My rooster hates me :-(

[Sondraa]

I have a really easy but delicious French country chicken recipe from good friends who live in Bretagne France. Celebrate moving forward with friends and family over a beautiful roast dinner. Let the rooster redeem himself thru this service.

I get attached to my animals too but I make an exception when you have an aggressive one.

 

[Mrs. K]

Warning - the rooster will not be like KFC.

 

[bobbi-j]

You could stick him in the freezer until it’s warm enough, then plant him under a flower, bush or tree.

 

[Friendofchix]

I agree with everyone else, he's already very aggressive and is bound to only get worse. No one like culling but it's 100% necessary here. Retraining is rarely successful with roos and even if you get him to leave you alone somehow, he will never be trustworthy with your grandchildren and children are small enough that a roo can do serious damage to them and even take their eyes out

I had a rooster not long ago that in my inexperienced eyes wasn’t showing any signs of aggression. He was my first rooster and was so beautiful. My 4 year old and I raised the entire flock together. We spent a good deal of time in the run with them every day, hand feeding them and letting them climb on us, etc. One day, unexpectedly the rooster jumped up at my son who was sitting on the ground petting the hens. He attacked him over and over despite my trying to get my son out while pushing the rooster away. He pecked and bit him and would have spurred him if he had them at the time. It was the first time he had ever attacked anyone. My son could have been badly injured and it happened in the blink of an eye with me right there and I wasn’t able to prevent him from getting hurt. It just isn’t worth taking the chance around a potentially dangerous rooster. My son was terrified and could no longer enjoy time with the hens. I tried everything I read about trying to tame the rooster. My husband made the decision I couldn’t make and everyone is happier for it.

 

[FrostRanger]

I had a rooster not long ago that in my inexperienced eyes wasn’t showing any signs of aggression. He was my first rooster and was so beautiful. My 4 year old and I raised the entire flock together. We spent a good deal of time in the run with them every day, hand feeding them and letting them climb on us, etc. One day, unexpectedly the rooster jumped up at my son who was sitting on the ground petting the hens. He attacked him over and over despite my trying to get my son out while pushing the rooster away. He pecked and bit him and would have spurred him if he had them at the time. It was the first time he had ever attacked anyone. My son could have been badly injured and it happened in the blink of an eye with me right there and I wasn’t able to prevent him from getting hurt. It just isn’t worth taking the chance around a potentially dangerous rooster. My son was terrified and could no longer enjoy time with the hens. I tried everything I read about trying to tame the rooster. My husband made the decision I couldn’t make and everyone is happier for it.

It is certainly good you were right there 'cause that could have ended much worse, sorry to hear you and your son had to go through that though

 

[bobbi-j]

I had a rooster not long ago that in my inexperienced eyes wasn’t showing any signs of aggression. He was my first rooster and was so beautiful. My 4 year old and I raised the entire flock together. We spent a good deal of time in the run with them every day, hand feeding them and letting them climb on us, etc. One day, unexpectedly the rooster jumped up at my son who was sitting on the ground petting the hens. He attacked him over and over despite my trying to get my son out while pushing the rooster away. He pecked and bit him and would have spurred him if he had them at the time. It was the first time he had ever attacked anyone. My son could have been badly injured and it happened in the blink of an eye with me right there and I wasn’t able to prevent him from getting hurt. It just isn’t worth taking the chance around a potentially dangerous rooster. My son was terrified and could no longer enjoy time with the hens. I tried everything I read about trying to tame the rooster. My husband made the decision I couldn’t make and everyone is happier for it.

It can happen so quickly. I had a cockerel I was considering keeping. A Delaware Broiler, so he was big. My grandkids (GS was 5, GD 2 at the time) were visiting, and the by went with me as they often do to help with chores. GD was at my side, holding my hand. Not running, not yelling, just standing there. I turned go listen to GS ask a question, and the bird came within inches of GD’s face (like I said, he was big, she was not so they were basically eye to eye) and started stomping his feet, while giving her the stink-eye. I picked her up and tried to shoo him away, but he kept coming back at us. Fortunately he was not confident enough to try flying at us or anything. He didn’t live long enough to gain that confidence. I got the kids up to the house, tossed him in the grow out pen with the rest of the cockerels and we took care of him on butchering day.