I have a buff orpington rooster who has, up till recently, only attacked men. Now he attacks everyone. We love spending time with our hens but he makes it impossible. He is pretty big, about 7 pounds, so it is a little painful. I was wondering if anyone has any solutions for an aggressive rooster. And if not, at 8 months old, would he already be too tough to eat? He's a gorgeous guy, but I simply can't have a rooster attacking everyone and certainly I couldn't give him away (who wants a rooster who's running into you like a linebacker every ten seconds?). So any suggestions and/or recipes for mean rooster are welcome.
Thanks

His meat will be tough already. I not shure if it can be done, but ask a vet if you can amputate his spurs. ASK A VET FIRST so you don't end up causing him to blled to death. It is important that you handle the rooster every day so he doesn't become aggresive. If you can remove his spurs, or at least dull them, you have less of a chance of getting injured while retraining (or training) him.

YoYo

Reducing or removing his spurs will not likely change his attitude. It will make him less dangerous for while, but his spurs will grow back if you just shorten them. There have been some discussions on the board here about aggressive roosters, and some people seem to have good luck with frequent handling. Others have suggested good-natured humiliation and claimed good luck with that, too. I think it's ultimately a domination game, aggravated by the fact that roosters, like most livestock, don't like changes in their routine. I have a perfect gentleman of a rooster who is an angel around me, but will attack people who do chores in my absence. When I return, he is fine and never gives me cause to doubt him. Over the years I have had three roosters who had to go on to the great chicken house in the sky because they attacked people. One was a little bantam we began to call Mussolini and had the very devil in him. I believe that sometimes they just will not be tamed with any method. I hope yours is not one of those.

With my roo i just take him inside for awhile and tame him. Also if he attacks me, i pick him up and give him a lot of fuss and attention! This humiliates him in front of his girls! I have a friend who squirts his roos with a water pistol when they attack him but i don't agree with that(it seems to work though!).
Hope this helps
Bantamluver