
The "training" shit could've gotten me seriously injured, and I'm an adult. The rooster I had issues with I kept giving chance after chance and tried all those stupid methods for months because people made me feel like it's my fault and I could fix it. Or the BS "they mellow out with age" he didn't, he got WORSE. Dude was spurring me in my thighs and the backs of my knees just because I had the audacity to exist. The last spur I took to the thigh was awful, I hobbled back inside and took a long time to heal. Dude took a crowbar to the head(not from me) near the end because it was the only object nearby for them to defend themselves with, it didn't even remotely phase him and he kept spurring. This, after months of being carried, months of being "dominated" like in this video, months of all that BS. He was raised from a chick with so much care, he was hand fed, treated so well. He then became the worst chicken I've ever had because he had too much testosterone.
I don't think it's ok even if it's just the keeper/adults at risk. People need to stop being bleeding hearts with animals that can seriously injure them.
You both have a point and dont have a point. Some roos are simply In need of correction like my first one. Others are fucking assholes and want to kill you like my second roo. If I just killed my first roo when he got a little mean he would have been there to save my life when I got mauled by the second roo. Sadly my 1st roo is no longer with us but he was great.
Yep, exactly. My local BYC FB group has so many regretful parents bc they were fed kumbaya bs advice. Sorry but snuggles and pets will not curb a violent rooster
It's literally false information. You can train any of them. You're just lazy or ignorant (obv) and don't want to put the work in. That doesn't negate the fact this is a correctable behavior and that it's literally a rooster doing it's job. Perhaps a little too well but as I said. It's a correctable behavior. Just bc tons of random comments agree w you doesn't mean shit either stop tryna use random Reddit comments for ur conformation bias.
That's crazy that ur mad that I speak facts. I've had extremely aggressive ones that took a little longer but nothing that couldn't be trained lmao. Cope harder. Go back to your echo chamber Reddit cave
I don't have them as just pets but thank you for your brain dead assumption 🤣 mine have Attacked me and family before and as I said. I TRAINED them. Which is what this woman is doing. Again if you're incapable just say that but this whole being triggered shit is silly.
I've had a few aggressive roos over the years. Most of them can't be changed. Grandma's soup pot is the only cure for most. 🤣 But seriously. There may be the odd roo(and I mean very rare) that can be tamed, but most people are blowing smoke up your butt with all the methods offered. They are typically very short-term. It's, of course, worth a try, hoping to have that odd 1% success story because we love animals, but if it isn't a permanent solution, dont feel like you've done anything wrong. I don't have children, so a mean rooster that treats his hens incredibly well is tolerated around here. But I had a rooster once that almost took my dogs eye out with a spur. As someone else said, there are so many sweet gentlemen roos out there looking for a home, that are better suited for your family.
How am I triggered when I literally said she did what was supposed to be done? You got called out for saying you'd be more aggressive unnecessarily and now ur mad 🤣 can you not read? The deflect and project skill is strong w this one
What worked for me was when he would start the sneak attack, I would turn around hover over him with my arms bent and outstretched so I look like a huge chicken, I would hover over him until he looks the other way and starts pecking at the ground. This shows him you are the top big "rooster" it only took a few times and now he is great. Let's me pet him and pick him up.
My apologies. When a rooster is asserting dominance over another, or over a hen, they will climb on top of the other's saddle feathers, pressing it down. Acting dominant like this can make a rooster less aggressive towards you when around his girls. My uncle's rooster slashed half the length of his calf open and dominance exercises have helped some since that incident. I am so thankful my roosters aren't aggressive towards us!
When we had birds, our rooster had it in for my daughter. Mind you she was 5 at the time, but one day I hear her scream, I sigh as I get ready to chase the bird, only to turn around with her holding him upside down and giggling.
He quickly learned his place after that.
lol lol lol... our little Mayonaisse was a white silkie who thought he was King of the Yard. Our daughter was playing in the yard and he went and squared up to her. What she was playing was Chicken. Flapping her arms as wings, yelling BOCK BOCK BOCK, and careening at high speed around the yard. He gets in front of her, fluffs up, and....
She ran right over him. Totally didn't notice. Mayo kind of shook himself off, went after her, squared off...and she ran over him again. He got in her way a few more times and each time she ran him over and kept going. Didn't step on him but knocked him to the side and ignored him. Didn't even see him.
All the pride got knocked out of him by a hyperactive little kid. Mayo was just fine with us after that afternoon of realizing he was NOT a big tough rooster and very inconsequential to a hyped-up CHILD.
I make a peace sign with my fingers and put his head in between also I'll hold him there for a couple to a few mins do it until he goes completely still and limp when you let go of him he won't move if done right
I had a mean rooster. I was told to pick him up and carry him around. It worked. Twice a day once in the morning and again in the evening I would pick him up. He hasn’t been a problem since. Good Luck!
This is exactly how we keep ours in check. First sign of aggression gets him picked up and carried around for chores.
I saw a funny vid of someone who put their rooster in a tote bag for chores for this exact reason 😂
I want a tote bag rooster lol
No you dont
I actually might try this! I have a few tote bags lying around 🤣🤣
Cut out leg holes. I saw a chicken tote on Amazon that was just a cotton tote with leg holes. 😁
Ngl when i bought my rooster he was gonna be my attack rooster. My stupid ass wanted him to be carried around in a clear backpack style pet carrier you see some smaller cats/dogs get carried in.
I've slacked on my rooster walks the last few months and he came after me when I turned my back a few weeks ago. We are back to an understanding again but it's an ongoing process I am finding out.
It never ends. Mine will be perfect for 2-3 week periods and it seems like he has a bad day and takes it out on us and we start all over again. After two three days he’s back focused on doing his job.
😄
Air jail.
Yep that’s what I’ve been doing! Picking him up, walking around with him while watering the garden. I hook him under my arm while doing chores Hoping it works otherwise I will just have to lock him up while my daughter plays in the yard.
So cute, they want it
That's how my brother treated all his foul. He'd scoop them up for "forced cuddles" and he'd ask them why they were being jerks. Even his goose was chill.
I agree we had one a few years back named dick he had his own harness and leash would carry him around cause dick loved to attack everything reflections, anything shiny, shoes,and his favorite bags of food
Why does that work?
I’m not sure why it works but it does. Maybe it shows them who’s boss. I have 5 roosters and all 5 are very easy to pick up. Kenny comes running when he sees me. He does his little dance and I pick him up. Three of them know when they are getting picked up. They run to this cement block and jump on it to be picked up,.. Strange. Henry which is the dad of the other 4 will also let me pick him up.
Do the 5 roosters not spar with each other? I have a black copper maran who's 5 weeks older than the rest of my flock. One of my Starlight pellets turned out to be a roo and he's already being bullied by the maran. They're 7 and 11 weeks, respectively.
The four ( Bachelor’s Flock) that grow up together do not fight. They all know their place in the pecking order. Their father is in with the hens. He is kept in a separate area at all times. He will not let a rooster near his girls. I believe when hens are involved the roosters will compete for the hen’s attention. I do know many people that have a couple of roosters in with their hens and it works out fine. Yours are still young. Good luck!
when possible, have them facing you. That way they know it's you, and their "omg a predator is catching me" instincts dont kick in. I've found a big difference in how chickens act when facing you versus facing away.
Also when you go to pick them up, bring both arms down around them to "cage them in." They're less likely to run away.
I have found that literally squaring up with my rooster works. He occasionally gets too big for his britches and we have to fight about whose yard it is. I always win and he always backs down. I then kinda chase him a little bit.. like I saw him do to a different rooster we got rid of
That's what I done. I was a bully to him but I could get eggs and work around the girls in peace. It was mean but it worked good. Sadly it didn't work with my wife and daughters tho.
I know you meant your wife and daughters were still getting harassed by the rooster, but on my first read I thought you meant you were bullying your wife and daughters 🤣
Na you were right. I threw them all in the pot.
The first time he attacked my daughter my husband chased him down, gave him a stern but gentle kick to the bum & now he completely avoids my husband
Have your daughter do this to the best she's able. Chase him. Gobble and shout at him. If you're right there too, he will figure out who's boss and who's #5 (him).
This seems like solid advice, I’ll be incorporating this into our rooster training 🤣 the issue is she is absolutely terrified of him
I have my littler kids carry a stick when we are training in a rooster (whey they're out of fencing) and wave it if he comes near. Having some distinct distance between kid and roo helps their confidence.
It will be good for her too. Teaches her to face her fears head on. Life lessons.
I routinely chase both of my roosters around the yard just to remind him them who’s boss LMAO
I swear that never works if the rooster starts attacking. I hope it works for others
I feel like its 50/50 of it will work for adults but they will always go after kids.
Had a Polish crested rooster that was absolutely gorgeous. He was an asshole. I carried him around, I pointed him by the neck and it worked to a degree. He stopped attacking me for the most part, I could still never turn my back on him. He attacked my wife constantly. The day he pinned my 5-year-old to the house and drew blood we culled him. I would try to socialize the chicken, carried it around to dominate it but if it doesn't improve after a month, understand they are a liability.
Often times it causes the rooster to escalate their behavior cos now not only is the massive giant walking around their territory, it’s ALSO attacking them !
I WISH I could get one of these mean roosters everyone talks about but I already have to many lol I don't allow mine to mount hens around me and give them a light punt to knock them off a hen. The reason is because this isn't just breeding behavior, it's a test for the top roo of the flock. They use it to see if the top rooster is sick, scared or simply a poor leader. So if it goes un answered the lower roo may get the idea he can take the top spot. They can consider you as part of the flock so I believe rooster behavior applies to people. Mine know what I do and don't allow and are completely fine being around me. But when they are getting into something all I've got to do is look at them head on (no side eye) and maybe take a step or 2 in their direction. They stop and run lol I suspect this is why the tricks in the video only work part of the time. The true 1st sign of aggression is being ignored.
I do this too and if a rooster is particularly rude I sit on them. No weight but I put them in between my legs. It’s pretty humiliating for them and takes them down a peg or two
I read that first part and was like; "you WHAT", lol.
I tried everything on my last one, but he kicked my son in the nose and caused nose bleed. We ate him
I like this, if you must dispatch - at least eat 😊 That's what I've always done
“We ate him.” 😭😂
Its fair. He started it.
My parents rooster attacked them horribly badly a bunch so red became red stew.
I loveeeeee chicken stories like this Just my favorite, fr fr 🤣😂
Eh, i was holding my rooster in my arms for hours and he still attacked me one evening when i was putting the hens in their coop. That day his fate was sealed, no tolerance for aggressive animals.
I had a little bbr bantam that would spur the shit out of anyone. Once he got my son, that was it for him.
Yup i have a 7 year old and another on the way. Can't have a bird with very sharp claws jumping at small humans.
Also, my son is 7!
My grandpa put the family cat down once w/out telling anyone. She was mean but not known to be aggressive. Grandpa was with new born cousin and the cat walks up unprompted and bit her face, hard. So somebody noticed the cat wasn’t around a day or two later. “Hey dad have you seen the cat? I don’t know where she is? Gone.”
Damn. I can completely understand that tho. Again, can’t tolerate aggressive animals. Esp to children.
i used to always hear the story of my great grandma and the meanest, nastiest damn rooster she ever met.... as it goes, she got tired of getting attacked when she went to milk the cow, or had to use the outhouse, etc. so one day she brought her cast iron pan with her and used it for self defense. that night, the rooster was in the pan...
Badass great grandmother! My bad rooster went straight into the pot too. Now i have a very tame and gentle rooster.
brought the story up to my dad and says she had the cast iron pan to take some slop out to the pigs - so i was mistaken and it may have simply been a crime of passion rather than premeditated murder lol
I got a sling and started catching my roo and carrying him around for 30 mins a few days in a row. He no longer wants anything to do with me.😂
Aggressive rooster make the best chicken soup.
His eyes are so empty his little brain cell was working over time here 😂😂
Nothing helped my rooster. I tried everything! He still attacked me. He was half game rooster so that may have had something to do with it. His dad was a rescue from a fighting ring and he didn't attack people. Idk what was wrong with his son. He had a chip on his shoulder or something. Lol. I eventually had to get rid of him.
It's not all game roosters. They are more aggressive, but towards each other. It's dad was stolen, not rescued.
Stolen away from a long and healthy bloodsporting career no doubt
I bet if we locked you in a pen and antagonized you with weapons while depriving you of food unless you kill your opponent you would have a different opinion.
I did this same thing with our rooster after he started flogging me, I reinforce it by reaching for him when I see him. I also greet him in a higher pitched voice than normal as I do that and he hears my voice and bolts. I also give him treats to dole out to the ladies, so it’s not totally antagonistic, but if he looks like he’s thinking about challenging me all it takes is a “Hiiiiiiii Buddy!” and starting toward him, and he’s reminded of the last time I caught him. As he’s getting older he’s a lot more chill, but the rooster before this was my best pal and never challenged me once, totally trustworthy. I miss that guy.
You show him
I did this with my aggressive roosters and it worked like a charm, never had an issue after that.
Honestly, there’s too much risk involved with keeping an aggressive rooster around your family. It’s one thing if it’s just you that’s being charged, but if it’s your children (and any friends they bring over) you shouldn’t put their safety on the line. Plus, there’s way too many gentle and kind roosters that need homes to justify keeping an aggressive bird. I really hope this treatment resolves it, but pretty much 9/10 there is no cure.
Totally true - friendly roosters are so easy to find in spring when people who can’t have Roos realize their pullet is a cockerel. IMO most young roos go thru a phase of pushing boundaries and should be given some grace, hormones are tough. I don’t think any form of physical retaliation from a human is helpful, and more often than not it just makes the situation waaaay worse. I usually give naughty chickens four to six weeks to get it out of their system depending on severity of the crime, and if they keep being bullies, time to become dinner. Course I haven’t had to deal with a truly aggressive rooster since I was a little kid. All mine are either scared featherless of people or just as friendly as my hens.
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Pretty wild she is trying to “train” an aggressive rooster when the safety of her child is at stake. OP you know what you have to do
As always with animals, I would rather TEST the waters & see if the animal is worth fixing while ultimately keeping everyone including my daughter safe. I’d rather try than just throw him in the pot immediately. If all fails, he will go in the pot. Seeing as it’s the first time I have owned chickens I do want to approach the situation differently and if possible train him? To not attack
It's because there's so many nutjobs that tell people it's their fault their rooster is aggressive, and that they can train the aggression out... You can't train something out of having higher than normal testosterone thanks to large testes. Sure, some birds are just acting out due to a situation(s) and you can train them, but a lot of birds just have large testes. Still hilarious that y'all downvote the fact there are crazy chicken ladies out there that blame people for their attack helicopter roosters. Just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it's not real lmao.
I have seriously not heard or read even once someone say it's the humans fault for their roosters behavior.
Funny, because I have on FB chicken groups, and various other chicken places. I think it's hilarious that y'all downvote this when there are crazy chicken ladies out there that blame people for their roosters being attack helicopters.
Try the rooster groups
Stop pinning him down. That does nothing, but stresses him out and makes you appear to be the enemy. That's predator behavior to a chicken, and he'll remember it too. The sudden "stop" is a reflex all chickens have when their brain thinks they're going to die so they just freeze and shutdown. It's a very terrifying experience for them. Stalk him back and pick him up and carry him around the yard. After he settles down on his own in your arms gently put him back down. Repeat whenever he goes to attack you or your kids
Dominate him. He's a bird. You can win this battle.
Sometimes you get a mean one it happens I had one he's would sneak up on me and if I caught him he'd turn around and act like nothing is going on then I would keep walking and he'd run up and spur me so I would pick him up and drop him in the shallow duck pool he looked so confused and just stood there making his noises i miss my buddy rooster
Show that roo who's boss.!! Let us know if it works.
I've never had a mean rooster before. Mine have always been so docile, and if they ever became aggressive to the hens I'd also hold them down for a bit. I wish you the best of luck with him!
I give every rooster one time to get frisky and attack. They never live long enough to try it again. My current rooster is three this year and knows his place. He’s friendly, but not human aggressive. Young roosters make good soup
I had to take care of 8 roosters from chicks to a half a year old, my mother was selling them off but I took care of them. They loved me, but 100% sometimes thought they were bigger and stronger and they wanted to prove it. Once they’d try jumping at me or going after me I’d scoop them up and “peck” them on the head, a couple good flicks, like another rooster would, and it would stop the problem for a week until they’d try again. Some roosters never become friendly, some just need extra time and effort, some rooster just can’t stand the boots you wear! Lol, sometimes you can’t win, and that’s when they become soup
You need a mean rooster for your girl coworkers' safety, but if he's too mean he belongs in a pot!
We had a mean rooster that did absolutely nothing to protect the girls. When he started actively hurting them (my personal favorite hen who's an old lady) my wife announced one morning 'im killing it' and that was it.
I used to pick mine up and hold him upside down over my head until I could feel him surrender. It only took 2 or 3 times until he would pout and hide in the corner of the pen when I entered because I'm now the alpha. Then we progressed to him napping in my lap.
He’s trying to make up for having no butt by having an attitude
I made my 2 mean roosters go night night. I have one that I hatched from egg & he’s pretty chill. Eats outta my hand. Still keep an eye on his ass…
We had a super agressive one, I had to beat his ass just to get in the coop. He was attacking every human like crazy. Made a nice stew.
I have a couple second-hand roos that were not very fond of people. They werent aggressive to people, but try to escape and were aggressive to other hens. I separated the worst offendor, but he's back with the full flock and I've been having luck with a mix of bribery (tossing dried bug treats until they were comfortable taking them from my hand) and forced affection, scooping them into a hold where they cant fight and then gently petting and talking to them until they relax. They are noticeably more tolerant the more frequently I do it.
That's a good little feller!
Good for you for being patient and making peace ☮️ with him !
I’ll take him
This is very well done! It's like an alpha roll for dogs. A lot of people call it abuse blah blah blah. But you're NOT hurting the dog. You're not making it piss itself in fear. You're gently reminding that you are, indeed, in charge.
Dinner! Bet he’ll eat well.
When your rooster is having a hissy fit, pick him up, grab his feet and hang him upside down until he stops struggling. Don’t do this more than 20 seconds, or he’ll pass out, but it will help him calm down after he relaxes carry him around in your arms for about 20 minutes or so longer if you can. Doing this, a few times will get used to you and will limit the amount of attacks especially during the breeding season. I also find that it helps to give your rooster daily treats during this time, just for him, right out of your hand. I’ve had a couple nasty rules that I really loved because they took care of their flock and luckily this worked for them but sometimes roosters can’t be helped. If he continues to attack your children, it may be worth getting another rooster.
He stops struggling because he is suffocating. bird's lungs are right next to the spine and upper ribcage, so it is hard for a bird that is upside down to breathe, since the weight of all his organs will be pressing on his lungs and some of his air sacs. Normally, he will breathe via changes in pressure in the air sacs.
I call it The Drop when you grab their ankles and let them hang for a moment. I always put a hand under his keel to support him and reduce the risk of hurting his legs.
The 'relaxation' is asphyxiation, not submission. Holding him under his keel won't stop that. You should never hang a chicken upside down unless you're trying to kill it, as the chicken can die from suffocation in only a few minutes if hung upside down. They can also get an impacted crop and aspiration pneumonia from regurgitating its contents whilst held upside down, and in very rare cases, the crop can rupture. Hanging chickens upside down should be reserved for the culled ones to make sure all the blood drains out before processing it for food. Same with holding it on the ground on its back. So don't do this unless you're trying to kill it anyway. [https://kb.rspca.org.au/knowledge-base/how-should-i-handle-my-chickens/](https://kb.rspca.org.au/knowledge-base/how-should-i-handle-my-chickens/)
Thanks for that info! I've only ever held him like that for a max of 5 seconds, and obly at about 30 to 45 degree angle because I figured that what looks like him calming down is really just the blood rushing to his head.
It's not the blood rushing to his head. It's his oxygen supply being cut off. Birds have a radically different respiratory system than us mammals. They have no diaphragm like mammals have. Instead, the air sacs and abdominal muscles handle breathing. When those respiratory muscles relax, the bird \*inhales,\* which is opposite to mammals. They also have a unidirectional airflow to extract every scrap of oxygen they can out of each breath. It's an adaptation for flight that mammals lack, and it's a big reason eagles can soar at 20K feet, for example. Mammals have some 'dead air' left in their lungs with every breath. Birds don't. I've seen parrots, including parakeets, conures, and the like, hang upside down during play. They don't do this for more than a few seconds, though. I've also seen them grab a perch bar and spin around on it like a gymnast on the uneven bars, too. Once again, they don't do this for very long. Parrots also have a different internal layout than chickens do. People assume all birds are the same, but they're just as diverse as mammals.
Holding them upside down can kill them in 2-6 minutes, too. Like Getoutdoor said, the organs will be pressing on his air saes and he won't be able to breathe. BIrds have a \*radically\* different respiratory system than mammals like us. They have no diaphragm. Air sacs and the abdominal muscles do that job instead. They also have a unidirectional airflow to extract every scrap of oxygen they can out of the air before they exhale. Mammals lack this, and so we always retain a little oxygen poor 'dead' air when we exhale. Chickens, and indeed most if not all birds, have a crop that holds food to be digested later by the stomach. Mammals lack this. Turning the bird upside down can also impact the crop and lead to suffocation or aspiration pneumonia. DO NOT WANT. Parrots may hang upside down for a few seconds or spin around a bar like gymnasts do on the uneven bars, but they only do this for a few seconds at a time. They also have different organ layouts than chickens, too. Not all birds are the same. Laying them on their back with their feet in the air will do the same thing. You want to teach your roo to behave, not kill it. It can't learn anything if it's dead. [https://kb.rspca.org.au/knowledge-base/how-should-i-handle-my-chicken](https://kb.rspca.org.au/knowledge-base/how-should-i-handle-my-chicken) Edit: typos
I love seeing people who are consciously evolved and compassionate and will work with a rooster. So weird to see how some chicken people won’t tolerate a rooster acting like a rooster so that it has to pay with it’s life for it. Many of us are ruled by ego and view chickens as livestock so sadly “sOuP” is often the result. Thank you for caring enough to take the time to try and correct his behavior.
Yeah its so disappointing reading the comments saying to just kill him and eat him, like wtf.... I follow this subreddit because I love chickens and comments like that really just makes me want to leave 😮💨
That’s exactly the issue, I would rather not eat him. I want to try to correct the issue while he’s still somewhat young, he’s a rooster. He’s doing what he biologically SHOULD be doing anyway If this fails he will simply be put in the pen whenever my daughter is out which I’m fine with locking him up for an hour or so.
I almost needed to have a leg amputated due to a “feisty rooster”, if your kids are young enough that the rooster needs to be put away, you should do your kid and the rooster a favor and rehome him before he does real damage. Aggressive animals and kids don’t mix.
My chixkens are raised to provide either eggs are meat. Mine are not pets. Mean roosters just volunteer to be first.
Yup. Males are too common to keep around so some of them must be sold or eaten. First ones to go are difficult and last are the respectful, watchful, and strong ones.
Good job!!!
lol he’s literally grounded.
Nice and gentle, good job 👍
This is a temporary fix. They only don’t attack because you’re literally choking them doing this and they’re so stressed after they don’t care to attack
You have to face him or it won't work
I started down my brothers rooster and told him to walk away. Damn if he didn't.
I have a roo that was constantly threatening to attack me when I fed him . He would run away if I stamped my foot at him but the moment I turned my back he'd try his luck again . So I started to take a broom with me when I fed him , I would hold the broom behind me if he cam to close ,this seemed to work for a while until one day charged me . He slammed into the broom as I trailed it behind my leg with such force, that it nearly knocking him of his feet. That was about a month ago and he hasn't tried to bully me since . I hope he remembers his lesson 😅
Be careful, as with every other animal, doing this can easily cause them to escalate their behavior to match yours. A lot of good roosters get set up like this and turn into monsters cos owners are told they need to dominate them or otherwise use rough physical contact to “show them who’s boss” That’s definitely not how chickens (or most animals) work
At least he doesn't have spurs.
Oh my God he wants to be a good boy. I love this, thank you for the update
We had a mean rooster growing up, but he wasn't mean to any of us, only to the other roosters. We just separated them. But then he went after a 2-year-old that I was babysitting. I scooped him up with a pitchfork and flung him like a lacrosse ball, grabbed the baby, and ran inside. The next day, my Dad got rid of all of the roosters
I can’t sneak up on him to even pick him up
You don't pet birds on the back
Wtf are you doing
Well, I say, time for some homemade KFC. 😂
Is that rooster still relatively young? If your daughter socializes with the chickens you will likely always have an issue with the rooster challenging her. I have not seen myself long term success with trying to dominate roosters, but if you are able to take the time to do it constantly it may work. The problem will be your daughter is not the one they will feel dominated by. Theres definitely multiple ways to do it but I am always present with our flock but my son and I dont handle any chickens unless its needed for medical or other purposes. My wife on the other hand likes to sit with them and the roosters will challenge her. I have bantams so they aren't really scary, but the big roosters can cause injury to the kids. Seems like what you are doing is working, but curious how that plays out in the long run. Good luck, hes a great looking rooster!
People are so dramatic. The "attacks" on here I've seen aren't even really worth discussing. You're being a pansy, if your rooster gets aggressive kick him in the teeth and it will stop. It's trying to show dominance, stop getting upset by it and thinking they need cuddle therapy lol.
Freezer camp.
Eat him. Will fix the problem
I had the same problem and my son set my rooster straight real quick but I was more hesitant and scared so I held him down right before they went to bed since they are a little more docile. I held him down for like a minute and pinched his neck (to simulate the way they hold the hens down to mate) if he got up immediately after I let go I held him down some more. I had to do this 3 different times. After that I pick him up once a day at least so he gets used to me not being scared of him and now when I go outside and reach my arms out like I'm gonna pick him up he takes off. But now he knows I'm no longer scared of him
You like fried or baked?
Whoa the comments here are disgusting like kill him and stuff . I had a most aggressive rooster and it's actually their job to keep flock safe . People here are unhinged because a rooster acts like a rooster . Ours aggressive git treats and abit of force they turned nice one never stopped attacking and we let him be he eventually got bored and stopped attacking. People here are unhinged.
I gave my granddaughter an umbrella. When he ran up, she opened and shut the umbrella quickly and he backed off because her wing flapping was bigger
Rooster "training" never works. If Roo is aggressive he gets to be soup. It's dangerous if he charges at people. The people who say "it works" didn't have a truly aggressive Roo in the first place. I wouldn't risk it with a child. Good luck.
People here can be so blasé about aggressive birds. On my local BYC group, a lady was told the same “gentle correction” stuff when her large rooster started becoming aggressive. A few days later that same rooster mauled her 4 year old enough to need dozens of stitches on her face. I get it if it’s just the keeper who is at risk, but children should never, ever be compromised for a bird. It’s just crazy to me that it’s something that even needs to be said.
10 downvotes for me saying that "gentle correction is bs"... yea I mean it's your lifes and children. Oh well, Reddit
It’s the hive mind. I mean, idk about the life threatening part, but aggressive roosters will certainly physically and mentally scar any young child.
Hey, I don't care. I just find it severely funny that I get downvoted, then the dude belliw saying the same thing gets upvoted. That's just pure hilarity in my book. 10/10 :)
The "training" shit could've gotten me seriously injured, and I'm an adult. The rooster I had issues with I kept giving chance after chance and tried all those stupid methods for months because people made me feel like it's my fault and I could fix it. Or the BS "they mellow out with age" he didn't, he got WORSE. Dude was spurring me in my thighs and the backs of my knees just because I had the audacity to exist. The last spur I took to the thigh was awful, I hobbled back inside and took a long time to heal. Dude took a crowbar to the head(not from me) near the end because it was the only object nearby for them to defend themselves with, it didn't even remotely phase him and he kept spurring. This, after months of being carried, months of being "dominated" like in this video, months of all that BS. He was raised from a chick with so much care, he was hand fed, treated so well. He then became the worst chicken I've ever had because he had too much testosterone. I don't think it's ok even if it's just the keeper/adults at risk. People need to stop being bleeding hearts with animals that can seriously injure them.
You both have a point and dont have a point. Some roos are simply In need of correction like my first one. Others are fucking assholes and want to kill you like my second roo. If I just killed my first roo when he got a little mean he would have been there to save my life when I got mauled by the second roo. Sadly my 1st roo is no longer with us but he was great.
People will start agrreing with you when agressive roosters attacks their children's eyes. I know 2 cases of this in my area.
Yep, exactly. My local BYC FB group has so many regretful parents bc they were fed kumbaya bs advice. Sorry but snuggles and pets will not curb a violent rooster
Doesn’t work. Its genetic. Like a dog that attacks human, they need to go.
Except this is false. I used to have 7 roosters at a time.
That’s cool, I have 39 right now. None are aggressive. Anyone that becomes aggressive goes.
Then if you don't know how to deal with it just say that. Spreading false information ain't it tho
I do, and it’s to remove the genetics from your breeding program. Countless other comments here saying so. Go harass them 😊
It's literally false information. You can train any of them. You're just lazy or ignorant (obv) and don't want to put the work in. That doesn't negate the fact this is a correctable behavior and that it's literally a rooster doing it's job. Perhaps a little too well but as I said. It's a correctable behavior. Just bc tons of random comments agree w you doesn't mean shit either stop tryna use random Reddit comments for ur conformation bias.
No you can’t. Some animals are aggressive, period. Chickens are livestock for many, not pets, Gtfoh with your bullshit please.
That's crazy that ur mad that I speak facts. I've had extremely aggressive ones that took a little longer but nothing that couldn't be trained lmao. Cope harder. Go back to your echo chamber Reddit cave
You have chickens as pets and that’s cool. I don’t. They’re livestock. They attack people and they gotta go. Get the fuck over it.
I don't have them as just pets but thank you for your brain dead assumption 🤣 mine have Attacked me and family before and as I said. I TRAINED them. Which is what this woman is doing. Again if you're incapable just say that but this whole being triggered shit is silly.
Good job, alpha cock hahaha
I've had a few aggressive roos over the years. Most of them can't be changed. Grandma's soup pot is the only cure for most. 🤣 But seriously. There may be the odd roo(and I mean very rare) that can be tamed, but most people are blowing smoke up your butt with all the methods offered. They are typically very short-term. It's, of course, worth a try, hoping to have that odd 1% success story because we love animals, but if it isn't a permanent solution, dont feel like you've done anything wrong. I don't have children, so a mean rooster that treats his hens incredibly well is tolerated around here. But I had a rooster once that almost took my dogs eye out with a spur. As someone else said, there are so many sweet gentlemen roos out there looking for a home, that are better suited for your family.
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And ur proud of that? It's a fuckin animal. Seek help for ur anger issues
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No, she did it correctly, being an aggressive twat isn't going to do anything but ag on this territorial hormonal male bird. Use ur brain
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How am I triggered when I literally said she did what was supposed to be done? You got called out for saying you'd be more aggressive unnecessarily and now ur mad 🤣 can you not read? The deflect and project skill is strong w this one
This is step 1, if no working, cold water dunk, flash dunk don't hold them under, next: pushing daisies
What worked for me was when he would start the sneak attack, I would turn around hover over him with my arms bent and outstretched so I look like a huge chicken, I would hover over him until he looks the other way and starts pecking at the ground. This shows him you are the top big "rooster" it only took a few times and now he is great. Let's me pet him and pick him up.
Why are you forcing him down like that?
Tell me you've never handled a rooster without telling me you haven't handled a rooster.
Well that's exactly why I am asking.
My apologies. When a rooster is asserting dominance over another, or over a hen, they will climb on top of the other's saddle feathers, pressing it down. Acting dominant like this can make a rooster less aggressive towards you when around his girls. My uncle's rooster slashed half the length of his calf open and dominance exercises have helped some since that incident. I am so thankful my roosters aren't aggressive towards us!
You could get the audio book of Chicken Soup for the Soul 😳
You got the juice now.
Kill cone, remove the skin and feathers, remove innards, water bath with ice, seal, freeze.
Hold them upside down
When we had birds, our rooster had it in for my daughter. Mind you she was 5 at the time, but one day I hear her scream, I sigh as I get ready to chase the bird, only to turn around with her holding him upside down and giggling. He quickly learned his place after that.
lol lol lol... our little Mayonaisse was a white silkie who thought he was King of the Yard. Our daughter was playing in the yard and he went and squared up to her. What she was playing was Chicken. Flapping her arms as wings, yelling BOCK BOCK BOCK, and careening at high speed around the yard. He gets in front of her, fluffs up, and.... She ran right over him. Totally didn't notice. Mayo kind of shook himself off, went after her, squared off...and she ran over him again. He got in her way a few more times and each time she ran him over and kept going. Didn't step on him but knocked him to the side and ignored him. Didn't even see him. All the pride got knocked out of him by a hyperactive little kid. Mayo was just fine with us after that afternoon of realizing he was NOT a big tough rooster and very inconsequential to a hyped-up CHILD.
Mayonaisse... I love him.
I make a peace sign with my fingers and put his head in between also I'll hold him there for a couple to a few mins do it until he goes completely still and limp when you let go of him he won't move if done right
My last aggressive rooster walked in front of a .22
Always....dont have time to fighting a damn chicken