cockerel hates hens?

[Diveks]

First off, he needs to be housed in a see but not touch environment with the flock you intend to integrate him with. Chickens do NOT like strangers. Strangers are danger. Strangers must die! That is a chicken's mentality.
He doesn't sound like a bad cockerel at all. It sounds like you tossed him in to the wolves and he was forced to prove himself to ensure his survival. His reaction to being freshly introduced to a new flock, that sees him as a threat, was to PROVE his dominance; and he did so without drawing blood. What a good boy he is!
Reintroduce him in a month, after having lived in a see but don't touch environment; if he's still a raging hormone just looking for a fight, separate him for another month and repeat the process until he's about 8 or 9 months old.
Be aware, that chicken mating LOOKS like fighting too. He'll hop on top of the pullet/hen, grab her by the back of the head or neck by her feathers, wiggle his feet (and spurs) up under her wings (a chance of unintentionally hurting the female), and hang on for dear life. This typically is a wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am affair. By human standards, it looks rough and harmful. By chicken standards, not so much.

I did that for a while as they were pecking eachother through the fence they stopped even caring after a while and when i let them go the cock faught with the oldest hen for about 3 seconds before stopping. I will re seperate them then. i have had a lot of young roos and older ones none of them acted like this to hens though, some to humans or other roos though. I got rid of all the chickens except for 2 a while back though. even the old hen is scared of him and she was a pretty dominant hen even holding her own to older roos.

An immature cockerel will force his way into the pecking order, but the hens/pullets have the job of making sure he meets the requirements of a good rooster/cockerel by giving them treats, showing them the nesting boxes, etc. All while being nice.

I see, he does do the clucking for food although only to people not the hens that might change though. not sure if this was because he had never met a chicken in his life for the first 3 months of his life and was imprinted to a human.

 

[Birdsonghill]

Hand raised roosters as pets are fun. But, often the spoiled boy does not know how to act when with other chickens. Aart is on the right track. However, you may never be able to change his attitude to the hens. I like trying to separate them again, for a few months, where they are in adjoining runs and trying again, later. It may be, he and the girls need growing up a bit. He may be too rough for your older hen as well and never change his bad attitude towards girls. Introducing different ages, mixing different flocks of the same age and new roosters anytime, is tricky and sometimes does not work well! I had a pet rooster as a very young boy, named Henry. I loved him and he was a good pet. He never was any good at being a rooster for the girls, he never mated, just occasionally attacked a hen till submission(never injured a hen) and he was raised with them! We made him his own coop(my mother loved him too), but free ranged them all, fairly OK. I think he bonded to people and was a natural eunuch. Good luck with your pet rooster! Btw, Henry liked to stand on my father's giant snapping turtles back. One day, his first year, he was drowned and my mother did artificial respiration and warmed the bird in the gas oven with the pilot light on! Henry lived for 12 years and died in his coop one night.

 

[Diveks]

Hand raised roosters as pets are fun. But, often the spoiled boy does not know how to act when with other chickens. Aart is on the right track. However, you may never be able to change his attitude to the hens. I like trying to separate them again, for a few months, where they are in adjoining runs and trying again, later. It may be, he and the girls need growing up a bit. He may be too rough for your older hen as well and never change his bad attitude towards girls. Introducing different ages, mixing different flocks of the same age and new roosters anytime, is tricky and sometimes does not work well! I had a pet rooster as a very young boy, named Henry. I loved him and he was a good pet. He never was any good at being a rooster for the girls, he never mated, just occasionally attacked a hen till submission(never injured a hen) and he was raised with them! We made him his own coop(my mother loved him too), but free ranged them all, fairly OK. I think he bonded to people and was a natural eunuch. Good luck with your pet rooster! Btw, Henry liked to stand on my father's giant snapping turtles back. One day, his first year, he was drowned and my mother did artificial respiration and warmed the bird in the gas oven with the pilot light on! Henry lived for 12 years and died in his coop one night.

UPDATE!
3 months later, after 2 months of just caging him beside the coop, everyday i let them out together every morning together, no improvement. he would never mate with them just attacked them for no reason. he would seem peaceful when there is a cage between them but then when i open the door he grabs the back of their neck then pin them. even if the hen submits he will still keep doing it again and again. now when i let them out the hens would stay far away from the rooster. He enjoys human company though, calling for food when people is nearby and he would walk in and just hang in the house if the doors are open rather then be with the hens. he would just sit on people's laps. i might just go without a roo for my hens or maybe raise another rooster ill see later. The hens living in constant fear would be very sad.

 

[Ebony Rose]

He'd be invited FOR dinner if he were my bird.

 

[Diveks]

He'd be invited FOR dinner if he were my bird.

maybe i should try a chicken diaper oh him like my past hens , bet he wont like it at first but he would get a lot more human time in the long run. or maybe i would just need to wipe poop every few mins.

 

[McChooky]

I did that for a while as they were pecking eachother through the fence they stopped even caring after a while and when i let them go the cock faught with the oldest hen for about 3 seconds before stopping. I will re seperate them then. i have had a lot of young roos and older ones none of them acted like this to hens though, some to humans or other roos though. I got rid of all the chickens except for 2 a while back though. even the old hen is scared of him and she was a pretty dominant hen even holding her own to older roos.

I see, he does do the clucking for food although only to people not the hens that might change though. not sure if this was because he had never met a chicken in his life for the first 3 months of his life and was imprinted to a human.

Yes it sounds like he's too immature to be introduced to the hens.

 

[Diveks]

Yes it sounds like he's too immature to be introduced to the hens.

he was 5 months at the the i started this thread hes around 8-9 months now. i had him in a cage beside the flock for 2/3 months and let him out together with them but nothing really improved. the only improvement is that the hens started avoiding him entirely. he does try to call for food but its for humans. when people come over he does nothing but when the hens come over to join him he will attack and chase them away from the food.

 

[Ebony Rose]

You realize that some cockerels and roosters 'trick' a hen into getting close to him by proclaiming that he's located a choice morsel of food, and that she can have it. When she comes to him to eat the offered tidbit, he'll jump on top of her and have his way with her.
It just occurred to me that what you describe could be a feeble attempt at such a maneuver. What you call attack could be a human view of what chickens call mating. Have you had chickens before? If so, have you had a young, inexperienced cockerel with your hens before? (I'm asking to get an idea of how familiar you are with their mating rituals). Incidentally, a mature rooster doesn't necessarily behave in the same way that a young, sexually maturing cock would. The mature rooster has had the benefit of working through this process through trial & error.
If indeed this is an aggressive, mean bird, then by all means... I'd eat him.
But if he's just a clumsy young fella trying to figure out the birds and bees without a mentor, I'd be inclined to continue to give him a chance to gain his confidence and the trust of the hens.

 

[Diveks]

You realize that some cockerels and roosters 'trick' a hen into getting close to him by proclaiming that he's located a choice morsel of food, and that she can have it. When she comes to him to eat the offered tidbit, he'll jump on top of her and have his way with her.
It just occurred to me that what you describe could be a feeble attempt at such a maneuver. What you call attack could be a human view of what chickens call mating. Have you had chickens before? If so, have you had a young, inexperienced cockerel with your hens before? (I'm asking to get an idea of how familiar you are with their mating rituals). Incidentally, a mature rooster doesn't necessarily behave in the same way that a young, sexually maturing cock would. The mature rooster has had the benefit of working through this process through trial & error.
If indeed this is an aggressive, mean bird, then by all means... I'd eat him.
But if he's just a clumsy young fella trying to figure out the birds and bees without a mentor, I'd be inclined to continue to give him a chance to gain his confidence and the trust of the hens.

yes i know they trick them, he uses his spurs on them which worries me. i have raised a lot of roosters before, have never seen this before. just like the way two chickens fight for dominance. The females will squat down or even lay down on their sides from panic sometimes. when they do this he will continue until they finally run away. I don't want to put too much stress on my hens (especially my old hen) is this normal?.

 

[JustAChickenLoverOverHere]

yes i know they trick them, he uses his spurs on them which worries me. i have raised a lot of roosters before, have never seen this before. just like the way two chickens fight for dominance. The females will squat down or even lay down on their sides from panic sometimes. when they do this he will continue until they finally run away. I don't want to put too much stress on my hens (especially my old hen) is this normal?.

He doesn’t seem to be a good rooster. Usually, flocks will have older hens (not too old, maybe three 1-3 year olds) to keep a young cockerel in place.

It doesn’t always work, but it’s how most cockerels learn their place and earn the respect/right to mate the hens in certain flocks.