Best Rooster Breeds

[cubalaya]

one of these

 

[Rm chickens]

I'm on my second French Black Copper Marans and both were great protectors and never aggressive towards me or anyone. I have 4 small children and they've never acted aggressive towards them either. And it's also nice to breed that dark egg gene into other breeds to create new ones. Especially the olive eggers

 

[Rm chickens]

 

[Terri Cooper]

There's really no answer, some breeds are higher strung, some are calmer but almost all behavior is learned from: poor handling and training/good handling and training, a roo raised around older hens or one raised with hens his age will typically be more respectful to his women than a roo raised in the same batch as the hens. Protectiveness is up to individual rooster. Everything is up to the individual rooster. I know people with Teddy bear game breeds and others with jerkwad silkies or orpingtons
Another Barred Rock could be the best thing ever. You never know.

I would love to know the best way to train/ handle a rooster.

 

[Jerisflock]

That's true, I did handle my Barred rooster a lot as a chick. He was very tame and sat on my shoulder a lot but he completely changed when he got bigger. He was my first batch of chicks, so I know I can't really say Barred Rock roosters are always bad, but to be honest with myself I really just want a large variety of chickens. LOL.

I'm new to this, but I sure didn't come out good on raising my roosters from day old chicks. I had 2, a Black Australorp and a Barred Rock. No matter how much I tried, neither ever liked being handled. As they grew I noticed the Barred Rock becoming the dominant one and being very protective of the girls. I saw them tussle a few times, but nothing serious. When they reached 6 months old, the Black Australorp began silently attacking me...meaning he attacked without warning. We had to butcher him because he attacked me 3 times within about 5 days and each attack was higher on my body and more forceful. It broke my heart, but I felt I had no choice. My Barred Rock warns me first by chasing after me as I walk away, and 2 times he has bumped me. He did take after my husband and found out that was a bad plan when he got clobbered in the head! Now he keeps his distance. He's quite the gentleman with the girls and watches over them faithfully. We've discovered that fast movement is what seems to set him off, so we move slowly around him. I also always talk to him and call him by name when I'm near him. I'm hoping he behaves because for now he's really great with the girls and takes great care of them. I wish you good luck finding and raising a gentleman rooster. I hope one day to have one that loves me and his girls!

 

[Tonyroo]

Large breed rooster behavior are genetic driven. I've seen these with my 5 batch of hatches, each one containing 1 to 4 cockerels. I let them grow up to adults or tried too till a predator kills them.

I have made daily observations of there progression and behavior and my conclusion is that they all resembled there father.

There father is gentle and protective of his hens. And also pet-able and calm around me.

His sons all had that temperament.