aggresive rooster

I’ll try to keep this brief! We got our 11 chicks back in august and got 1 rooster and 10 hens, which is exactly what we wanted. I raised them all by hand and they’ve always been very friendly with me. When we transferred them outside anytime I open the door and come out they run to the edge to...

We have a barred rock rooster that got attacked a week+ ago. He was very sweet when I first brought him in (I thought he was a hen). But these last few days he gets aggressive when I feed him or give him water. He bites my hand and I believe tries to mount it in dominance. When I let him out of...

I have a aggressive rooster. Ever since he was a chick he has starved and bullied the others, even the hens. He also killed a other rooster and almost starved a hen. I have gotten spurred by him, and have had to resort to carrying a broom to scare him off, which doesn't work that well because he...

I'm not sure if I should post this as two questions, but the two are related. I'm sorry to have to ask what may be so glaringly obvious for those that are familiar in this area. This is my first few months of having chickens, we have a fairly young flock all still under a year old, still...

I have 3 bantam roos in their own coop. They've been there for a few months (previously separated from my 11 other chickens) & been doing fine. I hand feed them treats & even a slice of pizza now & then. lol However, lately there is one that has gotten aggressive towards me. Keep in mind, these...

Hi everyone, I got a rooster question. I have a 4 month old lavender Orpington cockerel I’ve added in with my pullets when they were 8 weeks old. As my pullets have gotten older, now 13 weeks, he has became really aggresive with them. He won’t let them eat, he won’t let them in the chicken...

I know there are a lot of threads for aggressive roosters/cocks, so here's my experience thus far with my own and how it seems that I've "fixed" his attitude. Last April I got my starter flock as day old chicks consisting of six females and one male. My endeavor is that these are the start of a...

Is it normal that upon being caught, realizing the game is over, and obediently sitting down a rooster will cause the feathers on the back of his neck to stick out? What does he mean by that- is it a sign of surrender?