Aggressive rooster idea

[Quarterhorses1]

Poor guy, he is lucky he found you! I guess the early tough times gave him a bit of an attitude. We have friends with hens, and a stray turkey tom found it's way to their yard, and adopted the flock. He guards the hens, and sleeps on top of the coop at night (since he is too big to fit in).

Aww! Ours has his own coop to live in with his wife

 

[Frazzled chicken tender]

You could try the seperation method, see if it works.
Usually all my hormonal teenage cockerels, harrass the ladies, or gives the Alpha a hard time, & never target me. They usually get manners smacked into them by the older hens.

The ones that I get occasionally, that attack me, are Human aggressive, which are none curable. My Boy Demon, a Black Sumatra rooster, he's 1yr, & hates my guts. I've tried to fix him while young, but it's in his genetics. Gonna cull him this year, & replace him.


Can you post a picture of him?

Gamefowl are human friendly, those who attack their keeper are called Man Fighters, & are often culled from the bloodline. But I doubt he's a Game breed.

Sure! I've got 2 pics, one as an affectionate youngster...and a couple taken recently. The last one he is how I usually find him, alert and guarding the hens while they rest or eat.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Sure! I've got 2 pics, one as an affectionate youngster...and a couple taken recently. The last one he is how I usually find him, alert and guarding the hens while they rest or eat.

He's a Mystic Onyx which is a Silkie based hybrid Hoovers created.
The Fibromelanistic skin, crest, feathered legs, are all clues.

 

[Frazzled chicken tender]

He's a Mystic Onyx which is a Silkie based hybrid Hoovers created.
The Fibromelanistic skin, crest, feathered legs, are all clues.

Really! I will research that breed. Thank you for the information! He was supposed to be a green queen ee bantam from mypetchicken. I've wondered what his exact origin is. I think i saw another thread on here where someone got females from them of same type, and said they were very fiesty.

 

[Frazzled chicken tender]

My two roosters are segregated from the eighteen hens most of the time. They do see the hens and can talk to them, but it's much more peaceful for all concerned to keep the hens and roos separate. The two roos fight when they have access to the hens, and when they don't the two roos are best friends and do everything together.

When humans, especially men, express concern that keeping a rooster from having access to the hens is going to harm him, they are projecting. Roosters have an elementary drive to fertilize hens, much of it driven and directed by the hens themselves. This drive is nothing like the complex emotions that can drive human males to mate.

You will see that your young man is content and calm in his isolation without hens making demands on his attentions. But do set it up so he can still see and talk to them. He still needs the comfort of being in proximity to his flock.flock

 

[Frazzled chicken tender]

My two roosters are segregated from the eighteen hens most of the time. They do see the hens and can talk to them, but it's much more peaceful for all concerned to keep the hens and roos separate. The two roos fight when they have access to the hens, and when they don't the two roos are best friends and do everything together.

When humans, especially men, express concern that keeping a rooster from having access to the hens is going to harm him, they are projecting. Roosters have an elementary drive to fertilize hens, much of it driven and directed by the hens themselves. This drive is nothing like the complex emotions that can drive human males to mate.

You will see that your young man is content and calm in his isolation without hens making demands on his attentions. But do set it up so he can still see and talk to them. He still needs the comfort of being in proximity to his flock.

Thank you, that is so good to know! I'm so glad you posted as i had originally thought he might be happier not seeing them nearby when he couldn't get to him. So now I feel much better. Now that you mention it, he does seem a bit stressed sometimes trying to manage all 14 hens. When they first started laying i thought he was going to have a nervous breakdown. He would run back and forth in front of the coop, screaming out the egg song along with them. I could tell he was frantic, and didn't know what was going on. Now he doesn't do that, but escorts new layers to the box when they first start, and guards them. My husband saw this and remarked that their lifespan must not be as long as hens due to the stress. As you can tell, we are new to chickens.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Really! I will research that breed. Thank you for the information! He was supposed to be a green queen ee bantam from mypetchicken. I've wondered what his exact origin is. I think i saw another thread on here where someone got females from them of same type, and said they were very fiesty.

That's he appears to be.

 

[Frazzled chicken tender]

That's he appears to be.

What is the temperament of the Mystic Onyx? I'll try to find a better picture of his face.

 

[azygous]

Fourteen hens has to be overwhelming to a youngster. When he does get access again to hens, try just letting two or three out with him at first, and select experienced hens. I think you'll notice he's a lot calmer when he has a manageable number.

 

[MysteryChicken]

What is the temperament of the Mystic Onyx? I'll try to find a better picture of his face.

I've never owned them, so I can't say.