Barred Rock Rooster Behavior

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snuffy47

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Hello All

We have 6 hens and 2 roosters all Barred Rock which we have raise from little guys and gals

They are about 1year old and laying nicely but we are starting to have some trouble with the rooster being aggressive.

Currently still trying to figure out if it is just one of both but my wife and kids have had a few run ins in the last month.

I thought that Rocks were normally good natured birds?

Any help with this would appreciated. Thinking if I can confirm the primary offender I may split them up and put one rooster in a separate house.

They do get to free range in the day time
 
oh no! I love my barred rock- she's a real sweetheart and comes barrelling over to me whenever I go outside. We can't keep roosters, though, :-(
the neighbors don't approve!
Hope things work out!
 
Its very concerning the wife had a problem today involving a stick with one of them and is kinda upset

Went in the hen house to close them up for the night and no troubles with them on the roost. Pick each one off the roost and held tme under my arms and gave each a pet and no troubles

Cannt hide the fact that there are problems though.
 
Barred rocks are one of the most aggressive breeds in the world! Or at least, the roosters are.
 
I had a barred rock rooster and he alternated between being the hugest aggressive jerk ever, and being super docile and a total lump. he was aggressive MOST of the time though, much more so than my RIR rooster I had before him. it worked out well for us up until he got carried off by something big, cause we have a bunch of hawks around here and he would rough em up if they ever tried to dive at a hen. i found a stunned and beaten hawk IN the coop once. it was fine, but it got out as fast as it could once it realized it wasn't dead.

edit: my two barred rock hens are really sweet though. one is more social than the other but they're both pleasant and friendly birds. the fattest one is the most social of the whole flock.
 
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[/IMG] barred rock rooster and hen I tried to take the pic with them together but they wouldn't stop moving they are both about 4-5 months old the rooster is named battlefield destroyer and the hen is named is dinner
 
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[/IMG] barred rock rooster and hen I tried to take the pic with them together but they wouldn't stop moving they are both about 4-5 months old the rooster is named battlefield destroyer and the hen is named is dinner
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This is very interesting information. I thought the Barred Plymouth Rock Roosters were supposes to be way more docile than other Roosters...we shall see.

I currently have 17 chickens. We had 18 chickens a month ago but the oldest Rooster (I think he was a Amber Star) was very mean and agressive. Now I have 2 Plymouth Rock Roosters that are very friendly...they are only about 13 weeks old though. I plan to separate the two Rooster's soon because they are starting to fight each other a little now. They are really pretty Roosters, any thoughts from the Chicken veterans out there on how I should handle them? Are they destined for the dinner plate?
 
This is very interesting information. I thought the Barred Plymouth Rock Roosters were supposes to be way more docile than other Roosters...we shall see.

I currently have 17 chickens. We had 18 chickens a month ago but the oldest Rooster (I think he was a Amber Star) was very mean and agressive. Now I have 2 Plymouth Rock Roosters that are very friendly...they are only about 13 weeks old though. I plan to separate the two Rooster's soon because they are starting to fight each other a little now. They are really pretty Roosters, any thoughts from the Chicken veterans out there on how I should handle them? Are they destined for the dinner plate?
 

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