I went out and spent a few minutes trying to convince the chickens that they should go inside until this string of storms passes. The big rooster was telling them to ignore me. I finally cornered him and carried him around upside down for a couple of minutes and everyone else went inside.
The ducks and turkeys were far more cooperative.
The worst part of this is found to be trying to convince my 9 Kg (20 lb) plus cat to come out from under the stairs.
I have a mixed flock of running and muscowy ducks. The muscowy drake is a big boy, easily 5.5 kg when plucked and gutted. Luckily he hasn’t shown romantic in female running ducks. But like your rooster he needs a refresher course from time to time. But once he’s ready for a lesson in pecking order, he’s usually so worked up that he’ll be full on charging us. Usually it’ll lead to a physical confrontation. One time I 300 style kicked him in the chest as he was coming at me waist height. Not proud of that one, more shocked TBH. I’m always worried that I’m going to hurt him, but I need him to protect the flock so I can’t just take him now. Maybe I’ll start babying him in advance, instead of having to defend myself.
I too have had to, on multiple occasions, use the toe of my boot to fend off an angry rooster. The problem with that is it doesn’t solve the underlying problem.
Rooster Life is all about the Three Fs: Feeding, Fighting, and Mating.
When you fight the rooster they see you as a competitor. They’re in the fight so they have a change. What I do it completely dominate them. They don’t get in a single kick. I pick them up, get ahold of their legs, and carry them around upside down by the legs while I do chores. That makes it very clear to them that there is no chance at all for them in a fight. It’s not a competition. It has the added benefit of being less risky in terms of injuring the bird. Rooster’s legs are good and strong. I always make sure that I use both of their legs to carry them and I don’t carry them like that for long. It’s most often around one minute. Just long enough to make it very clear to them who is at the top of the pecking order.
At least that’s my take on it. It generally only takes one of those to solve a behavioral problem. On rare occasions it takes two. Once I’ve corrected that behavior it corrects it for my wife as well.