Russel

Russel, my rooster, is absolutely insane. He used to be a nice, amiable little rooster, but now he's obnoxious and and dangerous. He keeps chasing everyone around and trying to grab onto their legs with his spurs so he can peck them. You can tell when he's about to attack by the feathers on his neck. They'll stick straight out and then he'll stand up tall and start jumping and kicking. You really think he'd realize we humans have not done anything to harm him; in fact, we are very helpful to him. We give him and his hens lots of food and water. The hens love it when I go out; they try to sit on my lap to warm up their feet, and if I walk out with a container of leftovers they get so very excited.
But Russel is dumb and he doesn't seem to care that I take care of him. He has to chase me around anyway. So, I've been taking this 1" by 2" board (I'd say it's a little over 3 feet tall) out with me and if he tries to attack I just hit him with it and he goes away.
Not today. He kept attacking and I couldn't get him to stop long enough to get the gate open! He was chasing me around. If any of the neighbors were out they were probably laughing at me. We have a privacy fence, so no one could see what was going on, but they would have heard me yelling "No! Bad rooster! Go away!".
I eventually got out the gate, but then Russel was trying to peck my shoe through the fence, so I used the end of my board to shove his back down, forcing him to lay down. He wasn't too happy about that, but he finally went away.

I think my Dad's right. Maybe I should trade Russel in for a nicer rooster. I'm getting sick of being afraid he's going to attack!