We raised chickens at my old school, and we had this giant rooster once named Barry. He had gotten frostbite on his foot when he was young, so he couldn't really walk. he was the sweetest thing. He loved being pet and held. I hope he's still living his best life.
Can’t relate, our rooster is super mean and wants to attack everyone. We don’t have the hearts to get rid of him because we still love him too much haha, he protects the flock great though!
Very helpful. I had a pet rooster as a child (my grandparents chickens)and never had any problem with him, probably because he started following me as a little chick. When I came into the yard he’d come sit in my lap and I’d stroke his neck and talk to him. This relationship left a good impression on me. At 71, I’m looking forward to having a flock of my own this Spring.
Whenever mine decides to get into a standoff with me, I just reach down to pick him up and love him. He is usually like, what the hell?! This isn't part of the rules. You're supposed to challenge me back, not love me!! Then he runs away haha
This is my approach as well. He does not like to be held, but also does not fight me or be aggressive to any humans any longer. He runs the risk of being picked up and petted - he hates it! :)
That's what my wife did! He would sound like he was cussing her out like Yosemite Sam on coke. Then run off. He would attack everyone else though. He was literally the size of a pigeon when full-grown.... but the WORST rooster (by far) when it came to attacking anyone and everything.
Yep! You got it! Just keep at it. Sometimes as they get older the fight leaves them and they look forward to being picked up and petted. My rooster just turned six this month and he is now at the stage where I can be an arms width away without picking a fight. He's a good boy. Hope your rooster tames faster than mine, heh heh. :)
My Dad had a rooster who would come to the front door every evening and wait for him to pick him up and carry him to the coop for the night. Don’t you wonder what’s going on in their little heads? 🥰
Thank you for making this video! Our 1 year old rooster was starting to get aggressive a few weeks ago. I did this once and he got the hint right away!
I have gotten a one-year-old rooster we have tried this technique for 3 weeks two or three times a day and he still every time I go out there what can I with him
@@tatjanasutubeI have a Brahma male 5 month old. He's mature but still small in size. He's going aggressive more n more. First he was defensive, now he's attack even if I go close. He's also loaded with testosterone, i separated him from the hens they're still small and it's way too early for them to start laying. But he's going crazy, I tried fighting him and about 24 hours, he was cool. Now he's starting to go crazy again. I also use water to stop him, but no permanent solution. Plus he doesn't let me hold him, he starts pecking my hands too.
This is....EXACTLY....right! I try so hard to get people to understand that meeting their aggression with violence does nothing, and will make the problem worse. You're basically fulfilling their worst fears, that you are a predator and there to harm them and their flock. Of course, different breeds and individual roosters are not all the same, but I wish more people would give this method a real chance. I honestly love roosters, they're some of my favorite animals. Far more intelligent and sensitive than humans give them credit for.
Yep, if you fight a rooster you teach him to fight you. If you don't want your rooster to fight you then don't fight it. You have to let them know you won't play that game with them, and that as the bigger animal you get to set the rules.
I take my hand and get real low to the ground and point my hand in front of the roosters face and try to touch his face he usually backs down and gets submissive with me.
I just walk towards the aggressive roo waving my arms kinda wildly and never back down. I keep trying to tell my kids to do that but they always run from him. Of course hes gonna chase them lol
My first rooster was mean he name was BBQ because when he would act up we would tell him he will be BBQed well one evening all the hen went into the coup and there was a young turkey in the yard a hen and the rooster left with the turkey and we never saw him again then we had 3 roosters thay all were mean thay would follow me around the house i would be inside and everyWhere i went i could see outside they would be at that window to get to my van i had to have a broom. And keep the broom in the van to get out of it at the end of the day they gave me ptsd
@@barbaraharbert2484 One of my roosters was named Schezwan ... because he was the most likely candidate to be culled due to his aggressive hostility. Sadly, a fox got to him before I could fulfill my threats to his namesake. The reason he was taken was because he would not stand with the other roos when there was a threat to the flock. He would rather run off and hide while the other roos faced down the threat. That made him an easy target.
He's panicked from being caught. He's not a pet and isn't often grabbed so he's afraid. The sounds hes making and flapping is what a roo in fear does. It's not shock of being dethroned. After all, he's still king of the coop, with his harem of hens.
My rooster attacked me for the first time last week, and unfortunately got my face and tore my lips open...it BROKE MY HEART. I love him so much, so I'm glad I found this video.
Thank you. My wife and I are retired, and decided to be first time chicken farmers. so we have a small brood of hens and two roosters. George & Wilson. Well, we are learning. Constantly. Great info. From a brother & sister in the Lord.
Very good information. This was something my grandfather taught me as a child when I would visit his farm in the summers growing up. Of course he would have a limit of three times, if there needed to be a fourth training session we suddenly had chicken and dumplings for dinner, lol.
I agree good info..I hope. ...I wish I learned this when I recall caring for chickens my first time also....this one rooster was a fight & would chase me over 50'...I almost had to run in the house or he would of tried to jump on me.
Didn't matter, mine one day attacked or snapped. He hatted everything that moved. Wife had to club him with a shovel. He attacked the neighbor, visitors, wife, kids, me, no luck,, Fine one day... Pressure cooker the next. ...........
Spending time getting to know how animals communicate is an important step when it comes to working with any animal. If you don't spend time with them then you can't expect them to respect you. Another thing too is you have to be patient, act slowly and be confident (Alpha). I have a pet Faverolle rooster that I adopted (not hand reared) from the neighbors as they were going to kill him, he regularly comes up to me for pats and treats. It took a while for us to understand each other but we got there in the end. My rooster gets along with everyone in our family including other pets (cat's and dog's). He's become pretty popular in the neighborhood as other chicken owners want to breed from him.
I've had chickens on and off my whole life. I purchased chicks one year that were sexed and of course, a few turned out to be roosters. In this case 4 of them. I took time to watch their behaviors and 3 of them hung out together and would chase the hens and do a gang bang kind of behavior, and the hens were avoiding them. The 4th rooster seemed to be sweet & caring to the hens and they really liked hanging around him. I named him Fabio, and the other 3 turned into ground chicken sandwiches. Fabio was a mighty happy rooster and those hens were content.
Same story here! lol. It was shocking how the 3 of them terrorized the hens and beat up the 4th roo. He is now the lone rooster and the hens love it and are very willing. He is gentle and sweet to them. Obviously they don't have to be brutes to mate.
Exactly this! I always get so frustrated when people are getting run at by a rooster (often bantams, even!) and they run away. All that does is reinforce the chicken's behaviour by teaching him that he can chase you around when he wants to. I always do this whenever a chicken comes up and challenges me, or some variant of it. I add on to it by chasing them around for a minute or two after I've freed them, and not leaving them alone. I've seen roosters do that too, and I figure it reinforces the pecking order. Difficult part is when the little buggers know when you're turned away and go for your ankles when you start to leave them alone! Stinkers 😂
The only time our rooster has ever challenged me is when he and a hen caught me taking eggs out of the coop. Actually caught it on video and couldn’t resist posting it.
@Army Boy Sounds like you have a very limited experience with chickens. My roo Charlotte does not respond to any of these methods. I've tried to love him, fight him, and push his face into the dirt to assert 'my dominance'. Nothing works, he still wants to kill me. My roo Kass LOVES to be cuddled and kissed and petted. He will get all despondent if I don't give him enough attention, whining outside my door until I come out and let him perch on my knee and cuddle. My hens also have a very diverse set of personalities. Omelet (a Rock) thinks she is a rooster and tries to crow but won't lay any eggs. Two of my other Rocks want butt scratches every evening. The rest of my Rocks don't want to be touched but beg for scratch seed three times a day. My Easter Eggers have similarly opposing personalities. Sunshine will jump for the scratch seed. Ghost will fight anyone for a spaghetti noodle. Last week, Ginger stole a half-dead mouse from a Rock, thrashed it, and swallowed it whole. Lacey is always the last one in the coup at night because the other hens pick on her since she is so small. Last year, one of my hens flew up and managed to trip the latch for the door to the coup, and Rocky (such a loving hen) got her foot broken in the door jam. The other hens, seeing that she was disabled, tried to murder her by pecking a hole in her skull. It was so bad, I could literally see her brain. It took almost two months, but I nurtured her back to health and was able to reintroduce her back into the flock. So, take your immature, biased, and uneducated opinion and shove it up your cloaca!!
I love your empathy and comprehension of your animals, more people need to be like this. Our animals deserve respect- especially since they give to us food we use.
Thank you for posting. I bought 4 Barred Rock pullets at TSC and 1 month in, we know we have a rooster. He is the only one who will peck us when we try to change the water and food. He's bigger and has different feathers. If we can handle him, we know it is a blessing. We had 4 hens from last year, so the ratio works out.
Very good information. I had a large Dorking Rooster given to me by a neighbor who had too many roos, he was not mature yet so had to deal with the hens...until that 1 day when he took control. He was so good, guarding, trustworthy around animals, and the people around young and older. And loved to do the "happy dance" for the girls when he found some great grubs for them in the yard. Thanks for the Rooster psychology, it makes total sense. Enjoying reading the comment too.
Our Red just started doing this and we've had him since he was 1 day old. Thanks for the tips... we were getting sad at the situation and now we know what to do 👊
I'm in the same situation with my light brahma. He's 9 months old. I've had him since he was 1 day old. He's so handsome but he's big and now I'm afraid of him after being attacked the last 3 days.
Very interesting and informative. First time I have seen someone talk about dealing with roosters that didn't involve freezer camp. A beautiful bird as most are. Our creator sure has an eye for beauty.
You must believe if I take a bunch of paint and throw it around I will have a beautiful picture. Random and chance don't produce beauty. @@criticaltit4638
Don't even try... People want to believe in a creator, let 'em. So long as they don't force their beliefs on others, let them talk and praise, and ignore what you don't like, and roll your eyes as they walk away.
You just embarrassed him in front of the lady's, lol. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge, I am planning on getting my first chickens this year 2021. My biggest concern was the roosters.
Glad to see a video on what I have always known as "Rooster Rehab". I usually do it once a month just to keep the order right. One observation I have made in the pecking order riddle, especially when they are free range, is that the alpha hen is in charge of moving the flock around, then the alpha rooster, followed by the other hens in their order. If there are enough hens to allow a second rooster, his place in the order is after the last hen, he also becomes a perimeter guard that even can alert the alpha rooster if he misses items of danger. The humorous thing to watch is the secondary mating and the alpha racing over to try to interrupt the process, always too late, and always to the alpha's confusion.
It sure is interesting watching birds. I have had up about 130 birds and around 20 roosters I noticed some roosters will team up and work together and look after a small group of hens and establish an area of ownership and chase off any other invader. Then there are the second rank roosters who have one or two hens each and a small territory to protect then there are the third rank roosters who wander between all territories who have no hens who want them, the opportunists these are generally the young roosters with no manners and are rough on the hens. Then there are the fourth rank roosters these hang around with the mums and protect and care for the chicks along with the dads. Finally the bottom of the rank the old or injured, these birds tend to find a quiet place on the boundary outskirts or near the shed or house and hang out there away from the other birds. One thing I have experienced several times is that when an alpha rooster is challeneged and lost he has given up the will to live and died within a matter if weeks even though he wasnt badly injured it seems as though he gets depressed from loosing the challenge and refuses to eat and dies. I have tried all the remedies to save him with no success, I have lost some wonderful birds who simply gave up.
Our alpha hen was way better at avoiding predators than the others, and kept leading our flock to their doom in the woods because she liked it more than the yard or field.
This helps so much. I even have a very dominate buff Orpington hen that I need to do this on. Our Americana rooster has never been aggressive to me but I will still do this for our relationship. Thank you!!
I have had chickens since childhood and learnt the tricks you mentioned over time. I pretty much agree with all the points you mentioned. My 7 years old son managed to make our legbar rock rooster submit the same way you explained and he is not being attacked at all now...I must say that making the rooster submit to my son worked better than him picking the rooster up and spending time with the rooster. It was as though the rooster always wanted to find out who is in charge. For roosters it is an important matter to know where they stand. 😁
I don’t know how old this video is but, this is such a blessing, thank you thank you thank you thank you THANK YOU!!!!!!!!! I raised my rooster from an egg and ever since he was little he was a cuddler. Then sometime a couple of years ago he started to body slam me (yet would still let me pick him up and cuddle with him). It got worse as time went on and I didn’t know what to do. Just used it twice today and he’s already starting to calm down. Before finding this I didn’t know if I was going to keep him, I wanted to because he is so sweet to the rest of the flock and takes amazing care of the girls, but I couldn’t go out myself to help out with the coop. You are such a blessing, thank you so much you don’t know how much you helped me and my family with our flock, THANK YOU and the lord Jesus bless you and your family for years to come 😊
Oh my gosh - thank you so much for this advice. Will definitely try this. We have had huge issues with a new rooster attacking anytime any member of my family goes outside. He is huge and it is terrifying.. he has drawn blood and just seems to flip like a switch out of nowhere, jumps up in our faces, scratches and bites! We have not known what to do. Will definitely give this a try. Thank you!
Thanks for the awesome info! I’m so new to chickens! We were supposed to get a straight run of pullets but ended up with 2 boys out of the 5 chicks. I love them all so refused to give them up. I go in the run every day and spend lots of time with them. All I have to do is pat my leg and Malcolm jumps up on my lap. He does the same thing with my son. He is an Easter Egger. I also have a male Blue Silkie but he doesn’t want to be bothered with me. He does watch Malcolm interact with me so he is getting better. It’s a really cool experience!!
This was very helpful. Particularly if you’re integrating a new rooster. I have always found it very effective to become acquainted with my rooster in the evening when he is perching. When I put my flock to bed at night, I pet each chicken and the rooster as well and sometimes even sing to them. I always pay special attention to the rooster and it seems to create a bond. In all the years I have had roosters this doesn’t seem to affect their guarding abilities. They seem to know that humans are OK but critters are dangerous. I guess it’s not a very scientific approach, but it seems to work for me and my flock.
I had a rooster who thought he was a cat. When the cats lay down in the grass, he did too. He liked being held so he could chirp and "talk" into your ear. He followed me everywhere. His name was "Chirp" because he talked so much. I miss having chickens.
I had good luck calming down my rooster by holding him after he went to roost (easier to catch) and petting his comb and wattles. After a few times he actually seemed to enjoy it and he was very nice to people after that.
Wish I'd known this 6 months ago! We had a beautiful, very large rooster (10+lbs) who despite being hand raised became very aggressive. We fought many battles with him but it never seemed to get through his head that we were alpha. He was very kind to the hens and protective of them, so we'd have liked to keep him as their guardian, but it was too hard watching our backs constantly in the paddock. We got rid of him and swore off roosters for good, but maybe we'll consider another one in future and try this method. Thank you!
This video is very helpful. We only have 6 hens in our chicken coop. And our neighbor gave us a leghorn rooster because she had two. But the rooster is very aggressive and I needed help. Thank you for posting about this topic🙏
Thank you very much for this video. My rooster is aggressive to me, clearly protecting his ladies. He got more protective since we've got little ones. I'm certainly going to try your method!
Thank you. This is helpful information. The losing feather situation is why people knit or crochet little vests for the hens, plus they can be pretty cute and annoying to people who think it is just for show. lol We have definitely noticed different aggressive levels from different breeds. The Ameraucana rooster we have now is practically perfect in every way, beautiful, a great protector of the hens, never bothers humans. We'll never have Australorp roosters here again, though the hens are among the best natured, good egg layers, and beautiful, the roosters are totally loco, in our experience.
An Australorp rooster was the only breed we’ve ever killed the rooster. We’ve had Orpingtons and Marans, as well as some rooster that just showed up in our woods one day, and none of those were anywhere near the aggression level of that Australorp.
I have an Ameraucana-Auracana cross rooster at the moment. His name is Mr. Bingley and he did take a few years to mellow back down (was never extremely aggressive to begin with) and is a pretty decent rooster. He's lovely to look at: deep orange, red, and iridescent green feathers. That breed is fun because no two birds look alike and all have different colors. :) I really like Brahmas and have raised them for years. One Brahma rooster was exceptionally tame and the other was decent. I recommend them for anyone who hand raises their pet chicks.
Me and my rooster have a mutual relationship. If he seems agitated one day we’ll give each other space and won’t interact much. If he’s in a chill mood I can go pick him up and even bring him inside to sit in my lap.
That's the only right way. People want a rooster but not the traits associated with being a rooster. Looking at all sorts of stupid comments on how to end that in pot
@ eating chicken you keep is of course ok, just not tolerating a rooster because it exhibits rooster-like traits is stupidity on human's part. Get over it soyboy.
Great video, I’m on my second rooster and was warned he attacked when I got him. He attacked me on the fourth day so I caught him and held him down for a full ten minutes, all the while talking to him. When I walk in now he runs off, similar to your system it’s just that dominance thing and it works for me.
Bless you. We are having the same issue with ours. This is going to HELP a ton. My daughter is the only one they wont attack but my husband and I are the low ones on the poll. We will try this.
We raised Aracunas when I grew up in Upstate NY. I will never forget this one rooster was so mean to my mother. She had several flower gardens. She would be weeding and the rooster would sneak up and peck her ankles. When my dad finally cut his head off, took out the organs then my Mom boiled them and then we plucked them. I will never forget that dinner, my father said "Darn meat is so tough, one bad egg he came from!" I hope to have Aracaunas again when I retire. Thanks so much for your free coop plans!
You may have just saved Tux's life! I'll be trying this for sure. He's such a beautiful Light Brahma, and I can tell he's protective of his girls. I REALLY hope this works.
Did it work? My rooster is a 9 month old light brahma and just started attacking me a few days ago. He was one of my favorites, now I'm scared of him!! I'm willing to try this method even though I'm so scared. I don't want to see him culled. 😭
@@TimberBlitzen it did work for a while. After about 2 months he acted out again and had to be retrained. Tux is unfortunately no longer with us now though as he was attacked (by a hawk? ) and did not survive.
Thank you! My rooster has always been sweet, and then just turned on me one day. I was terrified when it happened, as I didn’t see it coming, and then was heavy hearted the rest of the day. I asked around and was told that the spring season brings along surges of testosterone, and this being his first spring as “the man”, will cause him to become more aggressive as well. I’ve been so upset, as I love going in there and spending time with them, but his behavior has worsened and I don’t feel comfortable. So thank you so much for this video! After letting them out by pushing a stick through the nesting box to open their door today and running for the gate before he got out, I came in and watched this 😆 I keep asking the Lord, “Why on earth am I so scared of this thing?!” Lol! So once I’ve had my coffee and feel brave, I’ll go out and do what you’ve suggested!
@@praneetram3135 it worked great! He still has his days from time to time, but I can tell he’s grouchy and I just watch my back and/or walk towards him and talk sweet to him and he walks away.
Wait until the day he seems ok and in a flash attacks you when you're at ease and causes serious damage to your fingers or other parts. Best remedy is put them out, stop feeding and watering and let meaner critters attack him. Guarantee after he's been eaten he'll never attack anyone again.
Excellent instruction, thanks. When I was 5 yo, I tried to help a baby chick out of a cow’s deep foot print, dried in the mud. The mother hen was so fast. She was on the back of my neck, pecking my head and beating her wings on both sides of my head, and continued to do so as I cleared the top wire of the fence as I ran screaming away. Heh, heh... whew! I got away with my life, barely! Moms and dads gotta do what moms and dads do. The dominance thing works with other animals too. Thanks again. Texas
Great advice. This was helpful. I got my chickens as tiny babies and always handled them a lot. The roosters are not aggressive as of now. I’ve got three. One is in with the girls, the other two have a pen next door. I go out at night when they are on their roost and I pet them and talk to them. Only one ever pecked at me, and he got swatted, gently. When they were babies, I’d pick them up and hold them upside down and stroke the back of their necks. My grandpa taught me this when I was little. Just gently stroke the head and back of the neck. They will often fall asleep in this position. He could put one to sleep and lay it on its back and walk away and it would stay like that until he went back to it and got it up. I do this when mine are little enough to fit in my hand. They remember it and it helps them to be more gentle when they get big. I’ve got small kids around so I need them to be safe around people. The kids aren’t afraid of the chickens and just go after them, so I want the chickens to be docile.
Love our cochins...Great breeds. Doc is a fantastic rooster. He is very protective but very gentle and mellow. We have a high-strung aggressive Polish rooster as well who was causing all sorts of chaos. After about three sessions of catching him and sitting him on my lap and petting him for a few minutes and giving him raisins, he chilled out completely. He now jumps up on my lap every chance he gets.
This video has perfect timing.... I got spurred yesterday by a rooster that “doesn’t like blondes”.... i wonder if it would make a difference if i told him that i’m actually GRAY..
Suggestion: I have a big fish net that is made for catfish or salmon with a long handle that I use to catch my rooster when he's feeling too big for his britches. It cuts down on the chasing and in my opinion cuts down on the stress that chasing might cause. Good video👍
ManBearPig i have a red hen that is little bossy, i got a small sweeter and made it a bit smaller and 2 holes for her legs, i bunch the extra fabric in the back of the hen with a hair elastic and this stop her tempers she has a hard time walkin g straitg lol, only problem she cant get in to the roosting bar i do it for a day a the time
@@manbearpig5907 it is funny to watch this put a stop to her bullyng when i got new pullets or young rooster she is the boss of the flock but the baby sweeter show her who os the boss of the house haha i just order a net from ebay
@@timothygunckel7162 Yeah I had a GIGANTIC road island red rooster. I loved that bird. He died fighting a raccoon the size of a dog as it was going after the hens in my garage. The next night the raccoon came through the window and discovered my pitbull sleeping on the floor. I could hear them fighting clear in the house. No more dead chickens though.
@@timothygunckel7162 Ah, but if the bobcat came and you didn't have a rooster the bobcat could've eaten a hen instead. Roosters sacrifice themselves so their flock may go on.
I Love Your videos but I am also just so glad that you give God the credit for designing nature the way He has. It is just a solos refreshing! God bless you SSL dad!!
Glad I found this video, very helpful. I am new at raising chickens and choose to stay away from roosters... you have changed my mind. Thank you for being a great teacher.
Thank you so much for this lesson in how to handle the aggressive rooster situation. When my oldest son, Eric, was about 5 years old, our neighbor's big Rhode Island Red rooster flew at him the minute he got out of our car and spurred him along side one of his eyes. Thankfully, that spur landed outside my son's eye and I was right there and chased that bugger away, but Eric could have been blinded. These stalwart 'hen-guards' are not to be trusted around little children when they're on the job. :-\ Thanks again for teaching us how to handle these guys. :-D
Most definitely agree. Happened to my son when he was young. Blood marks above and below his eye! Luckily, the rooster missed his eye socket. Needless to say, within minutes, the rooster was history.
@@leonardodtc1493 THIS ROOSTER BELONGED TO MY NEIGHBOR WHOM WE HAD JUST ARRIVED TO VISIT WITH. WE DID NOT OWN CHICKENS AND HAD NEVER HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEIR CHICKENS BEFORE AS THE FLOCK HAD NEVER BEEN NEAR THEIR FRONT DOOR BEFORE, WHENEVER WE HAD GONE FOR A VISIT. SO BE CAREFUL OF YOUR CRITICISM OF OTHERS UNLESS YOU KNOW FOR SURE THEY HAVE NEGLECTED THE CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN, FOR THAT IS NOT A DESCRIPTION OF ME, LEONARDO!! IF IT HAD BEEN UP TO ME, WE'D HAVE HAD CHICKEN FOR DINNER THAT NIGHT. }:-{
Thank you, this has been very informative. I have a silkie rooster that has turned mean I will try this process on him because I love my silkies thank you once again.
Thank you. I have a one year old rooster that was very sweet with me until a few months ago and hes been very protective over his girls nest and run. Def gonna give this a try!
I appreciate this video..I raised my roo from baby..he was friendly until I introduced 6 hens to his existing 5 hens..he attacked me, but he was only 8 month old..I held his head down as you showed and hes not my friend anymore but he doesnt attack me for setting down snacks for hens..ty
We have a young rooster. Only around a month old. We have 9 hens. My mom really wants to get rid of him because all where supposed to be pullets. My moms experience with rooster wasn’t the best. Her old one always attacked her dogs and her. I really want to keep him because he’s actually really sweet. But I have to convince her that he is within another month so this was pretty helpful.
Update from my original comment, originally I mentioned having 2 roosters. Well one of my hens decided to go hide under our potting shed and she brought out 3 baby chicks after a few weeks. One of the baby chicks ended up being a rooster, so now I have 3 roosters to deal with! LOL another one of my hens disappeared for a while and just showed up with 8 baby chicks yesterday! That’s after buying 18 new baby chicks to add to my flock! Was planning on 40 chickens altogether, but it’s going to be 48 now and hopefully no more roosters? LOL Roosters born on our property though is actually a very beautiful bird! Not sure where it got its colors from? Black with green florescent like colors in its feathers with goldish feathers around the next and a little on the body as well. Named him “FANCY PANTS “ ! lol
Thank you for posting this video! It has been very helpful! Hand raised our supposedly gentle rooster, a black Jersey Giant, but he attacks me several times a week. Each time I have to catch him and hold him down putting beak to dirt like you show in this video. Sometimes, I follow that up with holding him. He then chortles his sweet little submission, "I'm your buddy", sounds and submits that day and maybe the next. The older he gets, the more confident and aggressive he's become. My husband has only been pecked or jumped at twice. It's so frustrating, but we free range so must have a protector. Hoping one day he'll stop feeling threatened by me and stop attacking!!
I'm so glad I found this video again. You video helped me with my first batch where I had quite a few roosters. Sorted! Then this second batch The One rooster got me on my leg but I wasn't afraid and dealt with him. I want to keep him, so it was easily dealt with. Thank you
All my roosters have been adorable sweethearts. Like, if I gave them food, and they do the food call and give it back to me. I'm glad to have been so fortunate, I know its not always that way.
Such a cute story! X'D I've had hens and only one rooster occasionally try to feed me. Do you find they try to feed you like june bugs or other creepy crawlies?
@@lauranimbus8092 I can't remember specifically. I think anything they thought looked good was fair game to share. I had another that when he was older and less interested in the ladies loved to sit in the lap on a shoulder. Especially if you would give him a bite of whatever you had. When he was younger he was friendly with people, but you know, he was also very busy.
@@varnonzero That's so sweet of them. :3 Mine almost exclusively would try to feed me bugs for some reason. Sometimes berries they found. If it was noodles or bread though they didn't want to share. XD
I just tried this today with a rooster who respects my family but not me, his main caregiver. It helped so much already! I knew he has the capacity for good because he respects others, but I think he saw me as competition for his hens or something. But so far so good!! 😁
Has this still helped you?? We have a roo that apparently sees red when he sees me and I can’t understand why. I feed them, take care of them, yet he’s out for literal blood with me.
I like to keep a bantam rooster with my full size hens. Keeps the problem of overbreeding under control. If the hens aren't interested the bantam rooster is out of luck. Usually not big enough to overpower the hens.
He's a looker! So handsome. I can tell he could be a real sweety. We had 2 and one was like a dog. He'd let us hold him on his back like a baby. He was a gem. He sacrificed himself to a Bobcat to save his girls.😢 That was 8 yrs ago. We still have 2 of his girls. Derby and Nutmeg were beautiful
💕🐓 Just a lovely rooster-story: We had a rooster, and I took a lot of care of him from the moment he hatched from his egg. He never attacked me, however he bit me a few times when he was really nervous about something. But I think its okay. He was totally like a pet for me, and when I entered the coop he just ran there and stopped in front of me, because he loved when I pet him. However, he has not acted like that when other people got near to him, he was such an agressive lil guy when that happened. He is no longer with us, we ned to gift him to somebody else. But I loved him so much that I wrote a whole novel about him, and its title was "The wonderrooster"
We have a Croad Langshan rooster, sweet boy and would much rather just be left alone instead of attacking us. We werent supposed to have a rooster, but hes nice enough we kept him and hes been a dear to hens and humans ever since.
Smart man I was brought up on a farm and one of the first things at a very young age was that no matter what the animal was you are the alfa so meany times I hear some one say well there farm animal or dog is mean and as you explained very well in all animals are hard wired so to speak using chickens as an example there is a pecking order if this order is not put in place being the human being the alfa then there is a problem that will cause an injury to there owners given time you did a great job in explaining this very basic of animal behavior
Well my rooster came at me yesterday and I did this and it works! Thanks a million for this wonderful video ! I'm not sure I would have tried it it I didn't like you so much!I love all your content on your channel! Keep up the good job!
Ty for helping us see that the roosters are just doing their job in protecting their flock. We will try this on our bantam rooster that little guy who has become the king of the castle. God bless
Our chocolate lab got friendly with the chickens as chicks, when we gave her the job of checking in on them and alerting us. She used to nap by their box and "guard it". One imprinted on her, he's a rooster and still follows her around. The others adore her and surround her when she goes out and they're free ranging. She's not particularly thrilled by this. She tries to tread carefully and make zero conflicts. The older group of hens that she didn't witness growing up are a completely different story, she used to chase them relentlessly, until recently. Now she treads cautiously around them, also.
This is the best video on this topic! A few years ago, I was dealing with a very aggressive rooster. I searched "how to tame a rooster". The result was "how to fight a chicken" by How to Basic. Although very entertaining, it was not the answer I needed. Great video sir!
Having a rooster smaller then the hens sometimes helps cut down on breeding injuries, but my experiences helping on farms has show that you definitely need a 1 to 8 - 12 ratio.
This was great, my friend and i got chickens together and while the rooster doesnt give me problems, he does go after my friends mom and she wants to remedy that. Hes also been doing it to the friend, daughter, that went on this journey with me. They didnt used to, but hopefully this will help the situation, thanks so much! The subordinate rooster is also not the most friendly, hes a bit of a grumbler lol walks around grumbling all day. But what you showed is in some ways how i see him react the few times i have caught him and held him. Youve been a big help my guy 👏
God bless you! Thank you! My rooster was nice and to recently he started getting aggressive! Thanks so much it’s going to help a lot! Have a blessed day!
I had an aggressive Jersey giant that was as tall as my 3 yr old. He hit the baby getting out of the car and I had to literally drag him off. RIP bird.
@@YSLRD wow that is scary to imagine! Yea, first thing I learned with farm animals is they all can be dangerous at times: horns, hoofs, fangs, claws, spurs aren't to be trusted especially with little children. I would have dispatched that bird too.
Thank you so much for this information. My sons rooster flogged him one day and we used the information and applied it to his rooster. It seems to have done the trick. Thanks so much. Good luck with your homestead and best wishes to you and your family.
Excellent knowled Thank you. I received my rooster at 1 year old he was never aggressive towards me from day one ,I think he came from a fighters flock he is a Silver Laced Wyandotte. Down here in coastal Mississippi I also thanks he was kept in a small cage before he landed in heaven when he came here . once again thanks for the info👍
We had a huge white rock rooster when I was a kid who was getting attacked by a tiny Banty rooster, he’d tolerated it for a while and then he’d hold him down like you showed until he’d settle down. He did this several times but the banty kept coming back. The next day I found the banty rooster dead with his head under the water of a stream. I figured he got tired and decided to off him.
We've just had a rooster turn nasty. We've had this behavior in the past, so we have always kept two or three roosters until they have somewhat matured, then we cull the ones we see the worst temperament or the worst instinct to protect the flock. We have two copper maran roos and an english orp roo. One of the marans attacked my wife yesterday, so he is prolly gonna get dressed out my next day off. However, after watching this, it might give us an opportunity to correct the behavior if he is the most instinctive protector. Thanks!
I have had aggressive roosters over the years and tried other methods that made sense, but didn't work. Spending time, hand feeding, hand raising, "stalking", carrying a stick, ect. This results in SOUP because I can't have an dangerous animal, not one that I can't administer proper care to. However, I tried this one last weekend and IT WORKS! It's been a week and he still is behaving like a perfect gentleman. He doesn't love me, like some of my other roosters have, but I'm ok with that. He's there to work and my girls are better fit it with him there. Honestly, I'm shocked. He was so aggressive. But I'm so thrilled, I do love my animals and never want to see their end, so this is seriously a game changer for myself and others I know. I will be doing this with my children and my husband. Thank you so much. You have seriously saved a life by sharing this information. 😊
I am watching this video for the first time - thank you! We are new chicken owners (5 months ago) and our rooster (who is nearly 8 months old) has become aggressive towards me in all the ways you talked about here. I am the one who feeds them most often, gives them treats and goodies, fresh water, etc.,. My husband hasn’t had an issue, but again, he doesn’t deal with them most often. I am going to get this nipped in the bud - thank you for your advice and demonstration!!
I have to laugh Years back my sister would chase the rooster down the street and then my sister would be coming back with the rooster chasing her, we never knew what you said and just laughed, She was under the age of 9
I wish i had known this when i was 5 or 6 yrs old. My ma sent me out to the chicken house to get the eggs and 3 roosters approached me with bad intentions. They surrounded me and crept closer. I ran away before they attacked and told my mother and she did not believe it. My recollection is that i was only a head taller than they were.
Thank you so much, we have some beautiful Marans roosters and I do not want to see them wind up like our first French Black Copper Marans rooster who wound up in the stockpot because he flogged me and left my right leg purple... now I know how to deal with an aggressive rooster.
The pressure cooker and soup pot are both undefeated vs. mean roosters around here! Currently have a RI Red who falls into this category. Lucky for him his male crossbreed offspring have been quite docile, and I happen to own some young RI Red hens he'll get to breed before he gets it. Probably mid next year we'll be done w/him though. Already have another (same batch as these hens) tame RI Red to replace him and breed his forthcoming offspring!
I dealt with an aggressive rooster as a kid, a big crazy white rooster with bloodshot eyes, he used to chase me down and jump on me, one day I pick up a broom stick and went for the homerun, long story short he ended up in the cooking pot.
My rooster is a really cool dude, luckily for me … and luckily for him! He’s a bantam, and all my hens (18 right now) are full size chickens. It’s hilarious to watch him do his things, he’s such a total gentleman to all his ladies. I don’t think he can “reach” when he mounts the hens but he sure tries. He’s never ever attacked any people but is always on guard and watching the skies and surrounding perimeter. I’m so happy to have adopted him (from local shelter). I used to be anti-rooster, but my little dude has changed my opinion them. Good info in your video!
My rooster was the sweetest boy ever. He was friendly to everyone and loved getting pets on his neck. I still miss him today
We raised chickens at my old school, and we had this giant rooster once named Barry. He had gotten frostbite on his foot when he was young, so he couldn't really walk. he was the sweetest thing. He loved being pet and held. I hope he's still living his best life.
Did you cook him?
What he taste like
Can’t relate, our rooster is super mean and wants to attack everyone. We don’t have the hearts to get rid of him because we still love him too much haha, he protects the flock great though!
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Very helpful. I had a pet rooster as a child (my grandparents chickens)and never had any problem with him, probably because he started following me as a little chick. When I came into the yard he’d come sit in my lap and I’d stroke his neck and talk to him. This relationship left a good impression on me. At 71, I’m looking forward to having a flock of my own this Spring.
me too i had several that did that.
What about my roster I got a big roster
He's fast and he just run away
Janet, how are the chickens doing? 🥰
I’m 61. It will be my first time having chickens and roosters.! Enjoy. 🥹🌹🌻
Whenever mine decides to get into a standoff with me, I just reach down to pick him up and love him. He is usually like, what the hell?! This isn't part of the rules. You're supposed to challenge me back, not love me!! Then he runs away haha
I do the same thing. I dont agree with the dominance pinning him down, even though it isnt hurting. I am much more for using positive reinforcement
This is my approach as well. He does not like to be held, but also does not fight me or be aggressive to any humans any longer. He runs the risk of being picked up and petted - he hates it! :)
That's what my wife did! He would sound like he was cussing her out like Yosemite Sam on coke. Then run off. He would attack everyone else though. He was literally the size of a pigeon when full-grown.... but the WORST rooster (by far) when it came to attacking anyone and everything.
Yep! You got it! Just keep at it. Sometimes as they get older the fight leaves them and they look forward to being picked up and petted. My rooster just turned six this month and he is now at the stage where I can be an arms width away without picking a fight. He's a good boy. Hope your rooster tames faster than mine, heh heh. :)
This is how I treat my roosters too. It really does work!!
My Dad had a rooster who would come to the front door every evening and wait for him to pick him up and carry him to the coop for the night. Don’t you wonder what’s going on in their little heads? 🥰
Cute🙂
Plymith rock are incredible friendly. My roster loves being picked up. Unless I feeding them of course.
Thank you for making this video! Our 1 year old rooster was starting to get aggressive a few weeks ago. I did this once and he got the hint right away!
I have gotten a one-year-old rooster we have tried this technique for 3 weeks two or three times a day and he still every time I go out there what can I with him
@@robertkoralishn507 Put him in rooster jail for a day
@@tatjanasutubeI have a Brahma male 5 month old. He's mature but still small in size. He's going aggressive more n more. First he was defensive, now he's attack even if I go close. He's also loaded with testosterone, i separated him from the hens they're still small and it's way too early for them to start laying.
But he's going crazy, I tried fighting him and about 24 hours, he was cool. Now he's starting to go crazy again.
I also use water to stop him, but no permanent solution. Plus he doesn't let me hold him, he starts pecking my hands too.
This is....EXACTLY....right! I try so hard to get people to understand that meeting their aggression with violence does nothing, and will make the problem worse. You're basically fulfilling their worst fears, that you are a predator and there to harm them and their flock. Of course, different breeds and individual roosters are not all the same, but I wish more people would give this method a real chance. I honestly love roosters, they're some of my favorite animals. Far more intelligent and sensitive than humans give them credit for.
Yep, if you fight a rooster you teach him to fight you. If you don't want your rooster to fight you then don't fight it. You have to let them know you won't play that game with them, and that as the bigger animal you get to set the rules.
I take my hand and get real low to the ground and point my hand in front of the roosters face and try to touch his face he usually backs down and gets submissive with me.
@@scottschoppert9149 That's a good one too, I've used that one to good effect as well!
I just walk towards the aggressive roo waving my arms kinda wildly and never back down. I keep trying to tell my kids to do that but they always run from him. Of course hes gonna chase them lol
Rather than fear, you're giving the rooster what it wants.
Roosters, males in general, enjoy fighting.
I love how the rooster sits there in shock, he just has a moment of realization that he’s been dethroned and is no longer in control XD
My first rooster was mean he name was BBQ because when he would act up we would tell him he will be BBQed well one evening all the hen went into the coup and there was a young turkey in the yard a hen and the rooster left with the turkey and we never saw him again then we had 3 roosters thay all were mean thay would follow me around the house i would be inside and everyWhere i went i could see outside they would be at that window to get to my van i had to have a broom. And keep the broom in the van to get out of it at the end of the day they gave me ptsd
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@@barbaraharbert2484 One of my roosters was named Schezwan ... because he was the most likely candidate to be culled due to his aggressive hostility. Sadly, a fox got to him before I could fulfill my threats to his namesake. The reason he was taken was because he would not stand with the other roos when there was a threat to the flock. He would rather run off and hide while the other roos faced down the threat. That made him an easy target.
He literally started playing dead in the dudes arms at one point briefly 😂😂😂😂
He's panicked from being caught. He's not a pet and isn't often grabbed so he's afraid. The sounds hes making and flapping is what a roo in fear does. It's not shock of being dethroned. After all, he's still king of the coop, with his harem of hens.
Lmao the dog’s like “let me at ‘em boss!” 😂
"I got this one, I'll tear him apart for you."
Good boy
My rooster attacked me for the first time last week, and unfortunately got my face and tore my lips open...it BROKE MY HEART. I love him so much, so I'm glad I found this video.
Did you manage to tame him?
@@tonysicily2687 A little bit. I just know my boundaries, and he’s doing a lot better.
Thank you. My wife and I are retired, and decided to be first time chicken farmers. so we have a small brood of hens and two roosters. George & Wilson. Well, we are learning. Constantly. Great info. From a brother & sister in the Lord.
I wish you luck on your chickens ^^
Very good information. This was something my grandfather taught me as a child when I would visit his farm in the summers growing up. Of course he would have a limit of three times, if there needed to be a fourth training session we suddenly had chicken and dumplings for dinner, lol.
WH6FQE - RC Anderson Hahaha! Excellent point!
How to deal with a mean rooster, Step 1: Find a deep fryer...
I agree good info..I hope. ...I wish I learned this when I recall caring for chickens my first time also....this one rooster was a fight & would chase me over 50'...I almost had to run in the house or he would of tried to jump on me.
If only this worked on my brother.
@@andyramirez4881 LOL
I just hand feed mine from when he was a chick. He just let me pick him up without any hassle.
This is so me
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Didn't matter, mine one day attacked or snapped. He hatted everything that moved. Wife had to club him with a shovel. He attacked the neighbor, visitors, wife, kids, me, no luck,, Fine one day... Pressure cooker the next. ...........
Spending time getting to know how animals communicate is an important step when it comes to working with any animal. If you don't spend time with them then you can't expect them to respect you. Another thing too is you have to be patient, act slowly and be confident (Alpha). I have a pet Faverolle rooster that I adopted (not hand reared) from the neighbors as they were going to kill him, he regularly comes up to me for pats and treats. It took a while for us to understand each other but we got there in the end. My rooster gets along with everyone in our family including other pets (cat's and dog's). He's become pretty popular in the neighborhood as other chicken owners want to breed from him.
I've had chickens on and off my whole life. I purchased chicks one year that were sexed and of course, a few turned out to be roosters. In this case 4 of them. I took time to watch their behaviors and 3 of them hung out together and would chase the hens and do a gang bang kind of behavior, and the hens were avoiding them. The 4th rooster seemed to be sweet & caring to the hens and they really liked hanging around him. I named him Fabio, and the other 3 turned into ground chicken sandwiches. Fabio was a mighty happy rooster and those hens were content.
Same story here! lol. It was shocking how the 3 of them terrorized the hens and beat up the 4th roo. He is now the lone rooster and the hens love it and are very willing. He is gentle and sweet to them. Obviously they don't have to be brutes to mate.
Same for mine! Three wonderful crockpot chickens and one very caring boy. He has yet to accidently defeather a hen :)
same
Even chickens understand the concept of consent.
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Exactly this! I always get so frustrated when people are getting run at by a rooster (often bantams, even!) and they run away. All that does is reinforce the chicken's behaviour by teaching him that he can chase you around when he wants to. I always do this whenever a chicken comes up and challenges me, or some variant of it.
I add on to it by chasing them around for a minute or two after I've freed them, and not leaving them alone. I've seen roosters do that too, and I figure it reinforces the pecking order.
Difficult part is when the little buggers know when you're turned away and go for your ankles when you start to leave them alone! Stinkers 😂
The only time our rooster has ever challenged me is when he and a hen caught me taking eggs out of the coop. Actually caught it on video and couldn’t resist posting it.
The way i tamed my rooster was picking him up and cuddling him. He sometimes ran from me because he did not want me to hug him🤣😂
Rooster is man. They hate hugging.😀. Give him dumbbells.
@@nelsonlobo3615 give him a squat rack so he can work on those chicken legs
@@SniffingOutPharisees-DanielP haha 😂
oi, another rooster 'ugger!
@Army Boy Sounds like you have a very limited experience with chickens. My roo Charlotte does not respond to any of these methods. I've tried to love him, fight him, and push his face into the dirt to assert 'my dominance'. Nothing works, he still wants to kill me. My roo Kass LOVES to be cuddled and kissed and petted. He will get all despondent if I don't give him enough attention, whining outside my door until I come out and let him perch on my knee and cuddle.
My hens also have a very diverse set of personalities. Omelet (a Rock) thinks she is a rooster and tries to crow but won't lay any eggs. Two of my other Rocks want butt scratches every evening. The rest of my Rocks don't want to be touched but beg for scratch seed three times a day. My Easter Eggers have similarly opposing personalities. Sunshine will jump for the scratch seed. Ghost will fight anyone for a spaghetti noodle. Last week, Ginger stole a half-dead mouse from a Rock, thrashed it, and swallowed it whole. Lacey is always the last one in the coup at night because the other hens pick on her since she is so small.
Last year, one of my hens flew up and managed to trip the latch for the door to the coup, and Rocky (such a loving hen) got her foot broken in the door jam. The other hens, seeing that she was disabled, tried to murder her by pecking a hole in her skull. It was so bad, I could literally see her brain. It took almost two months, but I nurtured her back to health and was able to reintroduce her back into the flock.
So, take your immature, biased, and uneducated opinion and shove it up your cloaca!!
Wow he stopped being aggressiv the moment I did this and he just reacted calmly under the process. Thanks bro
I love your empathy and comprehension of your animals, more people need to be like this.
Our animals deserve respect- especially since they give to us food we use.
Thank you for posting. I bought 4 Barred Rock pullets at TSC and 1 month in, we know we have a rooster. He is the only one who will peck us when we try to change the water and food. He's bigger and has different feathers. If we can handle him, we know it is a blessing. We had 4 hens from last year, so the ratio works out.
Very good information. I had a large Dorking Rooster given to me by a neighbor who had too many roos, he was not mature yet so had to deal with the hens...until that 1 day when he took control. He was so good, guarding, trustworthy around animals, and the people around young and older. And loved to do the "happy dance" for the girls when he found some great grubs for them in the yard. Thanks for the Rooster psychology, it makes total sense. Enjoying reading the comment too.
Our Red just started doing this and we've had him since he was 1 day old. Thanks for the tips... we were getting sad at the situation and now we know what to do 👊
I'm in the same situation with my light brahma. He's 9 months old. I've had him since he was 1 day old. He's so handsome but he's big and now I'm afraid of him after being attacked the last 3 days.
Very interesting and informative. First time I have seen someone talk about dealing with roosters that didn't involve freezer camp. A beautiful bird as most are. Our creator sure has an eye for beauty.
Freezer camp, that's good.
Ima gonna steal that. 😬
No creator needed for beauty to be found.
You must believe if I take a bunch of paint and throw it around I will have a beautiful picture. Random and chance don't produce beauty. @@criticaltit4638
Don't even try...
People want to believe in a creator, let 'em. So long as they don't force their beliefs on others, let them talk and praise, and ignore what you don't like, and roll your eyes as they walk away.
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Soooo refreshing to hear you say "God made" rather than the animal evolved to.... Now you have a New subscriber. Thank you.
You just embarrassed him in front of the lady's, lol. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge, I am planning on getting my first chickens this year 2021. My biggest concern was the roosters.
Glad to see a video on what I have always known as "Rooster Rehab". I usually do it once a month just to keep the order right. One observation I have made in the pecking order riddle, especially when they are free range, is that the alpha hen is in charge of moving the flock around, then the alpha rooster, followed by the other hens in their order. If there are enough hens to allow a second rooster, his place in the order is after the last hen, he also becomes a perimeter guard that even can alert the alpha rooster if he misses items of danger. The humorous thing to watch is the secondary mating and the alpha racing over to try to interrupt the process, always too late, and always to the alpha's confusion.
Nice to see someone else that studies chicken behavior as avidly as I do! ;D
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It sure is interesting watching birds. I have had up about 130 birds and around 20 roosters I noticed some roosters will team up and work together and look after a small group of hens and establish an area of ownership and chase off any other invader. Then there are the second rank roosters who have one or two hens each and a small territory to protect then there are the third rank roosters who wander between all territories who have no hens who want them, the opportunists these are generally the young roosters with no manners and are rough on the hens. Then there are the fourth rank roosters these hang around with the mums and protect and care for the chicks along with the dads. Finally the bottom of the rank the old or injured, these birds tend to find a quiet place on the boundary outskirts or near the shed or house and hang out there away from the other birds. One thing I have experienced several times is that when an alpha rooster is challeneged and lost he has given up the will to live and died within a matter if weeks even though he wasnt badly injured it seems as though he gets depressed from loosing the challenge and refuses to eat and dies. I have tried all the remedies to save him with no success, I have lost some wonderful birds who simply gave up.
Our alpha hen was way better at avoiding predators than the others, and kept leading our flock to their doom in the woods because she liked it more than the yard or field.
Yup i have alot of roos in my flock. As long as they don't cause drama or piss off the Alpha's they will fit in, your absolutely right.
This helps so much. I even have a very dominate buff Orpington hen that I need to do this on. Our Americana rooster has never been aggressive to me but I will still do this for our relationship. Thank you!!
My favorite rooster will always be Foghorn Leghorn.
LOL he is my favorite too!
Yep. The definition of sass-i-tude that one !
Had one he was one big mean fella! Not even the Jehovah's witness would knock on our door. Lol
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I have had chickens since childhood and learnt the tricks you mentioned over time. I pretty much agree with all the points you mentioned. My 7 years old son managed to make our legbar rock rooster submit the same way you explained and he is not being attacked at all now...I must say that making the rooster submit to my son worked better than him picking the rooster up and spending time with the rooster. It was as though the rooster always wanted to find out who is in charge. For roosters it is an important matter to know where they stand. 😁
I don’t know how old this video is but, this is such a blessing, thank you thank you thank you thank you THANK YOU!!!!!!!!! I raised my rooster from an egg and ever since he was little he was a cuddler. Then sometime a couple of years ago he started to body slam me (yet would still let me pick him up and cuddle with him). It got worse as time went on and I didn’t know what to do. Just used it twice today and he’s already starting to calm down. Before finding this I didn’t know if I was going to keep him, I wanted to because he is so sweet to the rest of the flock and takes amazing care of the girls, but I couldn’t go out myself to help out with the coop. You are such a blessing, thank you so much you don’t know how much you helped me and my family with our flock, THANK YOU and the lord Jesus bless you and your family for years to come 😊
Im so happy I found this. I was afraid I was going to have to put ours down. I cant wait to try this.
Oh my gosh - thank you so much for this advice. Will definitely try this. We have had huge issues with a new rooster attacking anytime any member of my family goes outside. He is huge and it is terrifying.. he has drawn blood and just seems to flip like a switch out of nowhere, jumps up in our faces, scratches and bites! We have not known what to do. Will definitely give this a try. Thank you!
Did you try this? Did it work? I'm having the same problem and would hate to "remove" him from my flock
Thanks for the awesome info! I’m so new to chickens! We were supposed to get a straight run of pullets but ended up with 2 boys out of the 5 chicks. I love them all so refused to give them up. I go in the run every day and spend lots of time with them. All I have to do is pat my leg and Malcolm jumps up on my lap. He does the same thing with my son. He is an Easter Egger. I also have a male Blue Silkie but he doesn’t want to be bothered with me. He does watch Malcolm interact with me so he is getting better. It’s a really cool experience!!
This was very helpful. Particularly if you’re integrating a new rooster. I have always found it very effective to become acquainted with my rooster in the evening when he is perching. When I put my flock to bed at night, I pet each chicken and the rooster as well and sometimes even sing to them. I always pay special attention to the rooster and it seems to create a bond. In all the years I have had roosters this doesn’t seem to affect their guarding abilities. They seem to know that humans are OK but critters are dangerous. I guess it’s not a very scientific approach, but it seems to work for me and my flock.
This strategy worked wonders on my rooster. Thank you for your informative videos. God bless you ☺️
I had a rooster who thought he was a cat. When the cats lay down in the grass, he did too. He liked being held so he could chirp and "talk" into your ear. He followed me everywhere. His name was "Chirp" because he talked so much. I miss having chickens.
I had good luck calming down my rooster by holding him after he went to roost (easier to catch) and petting his comb and wattles. After a few times he actually seemed to enjoy it and he was very nice to people after that.
thanks for the tip! im a bit nervous with my boy and this is a great strategy!
Wish I'd known this 6 months ago! We had a beautiful, very large rooster (10+lbs) who despite being hand raised became very aggressive. We fought many battles with him but it never seemed to get through his head that we were alpha. He was very kind to the hens and protective of them, so we'd have liked to keep him as their guardian, but it was too hard watching our backs constantly in the paddock. We got rid of him and swore off roosters for good, but maybe we'll consider another one in future and try this method. Thank you!
Sarah F We wanted people to at least give it a try before getting rid of them! :)
Look into getting goose! They are another alternative.
First of all get a long handle dip net to catch 'em, and second, don't take shit from anyone!
Swore off roosters? Sounds like a lesbian thing.
This video is very helpful. We only have 6 hens in our chicken coop. And our neighbor gave us a leghorn rooster because she had two. But the rooster is very aggressive and I needed help. Thank you for posting about this topic🙏
Thank you very much for this video.
My rooster is aggressive to me, clearly protecting his ladies. He got more protective since we've got little ones. I'm certainly going to try your method!
Thank you. This is helpful information. The losing feather situation is why people knit or crochet little vests for the hens, plus they can be pretty cute and annoying to people who think it is just for show. lol We have definitely noticed different aggressive levels from different breeds. The Ameraucana rooster we have now is practically perfect in every way, beautiful, a great protector of the hens, never bothers humans. We'll never have Australorp roosters here again, though the hens are among the best natured, good egg layers, and beautiful, the roosters are totally loco, in our experience.
An Australorp rooster was the only breed we’ve ever killed the rooster. We’ve had Orpingtons and Marans, as well as some rooster that just showed up in our woods one day, and none of those were anywhere near the aggression level of that Australorp.
I have an Ameraucana-Auracana cross rooster at the moment. His name is Mr. Bingley and he did take a few years to mellow back down (was never extremely aggressive to begin with) and is a pretty decent rooster. He's lovely to look at: deep orange, red, and iridescent green feathers. That breed is fun because no two birds look alike and all have different colors. :) I really like Brahmas and have raised them for years. One Brahma rooster was exceptionally tame and the other was decent. I recommend them for anyone who hand raises their pet chicks.
Me and my rooster have a mutual relationship. If he seems agitated one day we’ll give each other space and won’t interact much. If he’s in a chill mood I can go pick him up and even bring him inside to sit in my lap.
Halo: Combat Evolved Magnum another Halo fan I see.
That’s been my experience with 2 different roosters I had within 2 different flocks.
That's the only right way. People want a rooster but not the traits associated with being a rooster. Looking at all sorts of stupid comments on how to end that in pot
Into halo and chickens? Hell yeah brother.
@ eating chicken you keep is of course ok, just not tolerating a rooster because it exhibits rooster-like traits is stupidity on human's part. Get over it soyboy.
Great video, I’m on my second rooster and was warned he attacked when I got him. He attacked me on the fourth day so I caught him and held him down for a full ten minutes, all the while talking to him. When I walk in now he runs off, similar to your system it’s just that dominance thing and it works for me.
Bless you. We are having the same issue with ours. This is going to HELP a ton. My daughter is the only one they wont attack but my husband and I are the low ones on the poll. We will try this.
We raised Aracunas when I grew up in Upstate NY. I will never forget this one rooster was so mean to my mother. She had several flower gardens. She would be weeding and the rooster would sneak up and peck her ankles. When my dad finally cut his head off, took out the organs then my Mom boiled them and then we plucked them. I will never forget that dinner, my father said "Darn meat is so tough, one bad egg he came from!" I hope to have Aracaunas again when I retire. Thanks so much for your free coop plans!
You may have just saved Tux's life! I'll be trying this for sure. He's such a beautiful Light Brahma, and I can tell he's protective of his girls. I REALLY hope this works.
Did it work? My rooster is a 9 month old light brahma and just started attacking me a few days ago. He was one of my favorites, now I'm scared of him!! I'm willing to try this method even though I'm so scared. I don't want to see him culled. 😭
@@TimberBlitzen it did work for a while. After about 2 months he acted out again and had to be retrained. Tux is unfortunately no longer with us now though as he was attacked (by a hawk? ) and did not survive.
@@eyernhyde5441 that's very sad, RIP Tux...
Thank you! My rooster has always been sweet, and then just turned on me one day. I was terrified when it happened, as I didn’t see it coming, and then was heavy hearted the rest of the day. I asked around and was told that the spring season brings along surges of testosterone, and this being his first spring as “the man”, will cause him to become more aggressive as well. I’ve been so upset, as I love going in there and spending time with them, but his behavior has worsened and I don’t feel comfortable. So thank you so much for this video! After letting them out by pushing a stick through the nesting box to open their door today and running for the gate before he got out, I came in and watched this 😆 I keep asking the Lord, “Why on earth am I so scared of this thing?!” Lol! So once I’ve had my coffee and feel brave, I’ll go out and do what you’ve suggested!
Hey how did it turn out....
Did it work for you?
@@praneetram3135 it worked great! He still has his days from time to time, but I can tell he’s grouchy and I just watch my back and/or walk towards him and talk sweet to him and he walks away.
@@fishduckdog it did! We had to do it multiple times over the course of a couple months, but it definitely works.
Wait until the day he seems ok and in a flash attacks you when you're at ease and causes serious damage to your fingers or other parts. Best remedy is put them out, stop feeding and watering and let meaner critters attack him. Guarantee after he's been eaten he'll never attack anyone again.
Excellent instruction, thanks. When I was 5 yo, I tried to help a baby chick out of a cow’s deep foot print, dried in the mud. The mother hen was so fast. She was on the back of my neck, pecking my head and beating her wings on both sides of my head, and continued to do so as I cleared the top wire of the fence as I ran screaming away. Heh, heh... whew! I got away with my life, barely! Moms and dads gotta do what moms and dads do. The dominance thing works with other animals too. Thanks again. Texas
Great advice. This was helpful. I got my chickens as tiny babies and always handled them a lot. The roosters are not aggressive as of now. I’ve got three. One is in with the girls, the other two have a pen next door. I go out at night when they are on their roost and I pet them and talk to them. Only one ever pecked at me, and he got swatted, gently. When they were babies, I’d pick them up and hold them upside down and stroke the back of their necks. My grandpa taught me this when I was little. Just gently stroke the head and back of the neck. They will often fall asleep in this position. He could put one to sleep and lay it on its back and walk away and it would stay like that until he went back to it and got it up. I do this when mine are little enough to fit in my hand. They remember it and it helps them to be more gentle when they get big. I’ve got small kids around so I need them to be safe around people. The kids aren’t afraid of the chickens and just go after them, so I want the chickens to be docile.
Love our cochins...Great breeds. Doc is a fantastic rooster. He is very protective but very gentle and mellow. We have a high-strung aggressive Polish rooster as well who was causing all sorts of chaos. After about three sessions of catching him and sitting him on my lap and petting him for a few minutes and giving him raisins, he chilled out completely. He now jumps up on my lap every chance he gets.
This video has perfect timing.... I got spurred yesterday by a rooster that “doesn’t like blondes”.... i wonder if it would make a difference if i told him that i’m actually GRAY..
Leslie Gray 🤔😉
Hurts don't it...... bicycle kicks I swear...like multiple strikes in one jump.
Give it a try then give us an update. Lol
With a gray little window and a gray corvette, and everything is gray for you
Suggestion:
I have a big fish net that is made for catfish or salmon with a long handle that I use to catch my rooster when he's feeling too big for his britches.
It cuts down on the chasing and in my opinion cuts down on the stress that chasing might cause.
Good video👍
yep those nets come in handy even with flighty hens who need to get back into the run.
ManBearPig i have a red hen that is little bossy, i got a small sweeter and made it a bit smaller and 2 holes for her legs, i bunch the extra fabric in the back of the hen with a hair elastic and this stop her tempers she has a hard time walkin g straitg lol, only problem she cant get in to the roosting bar i do it for a day a the time
@@sharoncourt75
Lol
That's hilarious it's too bad you can't post pics in the comment section.
@@manbearpig5907 it is funny to watch this put a stop to her bullyng when i got new pullets or young rooster she is the boss of the flock but the baby sweeter show her who os the boss of the house haha i just order a net from ebay
@@manbearpig5907 Or get a wire coat hanger, straighten it out and bend a small hook into the end, and just hook 'em by the feet.
Adding a Dominate Rooster absolutely fixed my predator problems.
Didn't help in my case, bobcat come in and took him. He should've hid with the hens.
@@timothygunckel7162 maybe a goose would help you. They are hyper-aggressive.
@@timothygunckel7162 Yeah I had a GIGANTIC road island red rooster. I loved that bird. He died fighting a raccoon the size of a dog as it was going after the hens in my garage. The next night the raccoon came through the window and discovered my pitbull sleeping on the floor. I could hear them fighting clear in the house. No more dead chickens though.
@@timothygunckel7162 Ah, but if the bobcat came and you didn't have a rooster the bobcat could've eaten a hen instead. Roosters sacrifice themselves so their flock may go on.
My last aggressive one squared off with a mink to save the hens. It worked but the mink broke his neck
I Love Your videos but I am also just so glad that you give God the credit for designing nature the way He has. It is just a solos refreshing! God bless you SSL dad!!
Glad I found this video, very helpful. I am new at raising chickens and choose to stay away from roosters... you have changed my mind. Thank you for being a great teacher.
Thank you so much for this lesson in how to handle the aggressive rooster situation. When my oldest son, Eric, was about 5 years old, our neighbor's big Rhode Island Red rooster flew at him the minute he got out of our car and spurred him along side one of his eyes. Thankfully, that spur landed outside my son's eye and I was right there and chased that bugger away, but Eric could have been blinded. These stalwart 'hen-guards' are not to be trusted around little children when they're on the job. :-\ Thanks again for teaching us how to handle these guys. :-D
Most definitely agree. Happened to my son when he was young. Blood marks above and below his eye! Luckily, the rooster missed his eye socket. Needless to say, within minutes, the rooster was history.
@@haydude2274 You should take better care of your children too,If you know the rooster is protective just don't let kids near it,pretty easy
Dont let children even near normal chicken they have some bacteria which is very harmful to children
@@leonardodtc1493 THIS ROOSTER BELONGED TO MY NEIGHBOR WHOM WE HAD JUST ARRIVED TO VISIT WITH. WE DID NOT OWN CHICKENS AND HAD NEVER HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEIR CHICKENS BEFORE AS THE FLOCK HAD NEVER BEEN NEAR THEIR FRONT DOOR BEFORE, WHENEVER WE HAD GONE FOR A VISIT. SO BE CAREFUL OF YOUR CRITICISM OF OTHERS UNLESS YOU KNOW FOR SURE THEY HAVE NEGLECTED THE CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN, FOR THAT IS NOT A DESCRIPTION OF ME, LEONARDO!! IF IT HAD BEEN UP TO ME, WE'D HAVE HAD CHICKEN FOR DINNER THAT NIGHT. }:-{
My grandma would put aggressive roosters in the stew pot 🦇🌻👍🐓
when I was a child, I was walking through the garden, a rooster jumped me and cut right next to my jugular, the soup was good tho
Did your grandma get put in a coffin as well?
@@coolkid6751 probably
@@coolkid6751 the stew pot
@@coolkid6751 the female chickens seeked revenge
Thank you, this has been very informative. I have a silkie rooster that has turned mean I will try this process on him because I love my silkies thank you once again.
Thank you. I have a one year old rooster that was very sweet with me until a few months ago and hes been very protective over his girls nest and run. Def gonna give this a try!
I appreciate this video..I raised my roo from baby..he was friendly until I introduced 6 hens to his existing 5 hens..he attacked me, but he was only 8 month old..I held his head down as you showed and hes not my friend anymore but he doesnt attack me for setting down snacks for hens..ty
We have a young rooster. Only around a month old. We have 9 hens. My mom really wants to get rid of him because all where supposed to be pullets. My moms experience with rooster wasn’t the best. Her old one always attacked her dogs and her. I really want to keep him because he’s actually really sweet. But I have to convince her that he is within another month so this was pretty helpful.
LoL I got a rooster leghorn when he was 4-5 weeks old he was aggressive wouldn't let anyone touch hens.. We lost him to predator
Mirza Shah Zaib Mumtaz Beg how did you know it was a rooster, mine are about 3 weeks old right now and I can’t really tell them apart yet
@@yesandyes9168 the females are the ones that lay the eggs... lol
@@yesandyes9168
If you watch them closely, you can see which ones are trying to crow. That's what I do. It works well for me.
i searched "how to tame an aggressive chicken” then the first video that showed up was a cooking video with chicken recipe.
It is not wrong either way ... the chicken is tamed by becoming a food. Lol.
well, thats one way to solve that problem... Algorythm did not missed...
Aldin - LOL!!!!!!!!! The search algorithm has a sense of humor .. or .. is not an "animal algorithm".
Update from my original comment, originally I mentioned having 2 roosters. Well one of my hens decided to go hide under our potting shed and she brought out 3 baby chicks after a few weeks. One of the baby chicks ended up being a rooster, so now I have 3 roosters to deal with! LOL another one of my hens disappeared for a while and just showed up with 8 baby chicks yesterday! That’s after buying 18 new baby chicks to add to my flock! Was planning on 40 chickens altogether, but it’s going to be 48 now and hopefully no more roosters? LOL Roosters born on our property though is actually a very beautiful bird! Not sure where it got its colors from? Black with green florescent like colors in its feathers with goldish feathers around the next and a little on the body as well. Named him “FANCY PANTS “ ! lol
Thank you for posting this video! It has been very helpful!
Hand raised our supposedly gentle rooster, a black Jersey Giant, but he attacks me several times a week. Each time I have to catch him and hold him down putting beak to dirt like you show in this video. Sometimes, I follow that up with holding him. He then chortles his sweet little submission, "I'm your buddy", sounds and submits that day and maybe the next. The older he gets, the more confident and aggressive he's become.
My husband has only been pecked or jumped at twice. It's so frustrating, but we free range so must have a protector. Hoping one day he'll stop feeling threatened by me and stop attacking!!
I'm so glad I found this video again. You video helped me with my first batch where I had quite a few roosters. Sorted! Then this second batch The One rooster got me on my leg but I wasn't afraid and dealt with him. I want to keep him, so it was easily dealt with. Thank you
All my roosters have been adorable sweethearts. Like, if I gave them food, and they do the food call and give it back to me. I'm glad to have been so fortunate, I know its not always that way.
Such a cute story! X'D I've had hens and only one rooster occasionally try to feed me. Do you find they try to feed you like june bugs or other creepy crawlies?
@@lauranimbus8092 I can't remember specifically. I think anything they thought looked good was fair game to share. I had another that when he was older and less interested in the ladies loved to sit in the lap on a shoulder. Especially if you would give him a bite of whatever you had. When he was younger he was friendly with people, but you know, he was also very busy.
@@varnonzero That's so sweet of them. :3 Mine almost exclusively would try to feed me bugs for some reason. Sometimes berries they found. If it was noodles or bread though they didn't want to share. XD
I just tried this today with a rooster who respects my family but not me, his main caregiver. It helped so much already! I knew he has the capacity for good because he respects others, but I think he saw me as competition for his hens or something. But so far so good!! 😁
In the same position
Has this still helped you?? We have a roo that apparently sees red when he sees me and I can’t understand why. I feed them, take care of them, yet he’s out for literal blood with me.
I like to keep a bantam rooster with my full size hens. Keeps the problem of overbreeding under control. If the hens aren't interested the bantam rooster is out of luck. Usually not big enough to overpower the hens.
Very Good explaining ❤❤❤
He's a looker! So handsome. I can tell he could be a real sweety. We had 2 and one was like a dog. He'd let us hold him on his back like a baby. He was a gem. He sacrificed himself to a Bobcat to save his girls.😢 That was 8 yrs ago. We still have 2 of his girls. Derby and Nutmeg were beautiful
💕🐓 Just a lovely rooster-story:
We had a rooster, and I took a lot of care of him from the moment he hatched from his egg. He never attacked me, however he bit me a few times when he was really nervous about something. But I think its okay. He was totally like a pet for me, and when I entered the coop he just ran there and stopped in front of me, because he loved when I pet him.
However, he has not acted like that when other people got near to him, he was such an agressive lil guy when that happened. He is no longer with us, we ned to gift him to somebody else.
But I loved him so much that I wrote a whole novel about him, and its title was "The wonderrooster"
That was probably because he was hand reared by you. He saw you as a member of his flock.
Where can I find your novel?
We have a Croad Langshan rooster, sweet boy and would much rather just be left alone instead of attacking us. We werent supposed to have a rooster, but hes nice enough we kept him and hes been a dear to hens and humans ever since.
Smart man I was brought up on a farm and one of the first things at a very young age was that no matter what the animal was you are the alfa so meany times I hear some one say well there farm animal or dog is mean and as you explained very well in all animals are hard wired so to speak using chickens as an example there is a pecking order if this order is not put in place being the human being the alfa then there is a problem that will cause an injury to there owners given time you did a great job in explaining this very basic of animal behavior
Well my rooster came at me yesterday and I did this and it works! Thanks a million for this wonderful video ! I'm not sure I would have tried it it I didn't like you so much!I love all your content on your channel! Keep up the good job!
Ty for helping us see that the roosters are just doing their job in protecting their flock. We will try this on our bantam rooster that little guy who has become the king of the castle. God bless
Our chocolate lab got friendly with the chickens as chicks, when we gave her the job of checking in on them and alerting us. She used to nap by their box and "guard it". One imprinted on her, he's a rooster and still follows her around. The others adore her and surround her when she goes out and they're free ranging. She's not particularly thrilled by this. She tries to tread carefully and make zero conflicts. The older group of hens that she didn't witness growing up are a completely different story, she used to chase them relentlessly, until recently. Now she treads cautiously around them, also.
This is the best video on this topic! A few years ago, I was dealing with a very aggressive rooster. I searched "how to tame a rooster". The result was "how to fight a chicken" by How to Basic. Although very entertaining, it was not the answer I needed. Great video sir!
Having a rooster smaller then the hens sometimes helps cut down on breeding injuries, but my experiences helping on farms has show that you definitely need a 1 to 8 - 12 ratio.
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@@michaelanderson7715 Sorry. I was in a hurry and not proof reading that day.
@@terryrussel3369 👍
This was great, my friend and i got chickens together and while the rooster doesnt give me problems, he does go after my friends mom and she wants to remedy that. Hes also been doing it to the friend, daughter, that went on this journey with me. They didnt used to, but hopefully this will help the situation, thanks so much! The subordinate rooster is also not the most friendly, hes a bit of a grumbler lol walks around grumbling all day. But what you showed is in some ways how i see him react the few times i have caught him and held him. Youve been a big help my guy 👏
God bless you! Thank you! My rooster was nice and to recently he started getting aggressive! Thanks so much it’s going to help a lot! Have a blessed day!
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Excellent information! Thank you for demonstrating. Ahh very fitting verse. 💛 till next time, God bless.
i wish we could have seen this video to keep our rooster
Hope you're alive Brownie
We all miss you
I have a scar on my ankle from a Jersey Giant, we came to an understanding after i chased him around the yard a few times with a corn broom.
yep :) brooms for the win!
I had an aggressive Jersey giant that was as tall as my 3 yr old. He hit the baby getting out of the car and I had to literally drag him off. RIP bird.
@@YSLRD wow that is scary to imagine! Yea, first thing I learned with farm animals is they all can be dangerous at times: horns, hoofs, fangs, claws, spurs aren't to be trusted especially with little children. I would have dispatched that bird too.
rain coast that's strange Jersey Giants are usually extremely docile you got really unlucky.
@@bennettfender1546 my jersey giant roo is extremely mean as well
Thank you so much for this information. My sons rooster flogged him one day and we used the information and applied it to his rooster. It seems to have done the trick. Thanks so much. Good luck with your homestead and best wishes to you and your family.
Excellent knowled Thank you. I received my rooster at 1 year old he was never aggressive towards me from day one ,I think he came from a fighters flock he is a Silver Laced Wyandotte. Down here in coastal Mississippi I also thanks he was kept in a small cage before he landed in heaven when he came here . once again thanks for the info👍
Great video and information thank you, also that rooster has some wicked spurs!!
We had a huge white rock rooster when I was a kid who was getting attacked by a tiny Banty rooster, he’d tolerated it for a while and then he’d hold him down like you showed until he’d settle down. He did this several times but the banty kept coming back. The next day I found the banty rooster dead with his head under the water of a stream. I figured he got tired and decided to off him.
We've just had a rooster turn nasty. We've had this behavior in the past, so we have always kept two or three roosters until they have somewhat matured, then we cull the ones we see the worst temperament or the worst instinct to protect the flock. We have two copper maran roos and an english orp roo. One of the marans attacked my wife yesterday, so he is prolly gonna get dressed out my next day off. However, after watching this, it might give us an opportunity to correct the behavior if he is the most instinctive protector. Thanks!
Do you cull them in front of the others as a warning?
I have had aggressive roosters over the years and tried other methods that made sense, but didn't work. Spending time, hand feeding, hand raising, "stalking", carrying a stick, ect. This results in SOUP because I can't have an dangerous animal, not one that I can't administer proper care to.
However, I tried this one last weekend and IT WORKS! It's been a week and he still is behaving like a perfect gentleman. He doesn't love me, like some of my other roosters have, but I'm ok with that. He's there to work and my girls are better fit it with him there. Honestly, I'm shocked. He was so aggressive. But I'm so thrilled, I do love my animals and never want to see their end, so this is seriously a game changer for myself and others I know.
I will be doing this with my children and my husband.
Thank you so much. You have seriously saved a life by sharing this information. 😊
I am watching this video for the first time - thank you! We are new chicken owners (5 months ago) and our rooster (who is nearly 8 months old) has become aggressive towards me in all the ways you talked about here. I am the one who feeds them most often, gives them treats and goodies, fresh water, etc.,. My husband hasn’t had an issue, but again, he doesn’t deal with them most often. I am going to get this nipped in the bud - thank you for your advice and demonstration!!
One rooster we had was really mean.. but after a year and a half of meanness he turned nice. Now we have mutual respect 😂
I have to laugh
Years back my sister would chase the rooster down the street and then my sister would be coming back with the rooster chasing her, we never knew what you said and just laughed, She was under the age of 9
In mother Russian you no chase rooster. Rooster chases you
I wish i had known this when i was 5 or 6 yrs old. My ma sent me out to the chicken house to get the eggs and 3 roosters approached me with bad intentions. They surrounded me and crept closer. I ran away before they attacked and told my mother and she did not believe it. My recollection is that i was only a head taller than they were.
thanks SSL family dad, this video is really helpful, I am going to make my roster submit
I'm glad I have this knowledge on roosters from this video, since I keep 2 roosters, Basil and Benny, and they sometimes try to fight eachother.
Thank you so much, we have some beautiful Marans roosters and I do not want to see them wind up like our first French Black Copper Marans rooster who wound up in the stockpot because he flogged me and left my right leg purple... now I know how to deal with an aggressive rooster.
I tried this and it really, really works!
The pressure cooker and soup pot are both undefeated vs. mean roosters around here! Currently have a RI Red who falls into this category. Lucky for him his male crossbreed offspring have been quite docile, and I happen to own some young RI Red hens he'll get to breed before he gets it. Probably mid next year we'll be done w/him though. Already have another (same batch as these hens) tame RI Red to replace him and breed his forthcoming offspring!
I dealt with an aggressive rooster as a kid, a big crazy white rooster with bloodshot eyes, he used to chase me down and jump on me, one day I pick up a broom stick and went for the homerun, long story short he ended up in the cooking pot.
Thank you for this! I have the sweetest rooster who JUST started attacking me! I love him and don’t want to re-home him. Thank you sooo much!
My rooster is a really cool dude, luckily for me … and luckily for him! He’s a bantam, and all my hens (18 right now) are full size chickens. It’s hilarious to watch him do his things, he’s such a total gentleman to all his ladies. I don’t think he can “reach” when he mounts the hens but he sure tries. He’s never ever attacked any people but is always on guard and watching the skies and surrounding perimeter. I’m so happy to have adopted him (from local shelter). I used to be anti-rooster, but my little dude has changed my opinion them.
Good info in your video!
My grouchy hens are meaner than my rooster 😂