Sure. I have “yard birds” and “coop birds”. My coop birds stay in all the time my yard birds stay out all the time. “Yard Manners” I guess is just when someone walks towards them they don't come at them. They still come near me, still, come running. Still, hang out with me. They just have “yard...
My coop Roo and his brother who is a yard bird hate each other. LOL, They can never be together. They fight through the fence so we had to put boards around the bottom of the coop.
I agree. Roos should just be left to do their job. I have 6. We are not who they should be protecting the hens from. We had a 'Io fly over the other night and all my Roos growled and chased the hens away into the brush. Even my cooped Roo sent my coop girls into the egg house. I love my Roos...
All my boys are raised by the flock. I'm not a hug your chicken person (except a couple). “Orphans” have always been raised by the other roo’s. People think roos can't live together but we have many. All my birds are from jungle fowl where I live.