For me my best most docile rooster is my brown/red cochin boy. He is very sweet with the hens and when he mates with them he does it without grabbing them at the back of their neck/heads. When they are out free ranging he is always on the lookout for predators. The other day I was washing dishes and looking out the kitchen window, I saw a HUGE hawk circling above the neighbors house. I ran outside to see where my flock had gone and between him and my mutt roo they had those girls hidden sooo well even I had trouble finding them. I have had him for 3 years now, raised him since he was 1 week old.