One mean rooster!

dixiegal62 · #1 07/26/12, 12:12 PM

Have this lavender orphington rooster that has to be the meanest rooster I have ever owned. He takes his job of protecting the flock so seriously that he almost got ran over by attacking my 4 wheeler head on. Talk about playing chicken! I was on my way to the barn with my 4 wheeler loaded down with buckets of feed. I saw him heading my way but figured he would vear off. Not a chance! When I saw he wasnt stopping I hit the brakes but not before he attacked the front head on. Thought I killed him for sure but as soon as I got stopped he kept on attacking until I beamed him with a feed bucket. He's a thorn in my side but I love the way he keeps his ladies safe. I am dreading when summers over and I'll be facing off with him in a closed up chicken coop.

imthedude · #2 07/26/12, 12:50 PM

i would name him dinner.

HomesteadBaker · #3 07/26/12, 12:54 PM

Yep. He'll taste delicious.

Roosters are too easy to come by to keep an aggressive one.

wolffeathers · #4 07/26/12, 01:08 PM

When I read "one mean rooster" it automatically translates "one tastey rooster". :P

Even the game rooster that free ranges the farm is expected to behave himself. The first time he(or any other rooster) hits me, they're done for. He is the perfect gentlemen with people and has been for the 2 years I've had him. Human aggression has no place here, if the game rooster can behave himself, then I fully expect the layer flock to! LOL

I thought Orpingtons were often a favorite because of their temperment? They are suppose to be "friendly, gentle birds", so one with a nasty temperment should be an automatic cull. Even if you don't mind his aggression, it would be something to consider in reference to breeding to sell to other people or breeding to better the breed. Not trying to tell you what to do, just sharing what I would do and why.

farmerstac · #5 07/26/12, 01:15 PM

Yes he would be camp bound ASAP here. Mean animals just don't last around here.

mamaC11 · #6 07/26/12, 01:21 PM

had one of them once...he attacked my 3yo daughter and me, and then my husband. that was the last breath that rooster drew.

sugarspinner · #7 07/26/12, 01:30 PM

The last mean roo we had would attack me every time I tried to water the chickens. Our last go-around, he came at me just as I'd put the lid back on our 8-gallon waterer. I was so mad, I picked it up and heaved it at him, hitting him square. Down he went and I thought for certain that I'd killed him. Nope. He lay there a few seconds then got up, dusted himself off and came at me again, spurs out to get me.
He made good chix 'n'noodles; a bit tough, though. Another one, though, I tore into with a red plastic bucket once when he was attacking me. After that, anyone who carried that particular bucket was safe from his nastiness.

julieq · #8 07/26/12, 01:56 PM

We've had great luck in the past with our buff orphington roosters being gentle. This year we only had two, but ended up losing one. Now the one we have left has gotten huge and he doesn't take kindly to me stealing eggs from the nests. Makes me mad that he never thinks of attacking DH!

I paddle around in my flip flops during the summer, so I guess he figured I couldn't do much if he came after me. Wrong!

I'm sorta worried that someone is going to drop by unexpectedly and catch me drop kicking a rooster and/or smacking him with the feed scope multiple times though! I really need to keep him healthy so we can raise some chicks next spring, but I'm thinking he may be a good Thanksgiving dinner (he's definitely big enough!)

WJMartin · #9 07/26/12, 01:56 PM

We raised White Rocks when I was a kid and somehow ended up with an aggressive roo. He didn't really chase the adults but us younger kids, 10 and under, were targets. He would chase us into the hen house and then march back and forth in front of the door and crow about it. Of course, the older sibs would sit out front and point and laugh.

This roo would also hold practice drills for the hens, we had a tall terrace about 20 feet from the hen house and he would stand on top and "sound the alarm", the last hen in the house would get a butt whipping. He lived four years as the "KING", we never lost a hen to a preditor during that time and I bet that whatever got him had a tough dinner.

MJsLady · #10 07/26/12, 04:07 PM

When I was a kid one year the incubator broke. So gramma took the last egg and put it in the roaster to hatch. (my guardian owned the and her mil lived and worked it)

That rooster was the meanest thing in tarnation. Ok in Clubb. It would see you from across the farm yard and would go super sonic to attack. Generally it was not near any of the other chickens. They did not get along.

It was a very satisfying day when we had chicken and dumplings from the roaster rooster.

Cliff · #11 07/26/12, 04:14 PM

I'd kill him too. That's dangerous and so not worth having him around. One good spurring and you could be in the hospital with sepsis. Or he could take a kid's eye out. Too bad he's such a nice color

suelandress · #12 07/26/12, 04:28 PM

Hose him down every time he even thinks about attacking

maleyfarm · #13 07/26/12, 04:36 PM

if he was mine then he'd been swimming with the dumplings by now!
we dealt with a mean rooster when we first got into chickens and it wasn't fun to go near him as you had to walk backwards and did not make life enjoyable. after that anything that wants to flog, ram, or be mean goes somewhere else.

my son's ram sheep got into wanting to ram us, he rammed me in the back and I spun around and smacked the heck out of him with a 2x4, I thought I serouisly hurt him as he spent a few hours in the corner of the barn kinda weaving back and forth. but after that he came out of it and is the nicest calmest ram around.

imthedude · #14 07/26/12, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by maleyfarm

, I thought I serouisly hurt him as he spent a few hours in the corner of the barn kinda weaving back and forth. but after that he came out of it and is the nicest calmest ram around.

this made me LOL.

eclipchic · #15 07/26/12, 05:45 PM

we don't tolerate bad roos around here. We had two this spring attack my then 2yo kiddo. One met his end by my hands (preggo hormones took over ha!- wrung his neck), the other wasn't worth his weight in meat so my husband shot him....he was impossible to catch

airotciv · #16 07/26/12, 05:56 PM

We have one of those, stupid bird. The DH always LOL, when I say "You are a Bad Bird and if you do that again your going to end up in the stew pot." Well, he's not in the stew pot after 2 years, Because I can't get a hold of him or he would be in the Stew Pot.

MO_cows · #17 07/26/12, 07:33 PM

Off with his head! We had one mean rooster that was re-trained. After many rounds of "rooster croquet" with a shovel and the dog putting him on his back a few times (yes, he was so full of himself he started trouble with the 90 lb hound.) The dog never bit him, just pinned him down, she is the one who actually taught him respect. But that is the exception, not the rule and there are plenty of nice roosters who are excess and could use a home instead of becoming coq a vin.

KSALguy · #18 07/26/12, 07:40 PM

dont make pets of roosters, rams, bulls, bucks, stallions, etc, they are for reproduction not for pets, over acceptance of humans on their level means that you are now eather a member of their flock/herd that needs to be dominated to stay in control or you are a threat to them and theirs in some way, eather way its not a good idea

Chaty · #19 07/26/12, 07:41 PM

I only give 1 warning and then they go into a pot. After my grandson got attacked nothing mean stays here. Its either eaten or sold for meat. You could easily lose your eye if he gets really brave. Nope Roos are a dime a dozen and mine are all nice or run from you. My grandson still remembers and he was 2 when it happened and he is 6 now...you dont forget.Off with his head.

Cliff · #20 07/26/12, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by KSALguy

dont make pets of roosters, rams, bulls, bucks, stallions, etc, they are for reproduction not for pets, over acceptance of humans on their level means that you are now eather a member of their flock/herd that needs to be dominated to stay in control or you are a threat to them and theirs in some way, eather way its not a good idea

Amen to this. So many problems are caused because people just don't understand this.

Sanza · #21 07/27/12, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by KSALguy

dont make pets of roosters, rams, bulls, bucks, stallions, etc, they are for reproduction not for pets, over acceptance of humans on their level means that you are now eather a member of their flock/herd that needs to be dominated to stay in control or you are a threat to them and theirs in some way, eather way its not a good idea

Never trust any adult male animal, always be ready for trouble from them, and never let your guard down and turn your back on them!

jen74145 · #22 07/27/12, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by MO_cows

Off with his head! We had one mean rooster that was re-trained. After many rounds of "rooster croquet" with a shovel and the dog putting him on his back a few times (yes, he was so full of himself he started trouble with the 90 lb hound.) The dog never bit him, just pinned him down, she is the one who actually taught him respect. But that is the exception, not the rule and there are plenty of nice roosters who are excess and could use a home instead of becoming coq a vin.

Rooster croquet!

Bettacreek · #23 07/27/12, 09:25 PM

Definately kill the brat. I received 24 layers, with two roos (turned out to be FOUR roos and twenty hens). I thought the roo was gorgeous, so I didn't want to kill him. He attacked me three times. The last time he got me, he had escaped from their coop, so I wasn't aware that he was even out, until I hit the bottom of the steps and got nailed from behind. Scared the crap out of me! I took a stick to him a couple of times and after that, he left me alone. He went after my 4yo, so I ripped the spurs off of him and let my son beat him with a stick while I had his legs held. He then decided to try his luck with the boyfriend... He just let the stupid roo come at him several times until he finally rolled it "arsehole over tincup" as the BF put it... It was dazed for a minute and decided that the BF wasn't anybody to mess with. Then, the final straw was when my 4yo came running in screaming and bawling that the big mean bird got my youngest son (3yo). I ran out, it was still attacking my son, I kicked it as hard as I could. It STILL kept attacking my son after getting back on his feet after the kick. Second kick, he turned to attack me, then realizing who kicked him, he ran. Couldn't catch him after that, so I shot him with the bow. I was beyond furious. My 3yo was trying to fend him off with a little stick and trying to run at the same time. The fact that my son was bleeding from his lip, his forehead and his arms just made me see red. Plus, the fact that the stupid thing was so bound and determined to attack that he didn't even care that I kicked him? No freakin way.

sdharlow · #24 07/30/12, 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by imthedude

i would name him dinner.

Yeah I've got a mean one also. I named him CP short for Chicken Pastry , and his mean butt is getting processed tonight.

jamjam · #25 07/30/12, 07:33 AM

I have one that I didn't want to dispose of because of his looks, black with a white spiked hair do, Named him Zulu as he looked like a warrior and mean too. Attacked every thing, buckets sticks, hoses and me. Last week he got me so bad he even broke his spur and left it imbedded in my leg. As soon as I catch him y'all know what his fate will be.

SugarBush Farms · #26 07/30/12, 12:55 PM

We had a Phoenix rooster that kept attacking us, viciously causing bruises and cuts from spurs. He attacked me, barely missing my face, I smacked him with the bucket, Bye Bye mean little rooster. His name was Dumpling because we kept joking that we were going to cook him into chicken & dumplings. He was a beautiful golden phoenix, now we can collect eggs without putting the rooster under a bucket, and feed the turkeys and goats without getting attacked.

airotciv · #27 07/30/12, 04:29 PM

I agree, every baby born on this little farm the Grandkids want to name and what does Grandma say " We don't name animals we our going to eat."

We have 2 roosters and 1 is not mean, but the other 1 is. He maybe mean, but not like some of your roosters. My rooster justs likes to peck you, sneak attacks. If I had some of your roosters I'd take DH's solution, "Do you want me to shoot it?"

Cliff · #28 07/30/12, 04:49 PM

Wow some of you guys let mean roosters hang around way too long! Don't take chances, they can put a kid's eye out or scar up their face. And I'm not overly afraid of germs but those spurs are really nasty and wounds from them could easily give a person sepsis. Not worth taking a chance.

MO_cows · #29 07/30/12, 05:16 PM

We should have killed our bad rooster, I know, but we don't have any kids on the place to be endangered. And he was 2 before he started making trouble, wouldn't have been much good to eat. Just keep the grain shovel handy when you went out back, to whack him away with. And watch for sneak attacks on the back of your legs! He was good with/to his hens and a pretty thing. After he was "rehabilitated" he lived to about 9 years old with no more trouble out of him.

One day during the agression phase, I looked out the window and saw the rooster in hot pursuit of our other dog, a big lab mix but a wimp. The dog easily outran the rooster, who soon gave up the chase and headed back toward his girls. The dog doubled back and gave him a "drive by": ran past the rooster again, just daring him to chase. The dog was playing, he WANTED the rooster to chase him. Animals are something!

dixiegal62 · #30 08/13/12, 10:43 AM

Sorry it took me so long to get back to this post. I forgot I wrote it

He's going in the pot but I'm letting my chickens free range until next month and I like that he guards them so well. I too used a bucket on him and he hasn't got brave enough to attack me again. I don't turn my back on him ever!