If he is acting like he wants to be your friend- I say this is a good thing. I would actually cultivate this relationship and give him the love he wants to give you- We have bred many thousands of birds over the years, at least 500+ a year, and always kept hundreds of males of different breeds...
Offering one, 1 YO cock bird (and a brother), two, 1 YO hens, 16 pullets (born April-June, many pullets laying) 3 additional cockerel sons, any additional little ones, any eggs, etc. Lots of potential!
These birds are all sweet, all mostly extremely friendly, affectionate, people loving birds...
We have been breeding our hatchery RIR for 4 years, choosing the hens with the best laying abilities, and solid bodies with the best type. Even though these are not heritage birds, for ex- hatchery birds, these are a good looking bunch of birds that lay extremely well, and have AMAZING, friendly...
We breed our lines toward being SOP correct, and toward large- X-large, dark eggs. Our birds are large sized with feathered shanks. Egg production has been great, and type and color of males and females, especially nice. Many people who have purchased our birds have placed well at shows with...
I believe your cockerel looks good. He's wide, deep, long backed, and from what I can tell, his type looks nice (tail is about right too.). Good color balance, shank color and shank feathering.
As a note, he does have a thick saddle area- makes kind of a hump right before his tail IMO, plus...
I looked at your pullet photo with the eye issue- I'm not a vet, but, don't cull yet... it does not look like Merricks, IMO. Her eyes are still changing color and may completely get rid of the dark areas when they change to bay at POL.
She may also have "Dirty" eyes, (Melanotic spots) of...
We have some really nice birds and eggs this year for sale. Bev Davis X Wade Jeanne lines. We breed toward the SOP, and toward large, dark eggs. The birds are docile (usually very friendly) smart & non-aggressive- they get along very well in mixed flocks with bantams and other LF breeds...