Would a rooster go after a dog?

[Lacey1988]

Yes...My Roo got after my Little Rat Terrier/Chihuahua

I had to hurry up and grab her because he prob woulda hurt her....shes only 6 inches tall and weighs 6 pounds

 

[philintheblank]

Thanks for the posts everyone,

its good to hear that some people have had success with roosters. I figure if a dog is just looking for
amusment by killing my chickens, he might think not it so enjoyable or fun when a game cock pecks
out his eye or spurs him, and if the rooster does not prevail i will still have dead chickens on my hands.
even a bit of warning would be good...i may be a redneck, but i dont keep loaded guns laying around the house.

The Old english bantam was at the top of my list of roos, so im glad someone mentioned that breed in their reply.

thanks again.

 

[cafarmgirl]

In your particular situation I don't think a rooster is going to do you any good. Not to mention that living with a rooster that is even a little aggressive about protecting his hens may be more of a pain in the backside then being a dog deterrent. Although the ruckus they raise may give you a chance to get out there, if your around. I don't know, I have mixed feelings about the whole rooster thing since in an attack he'll likely be killed too.

You have a problem dog on your hands who is willing to break into your enclosure. I think before I went to the trouble of getting a rooster I would fix up the coop/run, run some hot wire to keep the dog totally away from the coop and then try to catch the dog. He was successful once, he'll be back. Electric fence is nice because a lot of times once they stick their nose on that hot wire they leave at top speed and have no interest in trying again. Helps keeps other murdering critters away too.

 

[mdbokc]

Electric fence. x2

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

I have a LF BO hen named J.T., originally I thought she was a he so that is why I named her that. We have a border collie, and he does not hurt the chickens, he just likes to herd them around the barnyard like sheep, goats, etc. Well one day Milo ( the dog ) was out helping me feed everyone and J.T. comes up to Milo and they stare eachother in the eye for a few seconds then J.T. puffs out her chest and pecks him on the nose!!

Milo is a scaredy cat so he takes off o the house..J.T. is RIGHT behind him!! Once she had chased off her victim she came strutting back to me so very proud of herself.

I almost died laughing!

 

[Peck Johnson]

We had a rooster that would attack dogs.

It was eventually killed by a dog.

 

[speckledhen]

A good rooster will do just about anything in defense of his hens. That said, he'll probably lose his life, though he may manage to save some girls with his sacrifice. I think of my roosters as my first line of defense, but I have no illusions about their chances of survival. If they lose their lives defending the flock, that is their job, their destiny, if you will. A good rooster is of great value in the flock, in my opinion. They spend about 80% of their time just watching the surroundings while the girls stuff their faces with their butts in the air, LOL. That's one reason I believe that roosters often just drop dead of heart attacks, their high stress daily existence.

 

[PhoenixAngel429]

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Either a mean game rooster or game hen with chicks. My neighbor's dog got flogged last year by a mother hen.

 

[orientphoenix]

get a oriental rooster, they r known to be very nice to humans but really mean to other males but they r good fighters and probably till their deaths plus they r big to so some dogs may be intimidated. good luck to ya!

 

[Bantam-Boys]

I recently lost 6 hens to a neighbours dog, it tore through the top of my run where i only had door screen on the lid. I have no desire to breed chickens so i didnt have a rooster, so i am just wondering if i got a batam rooster of a breed that is known to be agressive, would that deter a dog from attacking the rest of the chickens, and also being a bantam would it try to breed my hens? i have heard the game breeds are agressive but would they be good coop mates?

also i live in Alberta, Canada so the winters are really cold here, last january was -30 for 6 weeks straight, the hens didnt go outside much even if i did leave the door open for them, so i am limited to the breeds i can house in the coop.

i will hopefully be getting a new flock by next spring, meanwhile i am improving the coop and getting it more ready for winter so i dont have to rely on electric heating as much as i did this winter, just didnt feel right leaving the poor girls out there with nothing to keep them warm.

any advice would be great

I have a little bantam rooster and he has been mauled by the neighbors dog twice and still gets up to yell at me for their feed in the morning. Although no hens were lost but one was chased out of their yard. Squirrel (the rooster) was brought home by another neighbor (who's dog saved him from the pitbull that likes to kill them for fun) and he could barely hold his head up and was missing all but two tail feathers and all the feathers on one leg and had quite a gimp. But to everyone's surprise he perked up when he heard me and even helped us find the lost hen who was chased out of the yard. He crowed in the direction of where she was hiding under some berry bushes and she peeped up so we could find her. Only thing is bantams are MOUTHY. They tend to call dogs to them trying to show off. Also he is a bantam with large hens and still tries to breed them sometimes but the poor guy deserves a little something after the double mauling in the same month.