This is one of my roos from a hatch this year. In this picture, this roo was only 4 months old. By now he has gained the more colorful feathers of roos and . . .wow . . .has he grown! As you can tell from this photo, handling them is no problem. I have come across many badly behaved roos of other breeds but never in the Brahma breed (as well as in the cochin breed as well). I can even mix different roos without a terrible fight, only some sassing and typical pecking order behaviors. And if you want to get a roo for your hen, they are also gentlemen to their flock of hens. My nieces and nethews, the youngest being 4, can even enter their chicken yard safely and get to hold them. Dont take my word for it,try them.