I see chicken stew in my future

john in la · Mar 1, 2015

Every time my 3 year old grandson walks across the yard from his house to mine to visit grand maw; if the rooster sees him he comes running and chases the boy.
I have told him to get a stick and whack the rooster a few times and he would leave him alone.
I seen him today start out at his house with the stick in hand and when the rooster started toward him he just dropped the stick and run.

I really would hate to keep the chickens penned up 24/7 but it's either that or chicken stew.
This is Ameraucana breed. Some call them Araucana.

Chuck (CA) · Mar 1, 2015

I have a Barred Rock that only attacks me. He'll wait till my back is turned and then sucker punch me. I didn't want to hurt him because he's just doing what roosters do. I finally had enough and grabbed him and trimmed his wings. He now stays in the coop and pen and he's doing just fine. He's good with my hens, and ignores everybody else but me, but if I walk by the pen, he still trys to get to me.

PJH · Mar 1, 2015

My first grandson, when he was a toddler, was playing in our yard and a rooster flogged him, putting a pretty good cut on his chin. Wife saw it, got the kid in and doctored him up. When I got home from work, there was chicken cooking in every pot. We had several roosters, she couldn't tell them apart, so she killed them all. The innocent ones had the misfortune of resembling the guilty one.

Chuck (CA) · Mar 1, 2015

BTW, I like the green/blue eggs the Ameraucana hens lay.

notjustair · Mar 1, 2015

I had an Orphington that did that to me once. It's amazing how far a rooster will sail with swift kick. He never did that again. In fact, when I went in to gather eggs he would run out of the hen house.

I remember being terrified of a rooster when I was young. I was always told "just kick him good!" I always panicked and froze. The rooster moved on to greener pastures before I ever mustered up the guts. They are no different than dogs, cattle, horses, etc. The need to know who pays the bills.

Fred Werring · Mar 1, 2015

I had a rooster that the kick didn't work, caught him just right and he must have gone 25ft, but he came back at me the next day.

I wouldn't have shot him except for the kids, they were small and I was afraid for their faces and eyes.

Fred

Chuck (CA) · Mar 2, 2015

Same here. Apparently my rooster has no long term memory. He would back off after a couple of kicks, but the next day it was Game On again.

37chief · Mar 2, 2015

Growing up on Dad's farm, both Grandmothers lived in separate houses. Looking back I didn't know how good I had it. Years later I got some chickens. There was one old rooster that put the fear in a lot of people. Dad didn't help. He would put on a rain coat and tease the thing. I have some chickens now and the rooster is a little thing, but he thinks he is a big guy. He jumps on my leg, and I can just barley feel him. When I leave the pen, he starts crowing like he really protected his hens. Stan

Dick2 · Mar 2, 2015

Any rooster that attacked me got the "treatment". I'd grab him, find a stick and put it across his neck, stand on the stick and pull up on his feet - and Mom would cook chicken.

I was not patient with poultry. If the gander came after me, I'd grab his neck and twirl him around; when he hit the ground his attitude would be much better.

unclemerle · Mar 2, 2015

When I was a kid about his age my aunt had several mean roosters. One night when we went to visit I took my baseball bat along and within 5 minutes of getting out of the car, mom and my aunt had some roosters to butcher. Boy were they mad at me. Oh well I had had enough.

NEKS · Mar 2, 2015

We had some white geese when I was a kid, Don't know what for other then to sh't on the sidewalk. I didn't like them because they hissed and would pinch you and it hurt.

1130Leo · Mar 2, 2015

One of our roosters was like that, until he was shown who was boss, after flying about 20 feet wiht the assistance of a size ten steel toe boot, once he got up, he never tried it again. He was a full blood araucana. Seems like they just need to learn.

BlackThumbHomesteader · Mar 2, 2015

Man, you people take the hard road! I had a roo whe would wait till I turned my back and then try and spur me. I'd turn around, look him in the eye, grab him and tuck him under my arm while I finished my work in the coop. If I had scratch or food to deal with I'd put a bit in my hand and offer it to him. Wouldn't even acknowledge he was with me otherwise. When I was done I'd put him down and leave the coop or run.

Few days of that and now the bugger stands on my foot while I'm dealing out the corn, has to make sure I put it where his girls can see it! Walks right beside me as I'm working too. If he looks like he's getting uppity I'll put a half hand of scratch at his feet so he can be the little king he thinks he is and we're good to go.

I do have to say I killed an albino roo I had before I learned about that trick. He was insane so I'm not sure I regret it.

fixerupper · Mar 2, 2015

A rooster tried to stop my sister from getting on the school bus when she was in first grade so we had chicken soup for supper. I was a year and a half younger than my sis but the rooster didn't bother me because I enjoyed teasing it.

BANDITFARMER · Mar 2, 2015

When I was younger my grand parents had chickens and a rooster named Danny and a mean one he was. Every Sunday the family would gather at my grand parents house and all us kids hated that rooster but grand paw would not let us do anything to Danny so we made a game of it, Keep away from Danny! This went on for ever it seamed until the day Danny went after my one small cousin Mike, He was grand paws favorite and after Danny picked at he once too often and Mike let out a squeal that would have curled your hair. Grand paw picked up a good sized rock and at 50 feet NAILED DANNY! Grave yard dead was Danny! All us kids jumped for joy like Christmas morning! I sware that was the best tasting fried chicken I ever ate! Bandit

Dave H (MI) · Mar 2, 2015

No, those are two different breeds...though close. You need to cull that rooster. I went thru this years ago and I immediately killed any roosters that chased people. The remainder bred the hens and after a while I had reliably tame roosters only. Some breeds I was never able to cure of it, though. Belgian D'Anvers come to mind. Finally got rid of the lot of them. Surprisingly, it worked with OE game bantams. They would fight amongst themselves but not chase the kids or me. Play God, create a better rooster.

Icuby · Mar 2, 2015

My parents told me that when i was a toddler that my grandparents had a free range rooster that did not like me,he took me down a time or two.

JimIA · Mar 2, 2015

We had a rooster a few years ago that would attack everyone once, after you attacked him back he would leave you alone. Finally one day he attacked my four year old niece, he lost his head that day.

Since then we have kept two roosters, they are more worried about each other and the hens to show their dominance to humans. Has been working well.

ChasK · Mar 2, 2015

Put some peepers on him. It's like ringing a bull.

I've used both pin and pin-less with equal results. Obviously the pin-less is not as obtrusive. Once done he will be a normal chicken again.

http://www.randallburkey.com/Blinders-Debeakers/products/12/

Donald Lehman · Mar 2, 2015

Yeah, but playing football with the rooster is good entertainment! Pop at one time had 400 cluckers. Mostly Rhode Island Reds. Had two or three of the roosters that had to get booted across the coop two or three times each every morning when I gathered eggs before they would lay off for the morning. Next day it was the same thing all over again. I think they enjoyed the fight. They sure never gave up. I didn't much like getting spurred, but I kinda admired their spunk.

dhermesc · Mar 2, 2015

I remember when I was 4 (yeah it stuck in my mind - also it happened when my brothers were in school) my dad caught me running from a rooster that would chase me across the yard. My dad stopped me at the door and handed me a broken off shovel handle and sent me back into the yard face the him in the field of battle. After about 5 minutes of him jumping in the air going for my eyes and me swinging for the fences like George Brett (both of us occassionally making contact) I finally caught him a good one that sent feathers flying and him deciding it was time to leave. My dad yelled at me to chase him down so he doesn't try to go after me again.

It all backfired a bit for my dad when our German shepherd saw all the excitment and decided the rooster must be fair game today. He out ran me caught my tormentor and snapped him jaws shut on his neck killing him instantly. I was all hopped up and started telling him what a good dog he was while my dad was on the porch yelling at the GD dog to leave the chickens alone....

Paul from MI · Mar 2, 2015

Dad sold eggs to our local hatchery back in the 50's. He had about 150 roosters, and my brother and learned to love to fight with them. We rode our tricycles out to the pasture, with our little ball bats and the fight was on. Neither side won, but we both thought we did.

Dean Olson · Mar 2, 2015

I have a Barred Rock rooster that's a beast. He and I have come to an understanding, after several beatings, and he leaves me alone. I have some buddies that he'll go after and they have educated him also. I told all involved if you kill him, that's fine, but you butcher him.

The real problem was when he when after my wife and manged to get a spur through her rubber boot. My Pyrenese went after the rooster protecting her. Later that day I ,with wife, caught him up, cut his Spurs off, and beat him. So far he's behaving.

He's just doing what he's supposed to do, protecting his girls, I free range my chickens and this rooster and my Pyrenese have allowed no losses for over a year now.

JDNewbie · Mar 2, 2015

Sounds like it is time for chicken stew or maybe some good chicken and dumplin's.

I can still remember my Dad running from the garden with the hoe in hand. A rooster had my little brother on the ground and was proceeding to try and scratch his eyes out. He was less than two, so I imagine he tried to run from the rooster and fell down. To this day, my brother will still occasionally break out with some kind of sore in the corner of his eye where the rooster got him. He is lucky the rooster only got his eyelid/face and didn't get his eyeball.

My dad had/has absolutely no patience or use for an animal that hurts people/kids. I tend to agreed. No rooster is more valuable than a kid's eye.

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