rooster aggression

  1. Quacking ducks

    Hen pecked in the eye by the Rooster

    What should I do for my hen? I went out this afternoon and she was walking around with one eye closed. I walked up to her and tried to get her to open her eye, but she wouldn’t or couldn’t open it. I can make it come open, but she opens her beak a little like it hurts. My roosters been beating...
  2. Lspears218

    Help ! 5+ month EE Rooster aggressive towards my young children!

    Please help! My Easter egger rooster is 5+ months now. We had him since 3 days old and he has been handled by our family ever since we brought him home. He was always regularly handled by our family including our young children. Never did he show aggressive behavior, in fact he still comes...
  3. R

    Roster Making hens bleed

    Hello, Is there a way to keep my roster from scraping the feathers off my hens and making them bleed?
  4. Phantom_k9

    Need help to try and tame a rooster!

    Hi all! We got our first batch of chickens from a friend who hatches then for her first grade class. We had no idea what we were getting, and now we are sorta stuck with two hens, a Gold Laced Polish roo, and a Dominique roo. The Dominique is the problem child. Believe me, we didn't want to have...
  5. Yucky_ducky_kentucky

    Watch a Movie with a Rooster

    Have a grumpy, violent, and unruly rooster? Watch a movie with him! This will not only show him who’s boss, but it’ll also give you guys time to bond and this’ll make him much more tame. Spending at least 15-45 minutes with a rooster on your lap a couple days a week turn a grump rooster into a...
  6. Candyjablonski

    Rooster is being mean

    Just got a hen three days ago and my rooster is figuring out what she’s for instead of the kitty. My problem is he’s mean to her and I just need to know if he will stop his bad behavior once everything settles down and she’s comfortable with him. Chases and pecks her some and hates it when she...
  7. Phantom_k9

    What to do about an aggressive Rooster?

    One of our chickens, Ash, who we recently (last two months) found out was a Rooster, has begun to act far more aggressive towards us. He does this thing that we call the "side step", where he shuffles sideways towards one of us. My father said this is him wanting to spur us. I have read online...
  8. Phantom_k9

    Polish chicken getting picked on by other chickens.

    We have about 5 chickens, all of different ages. Three of them are around six months old, one is around four, and the last is about two or three months old. However, we have began to have issues with two of the oldest three chickens. We have a rooster, "Ash", who is a Plymouth Rock, and we have...
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    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  9. K

    Random Rooster Questions/chicken psychology

    Hi, I have lots of Roosters (7) and have developed some questions about how they interact with the flock and their hens. I’ve been keeping chickens for just over 1 year now, and have grown my flocks to a total of 79 birds. I do a little free ranging, but mostly keep my birds in Chicken tractors...
  10. LeggyLeghorn

    cockerel mounted 9 week old chick

    Silkie Polish cross 2 hens, mothers-10 months 1 cockerel-11 months and 7 chicks-9 weeks old they all get along, cockerel is doing his job well, all three collectively mind the chicks. two days ago one chick began to lag behind. today i took chick to vet, as this morning it did not want to...
  11. Kathys Coop

    When to pick which roosters to keep?

    So I have 26 chickens that I got all at the same time and they are 17 weeks old. Unfortunately I have way too many roosters not by choice. The roosters I have 2 Delaware, 1 Black Australorp, 1 white created black Polish and I think my 2 golden polish are roosters too ( one crows the other looks...
  12. ecb4156

    Roo keeps attacking me!!!

    So I have a rooster, his name is George. Long story short he turned out to be a Cornish Rock when I was supposed to be getting a white leghorn, I regulate his food and he is doing very good roaming around on his own, he’s not lazy and only plops down to sleep! He was the sweetest little guy...
  13. SlyReb

    No home for rooster

    First hand experience only: I need to know the most humane way to kill a young rooster. At only 2 1/2 months he’s already attacking me whenever I let them out or feed them. I don’t want him to get so big that I won’t be able to handle him alone. Please provide suggestions regarding humanity...
  14. Melontine

    Will a rooster attack my cats and dogs?

    I have five Buff Orpington hens and six chicks, I'm thinking one of the chicks is a roo and trying to figure out how he'll affect things when he grows up. My hens free-range and do rather well. I think they could benefit from having a rooster to protect them. But I also have three small dogs...
  15. The naturally good rooster

    The naturally good rooster

    A lot of people seem to have had negative encounters with roosters. Stories about roosters mating hens every 10 minutes, crowing at 3 am, picking fights with the dog, or killing cockerels are disturbing. This is not how a rooster should behave. I'm going to be using my 2 Buff Orpington roo's as...
  16. Henry&Friends

    Filing rooster spurs?

    Hey all! This weekend, my rooster spurred me all up my leg. He got me in the knee so bad that I couldn’t walk right for three days, so I’d like to get him back. What can I do about his spurs? I’ve heard of the hot potato method, but that just removes the top layer. Could I clip/file them down...
  17. S-t-o-n-e

    Rooster reccomendations

    I am currently deciding what rooster to get for my flock, I would like one that is large, or at least not small, and is aggressive to other roosters but not to humans. Currently the best two options are a Jersey giant rooster or an American Gamefowl rooster ( the Gamefowl rooster is too small...
  18. Cotton Hill Chick

    Help! Rooster fight! Re-home one? What to do?

    Hi Friends, I could really use some honest (and kind) feedback from those of you who have had chickens longer than I have (a year now). There was a rooster fight today that drew blood! I have a mixed flock of 29 chickens: 5 roosters, 24 hens. (I know, chicken math!) The fight today was...
  19. chicksandchores

    Terrible, horrible, no good, very bad rooster.

    Meet Debbie. We thought he was a girl when he was young because he was a little behind the other cockerels in coloring and such, hence the name Debbie. Debbie is, to put it lightly, a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad rooster. He’s the beta of the flock and has, thus far, attacked me (his...
  20. jbpete412

    New Rooster Agression

    A week ago we adopted a 1-yr old buff orp rooster who had to move due to zoning restrictions. According to his previous owners (whose opinion I trust), he has always been very friendly towards humans. However, since he has been here he has been showing aggression... striking my boots with his...
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