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My roo has been ok, mostly. He's never flogged me, but has rushed my feet and pecked at them. I tried the "Holding him down" thing and that helped for maybe a week. What has helped the best is to have a big stick that I take in with me. It's about 35-40" long, and I can use it to push him back...

I've been doing that with dry food at daybreak too. Everyone has stuff to scratch around and find, and everyone gets to eat first thing.

I do "snack time" in the afternoon. It's usually their food wetted into a mash. Since I've integrated the pullets with the hens and rooster, I've scattered it by the spoonful in lots of places in the run. Then the pullets can get some without getting too close to the hens (especially the bottom...