Best new breeds

[Evan cooley]

I have a golden comet rooster and two roosters in another pen that we think are marans mixed with game roosters the golden comet is aggressive towards me I am going to get two replacements for him what are the best hens for the two roosters and what breeds have the best tempered roosters that can deal with rír hens

 

[sylviethecochin]

So... for two roosters, the standard minimum is at least sixteen hens to prevent overbreeding of the hens, just so you're aware.

I don't understand whether you want to replace your rooster with two hens or two roosters. Or are you just getting more chickens of both sexes?

Hens that are well able to deal with RIRs include Wyandottes, Plymouth Barred Rocks, and Marans. Basically, go for any medium-sized to large breed breed that isn't noted for being a pushover. RIR hens hold their own in a flock, and they can be bullies, so you really don't want pushovers.

Australorp, Brahma and Faverolle roosters are all supposed to be pretty nice, and they're all good-sized so that the hens can't push them around very well. I personally have no experience with any of them. I get breeding roosters based on availability at the local auction and free roosters, so my experience is more with Production reds, leghorns, Barred Rocks, and random EE crosses.

My best rooster ever was a Production red named Chester. The other 9 roosters of that breed we've had have all been omni-aggressive and worthless. Leghorns and Leghorn crosses are pretty consistently good roosters for me--they keep away the invaders, don't tolerate the other roosters' garbage, and keep away from the humans. My current boy, Gordon, is a marvel. Game roosters are best described this way, "when they are good, they are very, very good. When they are bad, they are horrid." Barred rocks are supposed to be pretty evil roosters, but I never noticed much of a personality at all. Easter Eggers tend to be gentle. Pekin roosters are overly hormonal cowards.

A rooster raised around adult roosters is taught his place in the pecking order and is not usually nearly so aggressive as a rooster that was raised with only his age-mates. Which should be good news--you have adult roosters, after all.