Are your roos mean or nice?

[PioneerPrincess]

We had three roosters: Black Copper Maran, White Plymouth Rock, and Buff Minorca. Two of them are really nice and are fine with being held. We are keeping them because they watch out for any predators. The Rock, however, was really mean and even drew blood a couple of times. He became tortilla soup. All of them were hand raised. I think it just depends on the rooster.

 

[canada-goose]

I love my rooster Lord Firestar. He's silly but he has a kind heart. He loves to sing and dance.

 

[chicks4kids]

My boy is super sweet to me--he's getting along much better with my husband now that he (DH) has stopped crowing at him....

Coda is so sweet that he'll find a bug or worm and call his girls to come and get it. I have 17 girls to my 1 Coda...

 

[Stephanie-n-Hayden]

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Shoot - have an adopted RIR hen who is meaner than a one-eyed snake! I have tried everything to gain her trust and she just hates me! I have never really understood how the chicken is the most closey related to the dinosaur - until owning her. I can see the Raptor in her!

 

[redhen]

I have 4 roos.. and all but one is nice. If course the fresh one is the one that i reeeally liked.

He's a rumpless Araucana and the smallest of all the roos..
Hes so cute though i dont want to get rid of him...

 

[savingdogs]

Well we have just one roo, a BO, to our 18 pullets. He is a spring chicken as well. I think he is basicaly pretty nice, but he is somewhat of a rapist! I'm not sure my females think he is so great all the time.

He does seem to want to defend his flock. I had to laugh at him the other day however, I opened up a door facing the chicken pen to take a dog blanket out to shake it off. I didn't think about the reaction of my chickens. Well the roo thought the scary blanket was coming to take them all away and chased his whole flock inside the coop and then ran back and forth across the pen, crowing his fool head off. I could barely get the thing back in the house without setting him off.

 

[cnj-tx50]

We have a very sweet gentleman Roo, Joe. He's a big Americanna mix (very big). He never cares who's around and only seems to get a little upset when I'm cleaning the coop and one of his girls wants to lay. He will ask me to leave then guard the door for her!! My 6 year old granddaughter just loves him and give him treats which he takes ever so gentle from her little hand. It is so cute!!!

 

[vnploveschickens]

My Herman is a brown leghorn, just 1 year old. He has bruised me a couple of times. But I think I've put him in his place by netting him then holding him down a few times.

He is really super with the 6 ladies. He's very good free-ranging, but getting back in the coop before its too dark. He loves his treats, but waits till the ladies get their share.

 

[michickenwrangler]

Our boy is nice, our 5 yr old daughter can go into the run and he just ignores her

 

[Robin'sBrood]

I'm down to one roo now, my cockerel went to his new home yesterday. I've had Lacey for a year and a half and he has always been a pretty good boy. He's a lover, not a fighter.