Aggressive Breeding

[chickenenthusiasts5698]

I’ve never had good luck with gentle easter egger roosters I had 3. The first picture is the father the other 2 his sons (I know traits can be genetic) but all 3 went to new homes I had 1 rooster 18 hens in my flock and i’d constantly have to separate due to feather loss. None of my other breeds of roosters have done this.

 

[aart]

Another question, I read that putting Pine Tar on the back of the hens necks can help with the aggressiveness. Something about how it tastes bad to the rooster and he lets go. Does that work?

I would not count on it.
I would separate the male...maybe add him back in later.
Any cock/erel that bloodied a female would be soup here.

 

[Folly's place]

He'd be dinner here too. Actually injuring a hen or pullet is not acceptable, IMO.
Mary

 

[Ridgerunner]

If he will be one in May/June he is not almost a year old, he is still a young immature cockerel. There is a pretty good chance he will grow out of it. I'd either separate him for a while and give him a chance to grow up or put him with a few others to see how he behaves.

 

[DotTheHen]

I will separate him and see how he progresses. Thanks everyone for the help. I don’t want to send him away or cull him, so that will not be an option for him. If it happens to be that he can’t live with the ladies, I want him to have a quality of life while he’s there.