First rooster, need advice.

[dianefbarfield]

Oh, you gotta post pics!

 

[dianefbarfield]

I'll get better pics

 

[3KillerBs]

I like having a nice, polite rooster around and have zero tolerance for a mean one.

I actually enjoy the crowing and I like seeing the flock interacting as well as having the opportunity to hatch my own chicks.

Is he a Dark Brahma?

While there are never any guarantees with live animals, Brahma roosters have a great reputation for being laid back and non-aggressive. My in-town rooster was a Light Brahma and he had the loveliest crow -- deep-toned and pleasant on the ear.

 

[Aunt Angus]

Gurrrrrllllll......!!!!!

 

[Aunt Angus]

I like having a nice, polite rooster around and have zero tolerance for a mean one.

I actually enjoy the crowing and I like seeing the flock interacting as well as having the opportunity to hatch my own chicks.

Is he a Dark Brahma?

While there are never any guarantees with live animals, Brahma roosters have a great reputation for being laid back and non-aggressive. My in-town rooster was a Light Brahma and he had the loveliest crow -- deep-toned and pleasant on the ear.

If I'd not ended up with accidental males, I would have opted for a Brahma.

 

[3KillerBs]

If I'd not ended up with accidental males, I would have opted for a Brahma.

A Brahma doesn't suit my breeding purposes, but I love them.

 

[dianefbarfield]

I like having a nice, polite rooster around and have zero tolerance for a mean one.

I actually enjoy the crowing and I like seeing the flock interacting as well as having the opportunity to hatch my own chicks.

Is he a Dark Brahma?

While there are never any guarantees with live animals, Brahma roosters have a great reputation for being laid back and non-aggressive. My in-town rooster was a Light Brahma and he had the loveliest crow -- deep-toned and pleasant on the ear.

I guess I am so inexperienced with chickens. I love my girls. Roo is trying to mate with all of them. Only one tolerates it. The girls have gotten picky with each other since he started displaying male behavior..is that normal and will it settle down?

 

[dianefbarfield]

I like having a nice, polite rooster around and have zero tolerance for a mean one.

I actually enjoy the crowing and I like seeing the flock interacting as well as having the opportunity to hatch my own chicks.

Is he a Dark Brahma?

While there are never any guarantees with live animals, Brahma roosters have a great reputation for being laid back and non-aggressive. My in-town rooster was a Light Brahma and he had the loveliest crow -- deep-toned and pleasant on the ear.

Do I need different feed for a rooster? Separate coop? I am so ignorant. I studied for months before getting chickens but it has been a steep learning curve.

 

[FunClucks]

Do I need different feed for a rooster? Separate coop? I am so ignorant. I studied for months before getting chickens but it has been a steep learning curve.

Many folks with a rooster feed an All Flock or Flockraiser feed, and provide separate bins for grit and oystershell, all free choice. That way the laying hens can get their needed calcium and the rooster (and any future chicks) can avoid it.

 

[3KillerBs]

I guess I am so inexperienced with chickens. I love my girls. Roo is trying to mate with all of them. Only one tolerates it. The girls have gotten picky with each other since he started displaying male behavior..is that normal and will it settle down?

Hormonal teen girls shake up their pecking order a great deal at Point-of-Lay with or without a cockerel.

Right now the mating attempts are probably attempts at dominance rather then breeding. This can look rough, but if there isn't blood it's probably OK.

Some roosters are gentlemen and some are jerks. Time will tell.

Do I need different feed for a rooster? Separate coop? I am so ignorant. I studied for months before getting chickens but it has been a steep learning curve.

Like many people here I feed an all-flock feed with oystershell on the side since I have a mixed flock with various ages and both sexes.

If your boy grows into a gentleman he's an assent and won't need any special housing or anything. If he becomes a jerk toward you or the hens you shouldn't keep him.