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I want to know what chicken breed roosters or even the hens are the most aggressive or the most protective of their youngins?
Most Agressive/Protective Breed
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Dark Cornish are the most protective that we raise.
Steve
Steve
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- Apr 22, 2010
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Will the game birds protect their hens/chicks against predators?
I hear Road Island Red Rooster are aggressive.
My vote is for Thai or Malay but you only get to have ONE rooster with those breeds. Even the Malay hens are pretty tough. I'd like one or two eventually.
Thai, Shamo, Asil, Malay, American Gamefowl, anything Oriental or American in terms of Gamefowl will be THE most protective and aggressive, but not towards their owners.
Rhode Island Reds are only on occasion aggressive in the roosters, and towards people. They aren't protective.
The last time I messed with a Thai, it was a broody hen and I got pretty bloodied hands.
They're also VERY good moms.
Rhode Island Reds are only on occasion aggressive in the roosters, and towards people. They aren't protective.
The last time I messed with a Thai, it was a broody hen and I got pretty bloodied hands.
Believe it or not - both times that we have had Easter Egger Roos - they have been almost overly aggressive. Both times they have lived through coop doors being left open accidentally and so forth. We actually gave the first one away because he was so mean when we came into the pen - only to have our other two roosters (A huge RIR and a Cuckoo - Maran) die from predators. Now we have a beautiful EE roo again and; although he too is annoyingly protective - at least we know the hens are in good "hands"!
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Thank you. I think it'll be hard to find Easter Eggers here. I haven't found any breeders. Wish I still lived in the US, much easier to order chicks. Only breeder I found here in Brazil that sells a wide range of breeds is a 10 hour drive from me :\\
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