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The rooster has finally earned his respect and has even started crowing in the early morning. He’s too afraid to be fed from my hand, let anyone pet him, or be picked up. I’ll gladly take suggestions on how to befriend him, if that’s even possible.

Yes he finally has started up with the crowing!

A haha that’s awesome! Mine is still terrified of everyone. He’s too scared to even come eat from my hand. I’m really not sure how to change that.

I was able to catch the guy for a photo shoot. He took it well.

Thanks! Honestly at this point I have a new rooster so whimpy I’m afraid to leave him pinned up with the other hens. They’re very mean to him and he’s not even attempting to challenge their behavior. He’s definitely not shown an ounce of aggression towards us. I just hope they don’t literally...

Thanks everyone for the advice. I’ve gotten varying advice as expected but I’ve tried to balance it out and apply everything I’ve been told. Things are going great!

Thanks for the tip!

I can tell you he’s much different from the last rooster. He’s always the first to roost and the last to get off the roost. He keeps his distance from most of the hens because they kick his butt. I’m sure he will be a completely different rooster in a few weeks but as long as he doesn’t start...

Makes sense. Like playing the lottery lol

That’s good to hear! I know roosters will be roosters, I just want one that’s not going to go out of his way to beat me up for trying to collect eggs. So far this new rooster seems very gentle. He’s a Salmon Faverolle. He’s already breeding one of the hens but I’ve never heard him crow once.

Makes perfect sense! Unfortunately these YouTube children farmers lead you to believe that the more you handle your birds the friendlier they’ll be. Not necessarily 🤷🏻‍♂️. Thanks for the advice!

Thanks. You’re the second person I’ve heard this from. I hate to have a rooster that always shys away from me like he’s scared but he was raised with almost no human interaction and it’s probably best to just let him be the way he’s going to be. At least we can go get eggs without 3 layers of PPE 😂

It started when he hit puberty (around 24 weeks) over the course of the next three to four weeks his behavior got progressively worse.

I recently just sent my 7 month old Buff Orpington Rooster to a new home. He was attacking my kids, wife, even me. The funny thing is A.) Buff Orpingtons are supposed to be docile B.) I raised this rooster up from the day he hatched C.) He was very friendly right up until he got mean. This...

I’m new here but I’m already finding tons of useful advice. Look forward to chatting chickens!