Aggressive Rooster - Best Rooster Breed

[Florida Bullfrog]

What was the source of your jungle fowl? Are they from a hatchery or are they the real deal?

I have a thread about it in the General Breed Discussion subforum. There used to be a kind of Florida backwoods homestead game breed that looked a lot like jungle fowl. It is unknown if they were derivative of Spanish games, American games, or ferals with RJF traits. I grew up with a flock decades ago. I’ve tried to find them again and the closest thing I could find was a flock from a farm in central Florida that was selling them as RJF but at a bargain price. The farm couldn’t or wouldn’t give me a history of the flock.

So the short answer is, I cannot answer whether they’re hatchery or derived from multi-generational Florida stock of the traditional Florida game. They are not pure RJF to the extent they are very tame and do not crow like RJF and do not have an eclipse molt.

 

[Florida Bullfrog]

Two thoughts here. Don't go out there without jeans and boots or shoes, EVER!
And, Raptor (so well named!) is a liability, from a safety standpoint, and as a breeder. Do you really want any of his offspring? Maybe some will be okay, but the way to produce good temperments is to select breeders that have it!
Mary

I only need one rooster to replace him. All of his brothers are fine and the brother I kept with him is the primary breeder to the game hens. He doesn’t allow Raptor near them. I figure that their genetics are so diverse that if one of the offspring turns out to be of the aggressive rooster and not the friendly rooster, there’s a reasonable chance it will be fine.

Besides, I’ve seen it stated on here that hens don’t pass on “bad motherhood” genes to their offspring to any degree that would make a person not want to hatch eggs from such a hen. Seems like human aggression would be the same, that 10 brothers from the same hatch will have different personalities of which only a percentage will be human aggressive, even if they all share a human aggressive father.

 

[Folly's place]

That's true, @Florida Bullfrog , our first rooster was a terrible beast, but the son we kept was fine, and subsequent generations were fine too. Good luck with your breeding plans!
And still, wear jeans and boots, and carry a weapon...
Mary

 

[HeatherKellyB]

I wish that had been my experience! My Cochin bantam rooster was the most aggressive animal I've ever owned - of any species! He was a pompom too, but he had nasty, probably three-inch spurs on each leg. And if he wasn't spurring, he was biting. Not pecking, biting. I did not know chickens could bite until that rooster. This poor little, like, two pound guy was tough. He'd go for your legs and try to get you on the ground so that he could go for your face.

Needless to say, I am very wary now when people say so-and-so is an all-around super docile breed.

EDIT: Since the topic is on friendly roosters, I will add that I have the son of the super aggressive Cochin, and the son isn't that bad at all. He's charged me maybe twice, but ignores me for the most part - which is great, since he's probably eight pounds! My friendliest roosters ever were a pure booted bantam and a roo that's 3/4 d'Uccle, 1/4 booted bantam.

I have a 5 week old Barred Cochin Bantam Cockerel and he is the spawn of Satan! He barely has hackles but he is already standing them up and going into full on flog mode. Last night he actually bit, definitely was not a peck as she had a welt and bruise (plus he is only 5 weeks old). She was picking him up to take him out of the brooder. He has pecked me for trying to pick him up before so I knew he has a nasty attitude. He is small and shaped like a tick (tiny head on a puffy body and feet). He is constantly bumping chest with my silkie cockerel, but the silkie always seems to put him in his place. I was amazed that he is already alerting when he finds treats! Maybe this is normal but he's definitely the youngest cockerel I've seen do this! They teach me something new everyday!

 

[Frazzemrat1]

I loved my araucana rooster, and I've been desperately trying to replace him. He was great with his girls, wouldn't mount w/out permission, always let them feed first... But he also tolerated us. My youngest daughter loves to struggle snuggle the flock. The first time she did after we got him (we got him as a grown adult) I watched him closely, as he watched her closely. He obviously didn't like it, but he tolerated it. He'd never alarm call to a human or my dog, unless we did something unexpected that startled him... but who wouldn't.
I've never heard of an araucana that wasn't like this, and even breeders and araucana owners on here agree with me.

 

[Folly's place]

Nasty cockerels grow into really evil roosters! I hope this bantam Cochin leaves for another world very soon, he won't improve over time.
Mary

 

[ChickenCanoe]

And as small as he may be, he'll taste just like chicken.

 

[EggWalrus]

And as small as he may be, he'll taste just like chicken.

 

[SarahGfa]

Swatting him hasn't deterred him. So this morning I took a cattle prod to him. It didn't zap him hard but it got his attention. I wasn't even sure that I connected with it as he didn't give a dramatic jump like animals normally do. He just decided to run away from it after I poked him with it a few times. Now when he sees me he gives a quiet alarm cackle and he steers clear of me. I can push myself on him and he gives the ground to me instead of standing off with me as he's been doing. So I'm hopeful there's some likelihood this might work. Hopefully he's not as smart as say, a dog, and doesn't learn only to respect me when I'm holding the prod.

I prefer giving him the discomfort of a zap now than culling him later. I'll report if this corrects the problem as time goes by.

@Florida Bullfrog
Did this work? Asking for a friend lol.

 

[Florida Bullfrog]

@Florida Bullfrog
Did this work? Asking for a friend lol.

No. I’m now of the opinion that a human aggressive rooster can’t truly be cured. Its a defect to be culled. I suspect develops from the rooster imprinting on humans as a chick.