Darned Cockeral

[matthew2riches]

I have had cocks that do this and I see that if it isn't because of him protecting his girls, it is bad and could be passed on to later generation so I wring their neck.

[sewer rat]

Don't have chooks but have worked with them in the past and turkeys too - best thing for an aggressive cock is to wring it's neck, so I'm with Matthew on this one - problem is if you have a fully mature male turkey, you need to be bloody strong to do it !

[chicken slave]

I have had cocks that do this and I see that if it isn't because of him protecting his girls, it is bad and could be passed on to later generation so I wring their neck.

Don't have chooks but have worked with them in the past and turkeys too - best thing for an aggressive cock is to wring it's neck, so I'm with Matthew on this one - problem is if you have a fully mature male turkey, you need to be bloody strong to do it !

Bit quick to wring necks tonight, I was brought up with a rooster with attitude and this isn't half as bad as he was so I think a couple of weeks to see how nature plays out is a small price to pay. His brother isn't the same so genetically it isn't a fault in the gene pool, just a male with a little too much testosterone.

[Alice]

Coq an Vin. That would be a solution.

[CoraxAurata]

Apparently not.

His brother who is on holiday next door is really placid and doesn't show any signs of aggresion at all.

A friend has said chase him when he starts and it will show him who's boss, but my garden is massive and I'll be exhausted after 1 lap.

Yep and it only works if you can get him to run away! I tried it with my shirty roo and he just attacked me I had to drive him into a corner with my riot sheild (rubber bucket) and pin him to the fence for a few minutes just to get him to stop on that occaision - after repeated such experiences hes less volatile but I wouldn't turn my back on him...

[Snadger]

We once had a bantam cockered who was a bit aggressive - we used to take a spade into the run with us and swing it at him if he started puffing up. After a few bats, he gave up and saw us as boss.

Yeah....a spade would just about do that!

[Snadger]

I'm sure one of my chicks, which are barely a week old must be a cockerel. I call him Bruce (Lee) as he seems to want to dropkick the rest of the chicks. Quite funny at his age, but I would imagine quite alarming when he gets older!

[sewer rat]

Re the aggressive cockerel - just make sure that absolutely certain no young children can get anywhere near him - if the worst happened, you could not only have to have him dispatched, but could end up in court .