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Stripey is still a cockerel, not mature, and so Charlie is still #1. That may change, or not. If you are planning on raising chicks of each breed, the flocks need to be separate for three weeks before keeping eggs for hatching. Depending on the size of your hens compared to each male...

Cornish are not best in very cold climates, but nice otherwise. How old is your Legbar? If he's a youngster, he might do better as he matures. Mary

Human aggression is at least in part genetics, and not related to many other good traits, as shown by those game birds bred to fight each other, and be nice to humans. If you only want to have one rooster, maybe one of those would work for you. Otherwise, RIRs at least from hatcheries tend to...

Human aggression does not make a rooster safe to be around for anyone! It also doesn't improve his ability to watch out for his flock, in fact, while he's focused on attacking people, he's ignoring his flock. We want roosters who are good flock members, watch out for actual dangers, and treat...

@sourland is right about this! How many birds will you have, and how old is your current rooster? The best way to add roosters is to raise cockerels in your flock, it gives them a good social education, and makes it more likely that they won't fight with each other. This is not a...