Crockpot is not yet an evil attack rooster. He has come after me before, but only when reaching into a small pen for him. When he is loose he is wary and keeping an eye on me, but does not attack me.
YET.
He is also only 12-13 weeks old. doesn't he seem well developed for that age? To me he looks like he should be 6 months or something? But I have had him since about 1 week old, so I know his age is correct.
My giant rooster does try to break up fights with the girls.......he also shoves them out of the way to get to the food and does not seem very protective. Since he is a little younger and such a slow maturing breed (jersey giant), I am giving him some time to see if he gets more protective as he matures. He is about 10-11 weeks old and has not yet even crowed. Crockpot has been crowing since about 5 weeks. I don't NEED a rooster, so if my Giant rooster is not overly protective, that would be okay too, I guess. I just figure if I have a good protective one, I would be able to let them out in the yard to free range when I am not home.
I have no qualms about whacking Crockpot with a baseball bat (padded or otherwise, ha ha ha) if he is a big jerk. I don't have any kids and neither do my neighbors and he will either be kept in a secure pen or fenced yard, so I am not too worried about him being an angry rooster to people, as long as he is not trying to ATTACK me whenever I am home and near by.
To give you an idea of his current temperament.....I have now started just letting him out of the outside pen at night....I grab his lady and walk to the garage and he usually follows me. Once he is in the garage and next to his shed, I pick him up and put him away for the night. If he is going in the wrong direction, I can try to herd him the right way but if I reach for him he runs away from me. If I get him cornered and reach for him he will either try to go through me or come at me. I usually just walk around and try to point him in the right direction. In the mornings, I usually get his lady out of his pen and then grab him......that is difficult to do and usually as I reach for him he darts away and I have to basically grab him by his tail feathers (which points him in the right direction) with one hand pin down his body....then pick him up.
EVIL ROOSTER