My rooster bites very hard....?

Question

I have a male chicken (It's about 3 1/2 months old) now he bites very hard when I walk by. He bites other people too. He has been nipping my feet and legs since he was about 1 month old and back then his nipping wasn't hard enough to hurt. But now he bites me very hard and it hurts. A few minutes ago he grabbed the flesh of my feet four times. The fourth time was so hard it left a small bloody wound. Why does he do this- and what should I do? I also have a female chicken. It's the same age as him. She doesn't bite people. (I'm not sure what breed these chickens are. The chickens are white. When they were babies they were yellow. I received them from a friend when they were about 10 days old. They said they got them from a farm)

When my mother is doing her gardening- the rooster runs to her when he sees her and he grabs her foot and he holds the flesh in his mouth for a few seconds before letting go. She thinks this may be a rough sign of affection. Is she right?

When my mother is doing her gardening- the rooster runs to her when he sees her and he grabs her foot and he holds the flesh in his mouth for a few seconds before letting go. She thinks this may be a rough sign of affection. Is she right?

When my mother is doing her gardening- the rooster runs to her when he sees her and he grabs her foot and he holds the flesh in his mouth for a few seconds before letting go. She thinks this may be a rough sign of affection. Is she right?

When my mother is doing her gardening- the rooster runs to her when he sees her and he grabs her foot and he holds the flesh in his mouth for a few seconds before letting go. She thinks this may be a rough sign of affection. Is she right?

When my mother is doing her gardening- the rooster runs to her when he sees her and he grabs her foot and he holds the flesh in his mouth for a few seconds before letting go. She thinks this may be a rough sign of affection. Is she right?

When my mother is doing her gardening- the rooster runs to her when he sees her and he grabs her foot and he holds the flesh in his mouth for a few seconds before letting go. She thinks this may be a rough sign of affection. Is she right?

When my mother is doing her gardening- the rooster runs to her when he sees her and he grabs her foot and he holds the flesh in his mouth for a few seconds before letting go. Then he does a small dance. She thinks this may be a rough sign of affection. Is she right?

When my mother is doing her gardening- the rooster runs to her when he sees her and he grabs her foot and he holds the flesh in his mouth for a few seconds before letting go. Then he does a small dance. She thinks this may be a rough sign of affection. Is she right?

When my mother is doing her gardening- the rooster runs to her when he sees her and he grabs her foot and he holds the flesh in his mouth for a few seconds before letting go. Then he does a small dance. She thinks this may be a rough sign of affection. Is she right?

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Answer 1

I have owned many chickens and some roosters are just like this. No matter what you do and how nice you are to them they will always come back to get you. I am sorry to say this but even if you say that you are proven the powerful leader he will not stop. He will attack you when you turn your back to him. And he will also attack anyone else that comes in your yard. (You can decide if that is a plus or not)

When you get a rooster like this it is up to you to decide if he stays or goes. There are plenty of roosters out in the world that need good homes. If this fella wants to be a prick give him away or eat him. Then get yourself another rooster that is good to your hens and you. I have tried so many times to make my mean roosters nice. One mean rooster that I had gotten had frostbite. I took him in the house and catered to him for over a week. When he finely was able to go outside with the other birds he still hated people and attacked visitors and I frequently. You can’t change a mean rooster. He will always be mean.

Also if you decide that you want to get a new rooster then I suggest calmer breeds. I have noted that the roosters seem so much friendlier. Some of these breeds are Cochins, and Brahmas.

Separating roosters is commonly used when a rooster is attacking weaker members of the flock. Though you are a member of the flock you are stronger than the rooster. He knows that, he is just giving you a hard time. I have personally tried this when roosters are attacking other chickens and it worked. But, when it came to the rooster attacking me it seemed to just make matters worse. So separating him wouldn’t be suggestible.

White chicken breeds

Leghorn-small bird. Big wattles. Agressive. Hens are great layers of white eggs. Around 4 pounds

Rock- large bird. Agressive. Usually used for meat. Around 7.5 pounds

Orphington- Large bird. Not usually agressive. Used for meat and eggs. Great mother. Around 8 pounds

White Rhode Island Red- Can be agressive. Used for eggs. Around 6 pounds

I have also tried the noise scaring tactic and the water but neither of them worked for me with any of my attacking roosters. You may wish to give it a try but the water tactic seemed to make it worse because then the rooster got even madder at me. Also remember that the rooster will look for when you are not carring the water and attack you.

Hope this helps,

Answer 2

Sorry, your mother isn't right. The hen will never do that - just the rooster. And the reason the rooster is doing it is because HE thinks he's the one in charge. You need to change that really quick or he can really hurt someone. Our neighbor had a rooster like that - he'd sneak up on people and jump on their backs and bite the back of their necks. He was showing who was head rooster there. The owner thought it was funny because the rooster went after everyone but him. Then one day the rooster went after him and that was the end of the rooster. If you want to change your rooster, then the next time you see him start to come up on you, turn around and grab him - either roughly with your hands or with a net. We did that with the neighbor's rooster when we babysat him for a week. I caught him in the net, picked him up out of the net and tussled him by handling him a little rough - didn't hurt him - just let him know who was boss by petting him firmly and holding him snugly while doing so. All he wanted to do was get away so I wasn't going to let him go. It only took about 2 times before he realized we were the leaders here. At his own home, it wasn't inforced so he went back to being the leader. I saw on TV that facing the rooster and not letting him back you away is the best thing. After you "get his attention", turn to walk away and then turn back quickly and walk towards him to inforce the fact that you are boss. Any time he starts to come towards you to attack again, do the same thing. Tell your mom to do it too. Eventually the rooster will realize all "humans" are leaders but you have to set that. Give it a try.

Answer 3

Chickens exert dominance over each other. It is called "The pecking order."
In a flock of chickens , the dominant one( usually a rooster) will peck everybody to show that he is the boss. Nobody pecks him back.
The second toughest member pecks everybody except the dominant male.
The third toughest pecks everybody lower than it.

Your bird thinks he is the dominant male, so he is doing what comes naturally. If you want him to stop, you will have to show that you are stronger than him. Of course you need to find a way to do it without actually using force, because you don't want to injure him. so try these ideas.
1. Carry a squirt gun or a water spray bottle with you. Whenever he bites, spray him with a powerful stream right in the face.
2. Carry some sort of noise maker, such as a loud whistle or even a small air horn. If he bites, give him a blast !

Hopefully he will soon learn not to peck you.

Good luck !

Answer 4

Its Rather Natural For Roosters To Be Terrtorial.
Roosters Are Hard To Tame And Harder To Cage.
The Females Dobnt Get Viscous As They Not Territoral.
Hope It Helps.
Theres Not Much You Can Really Do So Sorry

Answer 5

where you by his mate? he was probably protecting his female mate. we have two roosters,and they both give you that challeging look like they want to hurt you,dont look in his eyes-your challenging him. stay away from him,and when you walk by,dont look at him-just keep going,stare in front of you. if he trys to attack you,dont run. he'll chase you. good luck :)

Answer 6

It sounds like he's being terratorial sp?. I would cage him.