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Neighbours rooster is very aggressive & attacks me.

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It seems like you've found yourself in quite the feathered fiasco with your neighbor's aggressive rooster! This feisty fowl has taken up residence in your paddock, causing chaos not only for your hens but also for you and your family. With a history of attacks that have left you bleeding, it’s understandable that your mother is now hesitant to step outside. You’ve tried to assert your dominance with sticks and brave moves, but this rooster clearly has other plans. To make matters worse, your neighbors appear to disregard their birds' well-being, leaving you in a challenging spot. Let's explore some strategies to reclaim your paddock and ensure safety for everyone involved—both human and feathered!
Neighbours rooster is very aggressive & attacks me.
Neighbours rooster is very aggressive & attacks me.

My neighbours got a rooster recently, he has been coming over to my hens ever since, he basically lives here now and despite many efforts he will not move back to their land. Multiple of their birds have ended up moving into our paddock so this isn’t unusual for us but their rooster is very aggressive, he will stalk me, charge at me from behind, jump at me, aggressively peck me and has made me bleed several times. He mated with our hens and we have fertilised eggs. He also attacks our hens occasionally. My mother is now afraid to go out to our paddock and he is causing a lot of trouble for us since I can barely walk without having him lunge & attack me.

I’ve been keeping hens for 13 years but have only had 1 rooster prior, he was perfectly relaxed around humans contrary to this one. I’m not afraid around him but this isn’t okay and I don’t want it to continue.

I can’t safely pick him up without gloves because he will go for my hands + he is a large bird. I use sticks to create a barrier between me and him and if he attacks me I walk in towards him to try and assert dominance. It has not been successful.

My neighbours do not seem to care much about their chickens, they have an automatic closing system on their coops that often closes far too early. They are frequently killed by foxes and their kids behave abusively towards the birds (stamping, kicking, spraying them with hose pipes on jet-mode). Somebody else in my household has reported the rooster’s behaviour to them and they were dismissive.

Any help is appreciated.

Edit: my paddock has a public footpath connected to it so he is a risk to the public as well as my family & my hens.

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