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Thanks for confirming. I will probably put him in a pot this weekend. He took the rest of my patience this afternoon, after making this thread.

Yea, I was thinking the same.... I figured the hens would let me know. And they don't seem terribly keen on him. They don't go after him in any way, but they seem to just tolerate him. They definitely resist his attempts to mate quite a bit. He is sometimes "successful", but he has to literally...

Yea, that's what I'm thinking. When I acquired this rooster, I wasn't sure if I would get chicks this spring....So I decided to try integrating a new "leader". But he's acting more like a mean hen to the hens and a jerk to us.

Yea, I think that's where I'm at. I'm trying to be patient, was hoping maybe he'd get his poop in a group. I'm afraid I'll end up going through multiple roosters trying to find a "good" one. But I have some chicks growing right now and I'm certain to end up with a few cockerels, so maybe I'll...

Yea, previously I thought he was just nervous and needed some time to settle in. But I don't trust him which makes me want to say goodbye. My priorities for the rooster are just to help with predator avoidance and keep the flock calm. My last rooster was excellent at this. He also never once...

I have a rooster who's been in with my hens for about 3-4 weeks now. I posted a little while back about him attacking me and my son. Although it's gotten better, he will still come at us from time to time. I've been observing him with the hens and he does no tidbitting, "dances" very seldom...