I would not add another rooster to your flock. What very likely would happen is, you will have one dominant male who may or may not be human-aggressive, and one not dominant male (who may or may not be human aggressive). They will fight each other to see who will be top dog, and these fights could get bloody and nasty. (How old is your daughter? Would she be traumatized by that?) How many hens do you have? With 2 roosters if you have less than 20 or so birds, your hens may become stressed by the attentions of the roosters. Overmating, and constant chasing. Again, depending on the age of your daughter, if it were my flock, I MIGHT give the rooster a chance, culling at the first inkling of aggression. If you're not comfortable with that, get rid of the rooster right away.We had a mean rooster - got more and more aggressive no matter what we did - and our daughter hand raised him, held him, hand fed him, he was so good but just flipped the switch one day. well finally he attacked her and left her a bloody mess literally, she has scars, he got lead poisoning that night.
We just got a new flock, as all our old chickens stopped laying and we gave them away. - we tried to get all hens but ended up with one cock.my friend said if we got another rooster that would ensure they'd only worry about each other and not us or our children.
Anyone else have experience with this? because if this isn't full proof he's going.
ETA - I don't know that there is any fool proof way to keep a rooster from being aggressive, if that's his nature.
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