Pick him up the moment he attacks you and parade him around in front of his hens. This may have an effect on his psyche in that he becomes embarrassed around his hens.



I think we have to resist the urge to anthropomorphize animal behavior. They are not human beings and they don't think and rationalize the way we do. They are stimulus and genetically driven. Overall the advice was pretty sound.



I'm pretty new to chickens myself and my Colombian Wyandotte roo has become very aggressive with me. Doesn't bother me at all. He started out by coming up behind me and trying to spur me and that was because I had reached into the nest box with a hen already in there and after that it's been war every time I go out to the coop.



Every time he gets aggressive I go right back after him and knock him back a foot or two. A couple of times I've picked him up and held him upside down until he settles down and that slows him down and makes him behave a bit....sort of.



I find his behavior funny and I tolerate it as in his way of 'thinking' he is protecting his flock and when he attacks he is also offering a challenge and you really can't back down from that. It's good though that he is protective of the hens and I know when he is out with them he'll come running if they squawk or get into trouble.



I used to have Amazon parrots and even Macaw's with the huge hook bills. A big bird like that could break your finger if he gets you just right or lacerate your finger to the bone if he has a mind to. Compared to that a #5 rooster is just a little bit entertaining. I'd just say don't back down, establish that your the big dog in the yard and then sit back and enjoy his antics. He is doing what nature designed him to do and as long as he protects my hens when they free range I can deal with him being snotty.