Just read this entire thing. I am really tired of people that obtain animals, and the get pissed AT THE ANIMAL for acting like an animal! PEOPLE!!! Before you get ANY animal PLEASE, practice due diligence to see what type of behavior you can expect once you have it! If people take in ANY animal without researching it first, YOU deserve EVERYTHING YOU GET!

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Susan, this is not a world where Snowflakes rule and nature takes a back seat: Sorry. Nature is all about natural selection and survival of the fittest. If a bully is harassing you and others, do you think harsh words, or "pretty please" will solve everything? Do you? Someone is going to have to come along and put that bully in his/her place. And that is exactly what is being done with these overly aggressive roosters. These are "Raptors" and would have you for lunch if they were big enough. Ok, I'll let you return to your sheltered existence again. ;D

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Then obviously you have never tried to train a A'Hole chicken... Stick to Horses....

Is that really how it works? It sounds violent.

We had to take a similar approach with a rooster - he was chasing everyone and everything, and made the mistake of running over a friend's shoe. The friend kicked his leg up, unbalancing the rooster, then hung the rooster upside down by his feet for a grew seconds. It did the trick - the rooster seemed to feel emasculated, and there was never a peep out of him again!

Is that before or after someone has you arrested for animal cruelty? HAHAHA:-)

I'd have to check for spurs first. Those little devils are sharp. My mother had a pet bantam rooster. He was a gorgeous little demon who would ride around on her hat in the winter. She was his person, though. This little four pound bird would protect her from anything. Other people. Barn swallows. Dust.

The best way to asset your dominance is to have him for dinner. He might not be good for anything, but at least he'll be good for you after leg day.

The neck grabbing, shaking and throwing seems a bit excessive. I mean, they can't do that to each other or anything... could you grab it somewhere else and throw it? Or grab it by the neck but not shake it like a dog trying to kill something?

That's the most ridiculous thing I've seen on the internet all week (though it's early, yet). Different birds react differently, but the best way to civilize a rooster is to catch him, hold him down like they hold down hens for mating, and hold him there until he stops struggling. Then, pick him up and carry him around where everyone else in his flock sees it, and he can see that they see him. Then set him down again next to you, and hold him down again, like before. This teaches him YOU are the alpha rooster (the "mating" and the carrying around shows that to him) and before long he will either keep his distance from you, and start treating you with respect, or (around here, at least) you make sure he doesn't get to spread his genetic material to the next generation by having chicken and noodles. Well-behaved roosters can still protect their flock while understanding that humans are higher on the pecking order than they are. Violence is not needed.

She didn't run away from the rooster, she went after him.

Good to know!!! :-D