Agressive rooster

HeidiO

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I have a trio of silkie roosters that I let roam our property. The black one is the boss, the other 2 (greys), are more skittish. I took them because the black was attacking my mom, whenever her hens would get stirred up. I figured he would be better without needing to protect them. I have him tame enough to pick up, he will eat from my hand. But he still sneaks up on people and attacks. I know he is trying to protect his pals/establish dominance. Any suggestions besides the soup pot? I am not too bothered by him doing this, but he jumped my 6yr old the other day. Not cool.
 

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I carry him around, he's fine face to face, just a sneaky jerk. I'm with you on the culling, but wanted to see if there were any other ideas first.
 

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in all my years of raising chickens (about 40) i have yet to really break an aggressive rooster. you can slow them down for a while but nothing stops them. in their little chicken minds they are doing what they should and protecting their own. they make good chicken and dumplings;)
 

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Our neighbors have tried the water bottle for training aggressive roosters and it worked... as long as they're carrying the water bottle ;) We eat all aggressive roosters over here, even moderate offenders.
 

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in all my years of raising chickens (about 40) i have yet to really break an aggressive rooster. you can slow them down for a while but nothing stops them.;)
aggreed! I could not make up my mind on my first aggressive rooster, and then when he attacked my 2 yr old the dog made up my mind for me. Great farm dog definitely doing her job! Wish I would have done it first though because killing it after being bitten was a sad thing. We Humanely cull any aggressors now, especially before they breed and pass on bad genes.
 

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Also suprised at a silkie being aggressive. Hehe hard to imagine one of my little fluff balls flying at me I think I might fall down laughing at him before I remember there are spurs under that fuzz!
 

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