Help with my rooster

[Thereschs]

I have a 1 year old Easter egger rooster. He has been so good until 2 weeks ago, when out of the blue he attacked me.

I have hand raised him and the 5 girls. I hold them every day, feed them treats from my hand and give lots of feather scratches in the coop at bed time.

I hang with them all the time. Now he's aggressive all the time. He just attacked me again upon my entering the garden where I have them free range for the day.

I have tried the pinning him to the ground thing 5 times and holding him extra long to show I am not a threat. He eats from my hand, I can hold him and he will groom himself at my feet.

So what else do I do to stop these random attacks and agression?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

He's testing the boundaries, (and in my opinion has crossed them multiple times) because he now sees you as competition for his hens.

 

[Shadrach]

I have hand raised him and the 5 girls. I hold them every day, feed them treats from my hand

This is what's wrong with your rooster.

This article may help you to understand the change in your roosters behaviour now he has reached maturity.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/understanding-your-rooster.75056/

 

[LaFleche]

Welcome to the BYC community!

I recommend reading the article linked and written by @Shadrach and then decide.

There is always the option to rehome him to freezer camp.

 

[Ridgerunner]

So what else do I do to stop these random attacks and agression?

I have no idea what triggered his initial attack or any attacks after. It could be something you did or something in his chicken brain. Sometimes wearing different clothing (different footwear, a skirt instead of shorts, ....?) or carrying something threatening, maybe a camera or a different bucket than normal. I sure cannot tell from across the internet.

If you can think of something that changed or is consistent with these attacks you may try changing it. But I would never trust him again even if you can get him to stop attacking you. You never know when he will go off on a kid or someone else. To me it is not worth the chance.