I had those two roos who never attacked, ever, and they were never handled and I never paid attention to how I presented myself to them, always looked right at them too. The one rooster who did attack me regularly was a brown leghorn with no hens who had to be separated out of the flock. Any...
I read the two links you posted, KDOG. Thanks for the info.
I'd like to see the links you were referring to on rooster training, EggSighted, if you could tell me where they are please?
Rooster training as in asserting dominance using a long switch to keep him from mating, tidbitting, eating, etc when I'm around. I read that aggressive rooster thread, posts 18 and 25, I believe. Yes, I've done some research on that. But links, no. Where were they? Thanks for the info, I didn't...
That's exactly what I'm doing. I got 4 NHR and 2 BSL pretty sure all cockerels. Plan to let them grow and see which I like best and eat the rest. Whoever I choose has to be good to the hens and not human aggressive. I hope it works out the way I want it to.
I had a barred rock and a rir roo I was quite impressed with. The crowing wasn't too obnoxious. They minded the hens and didn't attack me which is about all I can ask for from a rooster.