Hello there ,Ed, and welcome to Backyard chickens! I hope you enjoy it here, and make yourself at home! I started a thread on winter chicken keeping, if you want to check in out. You might find some useful advice there. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...ks-for-coping-the-elements-with-your-chickens. Also, Barred Rock rooster cape and hackle feathers will get $$$ in the Fly Fishing industry. You might like to read up on that. I hope you are able to figure out something to do with the mean guy. My little sister has been attacked by a mean rooster twice (not mine) and it has been very serious, nothing to play around with.