Ok! I’ll post more photos later this week or next weekend. I’m trying to get some good guesses early because I can’t keep all of them and I want to work on taming the ones I will probably be able to keep.
I'd go with MysteryChicken's picks, then. Really not a great idea to tame cockerels because tamed ones tend to become human aggressive.
So which ones where you thinking where cockerels?
Thats not true ive had cockerels barely handled be mean aswell
Alright, I’ll work on taming those 4! So far I’ve been trying to hold all of them and make sure they come up to my hands for treats. Do tamed cockerels tend to be human aggressive because they get protective of their humans or is it because they see humans as equals to compete against?
It can happen to any of them but tends to happen more with tamed ones. They lose that respectful distance between owner and keeper and are unafraid.
Definitely #7 and #6. 7 has huge feet and is not as flighty as the others. He stares me down and loves to jump on my shoulders. 6 is similar but a bit shyer. But the large feet and comb and the way he actually pulls on my freckles instead of just pecking them gives me rooster vibes, lol
It's because they see the humans as a threat to their females. If a single cockerel is kept alone he usually won't turn aggressive.
Well, that makes sense! I’m not keeping the roosters anyways, but I don’t want them to be mean to the people I give them to. I’m hoping that a few more could turn out to be girls because I’d like some hens for my grandparents! We have kind of a policy that they want chickens so they’ll take all the extras from us (we’re only keeping 3) with the promise that we’ll rehome/process/sell any extra roosters for them.
