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I don't like man haters and I won't breed a male that is mean to hens, but if he's just a bully to other males it's often a sign that he'll be very protective and virile. That's something I'll often put up with for at least one generation of If need him for some reason.

I'd pull your last male out of the pen and use him for one generation. Hatch enough that you can replace him with a son. Maybe you won't have to put up with him too long. I've kept a mean one in a separate 4x4 pen and taken the hen for conjugal visits until I could replace him.

Like other autosexing and semi-autosexing traits THESE HAVE TO BE BRED AND SELECTED FOR. Even legbars lose their reliability in autosexing if you don't cull ambiguous marked chicks and most lines of these other breeds haven't been selected for this trait in many, many generations. Barred Rocks...