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Trying to save his butt, chickens are prey, they escape. If you were expecting him to stay and fight off the hawk, it is not going to happen. A rooster's job is to be aware. He should be the first to notice you, when you come. Hens are always head down, looking at the ground right in front of...

Looks good so far.

What I have found, is a mature rooster changes the dynamics of the flock and their relationship with me. With a mature rooster - they look to him, and no longer look to me. I am not saying that they don't come running when I bring feed, but they tend to listen to him more than me. However, I...

It is a bit hard on that pullet. I too, might separate him. How is her standing with the others? Are these two the only ones that are 16.5 weeks? I am going to say, that his watching you is not a good sign. I think he is beginning to size you up. He will be sizing up the hens too, trying to...

Depression will not be caused by not being chased and forced to submit. Get rid of the rooster you don't like, and you will be much happier. No human is going to live with chickens 24 hours a day in a coop. How they act when you are not there is not going to be influenced by when you are there...

Lbrown - I second the looking locally for a grown rooster. What you want, is a rooster that has grown up in a multi-generational flock, that is so nice, that he was kept as a spare. That is as close to a year old rooster as you can get. If they have also done a bit of free ranging, he probably...

I have had chickens for years. I rather like a crow... AT A DISTANCE. A great distance! I would not want a rooster outside my bedroom window. Some roosters have more pleasing crows than others. But crows are a noise that is meant to be carried on the air, and does. Some people use the thing...

I think you are aware, and that is probably the most important thing. People come here all the time, just sure, that if they just raise the rooster right, if they act just so, if the nip this behavior then he will be wonderful. AND people come on here, like me, saying well I did this or that...

Many inexperienced people vastly underestimate the violence of rooster fighting or a rooster attack. What you really need is a PLAN B, set up and ready to go. You need a chicken hook or a fish net, so that you can separate fighting birds, and put one somewhere else that is ready to go. I would...

bhawk23 - You are correct, I reread the post, and I AM referring to the rooster that attacked and knocked her glasses off.

I would expect the rooster of the op to be come more and more violent, and there is a good chance he will eventually attack even your husband. Generally they attack children first, then women, and then men. I am more of the camp, of hands off, and I have had much better luck raising roosters in...