Help! Aggressive rooster or just dominant?

[Howdidthishappen]

I recently was literally handed a pair of buff orpingtons from my neighbors, they said they wanted smaller breeds and asked if I would take them. I set them up for quarantine, and the roo was immediately mounting and ripping feathers out of the hens neck. She seems in distress and even when he’s not mounted he is coming at her neck and head and constantly bothering her. I have them separated now but she seems bothered by that too. If he approaches her fenced in area she immediately lies down, head to the side, shaking. I can’t tell if she’s wanting him to mount, or if this is a fear response as she seems very stressed. Help!
I really don’t need another rooster for my flock anyway, but if this is “typical” dominant behavior I would like to save him from my husband who says he’s freezer bound if he doesn’t have another home tomorrow, and at least try to find him a home. But if his is just aggression I would hate to pass him onto he someone else’s problem.

 

[nuthatched]

That is not good rooster behavior, I'd get rid of him.

 

[Folly's place]

He might be a young idiot, or an adult jerk, but you don't need him. I agree that he sounds like dinner.
So many nice cockerels turn into dinner, why keep one who's not so nice?
Mary

 

[aart]

I would hate to pass him onto he someone else’s problem.

Which I believe is what the giver of this pair have done to you.

 

[FowlPlay2]

I recently was literally handed a pair of buff orpingtons from my neighbors, they said they wanted smaller breeds and asked if I would take them. I set them up for quarantine, and the roo was immediately mounting and ripping feathers out of the hens neck. She seems in distress and even when he’s not mounted he is coming at her neck and head and constantly bothering her. I have them separated now but she seems bothered by that too. If he approaches her fenced in area she immediately lies down, head to the side, shaking. I can’t tell if she’s wanting him to mount, or if this is a fear response as she seems very stressed. Help!
I really don’t need another rooster for my flock anyway, but if this is “typical” dominant behavior I would like to save him from my husband who says he’s freezer bound if he doesn’t have another home tomorrow, and at least try to find him a home. But if his is just aggression I would hate to pass him onto he someone else’s problem.

That boy is stew bound. Aggression is usually genetic in chickens, so any other cockerels he sires will also be extremely aggressive. To the pot he must go!