Leghorn roosters - can they be nice?

[Petra Pancake]

So I'm planning on getting a few Leghorns to enlarge my mixed flock. In principle I want hens but as my two Bantam roosters died this summer, I'm toying with the idea of getting a Leghorn rooster as well at the same time. But I read that they are often quite aggressive. True?

Anyone out there with good or bad experiences with Leghorn roosters?

My main reason for getting a roo would be small scale breeding. He would be confined in a run but I don't want to get a monster that attacks me every time I have to go in. (My Bantam roos never attacked me).

 

[The Moonshiner]

Its going to depend more on the individual rooster and how it was raised then the breed imo.
I have 27 leghorn roosters and have no trouble with any of them. Actually never had a bad leghorn rooster.
The two worse roosters I've had were a lavender Orpington and a buff brahma. Neither were raised here so I don't know what their background was but those two breeds are supposedly docile breeds.

 

[rjohns39]

Its going to depend more on the individual rooster and how it was raised then the breed imo.
I have 27 leghorn roosters and have no trouble with any of them. Actually never had a bad leghorn rooster.
The two worse roosters I've had were a lavender Orpington and a buff brahma. Neither were raised here so I don't know what their background was but those two breeds are supposedly docile breeds.

I tend to agree with moonshiner... My IL roos have all been pretty good... My dels on the other hand can be challenging--but at my place, bad roo's go to freezer camp.

 

[Chickassan]

Yeah they can be nice, but you know nasty or nice has little to do with breed.Got to think about the fact that even nice roosters can have a change of personality when confined.

 

[Peeps61]

I have two roosters that are mixed. I is a leghorn (hen's side) and polish (rooster's side) mix. The other is the former rooster's son and the hen was a brahma, so he's quite large, but has primarily leghorn coloring. Both were raised with a hands off approach and are not human aggressive. They are not full leghorn roosters, though.

 

[Mrs. K]

With any rooster plans, one should include a sharp knife, some work, and some don't.