Best Breed for Rooster

[wild chick]

Is there a list somewhere of chicken breeds that produce good all around roosters? I'm looking for a good roo that will take care of a free range flock but not be aggressive to humans or dogs. We are grown-ups here and can defend ourselves (no children) but now my roo has started running at the dog. We went to great extent to teach the dog that chickens were not to ever be bothered and she will lay down among them and never chases or even looks at them. I don't want the rooster to challenge that behavior or make her think it's a game. Everyone free ranges here on 5+ well fenced acres, including the dog.

 

[Kiki]

All roosters CAN be "mean" to humans.
You can work daily with any breed of rooster to train him to respect his humans.

 

[Poultrybreeder]

Cochins are generally good roosters

 

[chickens really]

Brahma....Docile breed of Chicken

 

[wild chick]

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll read up on them. @KikisGirls I do understand that any rooster of any given breed can be human aggressive, but surely there are some breeds that are known to be better than others? We have been working with this roo for several months now (He's 14 months). He is fine for a while then makes a run at you when your back is turned. We are retired and all over the property all day. He never "gets away" with anything. If he comes after one of us, we go after him so he never thinks he got the best of us. It just gets tiresome to have to watch your back all the time. Now twice he's raised his hackles and run at the dog. Since we trained the dog to never touch the chickens I'm afraid that might make Blue Roo bolder when she (the dog) runs off. I've read a million forums here on bad roos and he's not the worst by any means and we had decided that for our free-range situation we could deal with his occasional aggressiveness. But now running at the dog is a new thing and I'm just about out of excuses why to keep him around.

 

[Nupe]

I tried raising a SLW and a Welsummer roo when I first put my flock together. Neither worked well. My experience is when they start aggressive behavior it is near impossible to get them to stop. What worked for me was a year old mutt chicken given to me by the owner of my local feed store. Someone gave it to him and he let his own hens thump some manners into him for a while. The roo was about a year old when I got him and has been a perfect gentleman and a great flock keeper.