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In a large poultry operation, there are a lot of chickens and they are always engaged with themselves, because the struggle for becoming the top roo is never ending. In small backyard settings with just a handful of hens and only a few roo, the roosters have a lot of time to grief the owners...

If he shows agression pick him up, tuck him under your arms until he calms down is the standard advice that I see here. Raising the hackel feathers is the first sign of a rooster agression. Try stopping it their.

Yes, but Silkies are not particularly suited for a free range setting. They cannot perform the watch duty as some other breeds because of their limited visibility.

Seperating the rooster from his harem should bring down his hormones. We often separate roosters in bachelor pens, but we have to do it because we breed chickens. In a backyard settings why would you keep a rooster, if you have to cage him away from the flock? I agree with @Acre4Me that you...

It will affect the pecking order. They will be more vulnerable to predators, specially arial predators.

Agression in cockerels depends both on the individual and breed. Buff Orpingtons are a generally calm breed, however the breed is only half the story. I have some 400 chickens, including many roosters, once in a blue moon a rooster may show agression then I pin him to the ground and rub his beak...

A pressure cooker always works for me.