Answer for a agressive rooster/or not

20 years ago

Well, I have a rooster (New Hampshire Red) who is absolutely beautiful and really giving me problems. His name is "Foreman". "Chicken George" is second in line. Well he has come at me several times and I have tried the squirt water bottle --- works for about 10 minutes until he realizes he enjoys it. I have kicked him and hit him with 5 gallon buckets of water. That works for several days but I always have to be on guard.

Today, I think I found the answer. I was watering plants and had a fishing net with a long handle with me. (Why? Don't ask. I just had it.) Anyway, Foreman came at me and I caught him in the net. I slammed him on the ground and "man-handled" him somewhat. Then, I watered my plants. He didn't move or try to get out of the net. Because I was still angry, I dumped a gallon of water on him before I set him free. (yep, that was unnecessarily violence but it made me happy.)

He was totally humiliated. His girls watched as did Chicken George so I know he was very embarassed. The rest of the day, he stayed far away from me. If this works, it is perfect because I don't have to physically hurt him (which doesn't work anyway) or make soup.

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Comments (8)

balsam
20 years ago
OK Roberta - I gotta ask. WHY were you carrying a fishing net to water your plants? LOL! Whatever the answer, it's gotta be good. The mental picture of your "rooster-taming" is putting me on the floor in stitches!!!!

I have a Barred Rock rooster who has only come at me once (I kicked him and he backed off) but he absolutley hates my husband. He's not that vicious, but he doesn't like DH to go collect eggs - gets very defensive. Crazy bird.
sullicorbitt
20 years ago
Roberta, thanks for the laugh! very funny story :)

How old is "Foreman"?

I'm not sure if you have read this information before but I found this page to be very helpful. Being a newbie at roo's I am practicing it to the letter, so far so good.

-Sheila

Here is a link that might be useful: Rooster training
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Roberta_z5
Original Author
20 years ago
Foreman is only 7 months old.
birdwidow
20 years ago
The last rooster we had on the place was a RI Red that came at me once too often.

I chopped off his spurs, but then he flew at my face to peck, so he became soup.

I told my husband if he wanted another rooster, he could find a nice fat, lazy Opp, or the hens could just live as nuns.
chick_mom
20 years ago
Thank You Sheila for the link.. You may have saved my Roo's
life.. He is a Production Red and quite aggressive. He is 7 months old and getting to be a terror. He definetly sees me a competition for the ladies. I just hope it isn't too late to redirect his attitude.. Gee my Hubby was all set for homegrown chicken stew.. oh well!
Thank you again,
kit
GennyM
20 years ago
Are roosters normally very aggressive with people?
robin_maine
20 years ago
Some are, not all. There are too many nice roosters to tolerate one that is untrusthworthy and dangerous. I have six nice roosters now. Two are barred rocks and four are silkies. I'm watching a five month old Americauna now. So far so good. I don't have a replacement for him so I'm hoping he turns out alright. I've heard people say the rooster has to be mean to protect his hens. I don't find that to be true. It's my job to protect the hens and keep them safe. It's his job to think he's protecting them while being friendly.

Mean roosters get one chance here. They're taught consequences after one problem. It doesn't have to be an attack. If one sneaks up behind me with the intention of spurring me he pays the consequences. If he doesn't learn the first time, he's soup.
suenh
20 years ago
Odds are very high that Foreman will get progressively meaner.