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I will really have to approach bringing others near very differently. He's still young and I bet he needs room to get used to what his impulses tell him to do. By myself, I go in and they all run to me and eat out of my hands, even he does when the hens do. I'm also thinking that this is the...

What was wrong about it? What shouldn't people do infront of them? There's no way I'm gonna get rid of him, he's just so nice to us. Eats from my hand all of the time. This was the only time it ever happened.

That's interesting. He HAS been making a big deal about picking food up and telling the hens that he found it for them. And then just putting it back on the ground for them.

I hope so. He didn't puff up his neck feathers like i have seen him do when they run around and puff up at each other. I'm gonna give him the benefit of the doubt this time and make a plan just in case...

This is the first time he's done this. He's still pretty young. Other than this, he's very friendly. He still lets us pick him up and closes his eyes when we do. Maybe, as someone said, it's because of the hawk attack the other day?

They all act differently now since that hawk attack. It was their first experience with a predator. How do you nip that behavior in the bud? Is it how people are introduced to him?

I could separate him if there are visitors, if that helps. I'm not gonna kill him, he helps protect the hens. He was ready to attack a hawk that dive bombed the other day. Just wonder if there's a way to show that someone isn't a threat.

I had friends up today and introduced them to my chickens. My rooster wouldn't stop crowing at one of my friends, the woman in the video. Then looks like he's running at her. What's that about? Was she a threat? It was only her, and she had just finished giving them treats. Was he into her...