How To Raise A Rooster

[chynasparks]

My RIR rooster charged me twice and my husband once. We both chased him around. He's a little faster than us to catch. Seems to have worked. He's a year old. Has been a nice rooster so I'm hoping he won't progress. I hand to kick him away but it was more of a forceful shove than a kick. I didn't want to hurt him. So long as things don't get serious, he'll stay out of the frying pan. I can sit in the yard with meal worms and my little flock will eat out of my hand, including Bill.

 

[ncymst]

My RIR rooster charged me twice and my husband once. We both chased him around. He's a little faster than us to catch. Seems to have worked. He's a year old. Has been a nice rooster so I'm hoping he won't progress. I hand to kick him away but it was more of a forceful shove than a kick. I didn't want to hurt him. So long as things don't get serious, he'll stay out of the frying pan. I can sit in the yard with meal worms and my little flock will eat out of my hand, including Bill.

When my rooster started chasing us I read in my chicken book that u catch your roo in the pen and hold him and pet him and talk to him in front of the hens. This embarasses him in front of them and shows him your the boss not him. It worked for us we did it a few times and he straightened up

 

[LadyCluck77]

I borrowed a rooster for breeding to get my Easter Hatch a long chicks, he was three years old or so, and the kind of rooster you could pick up and he would never hurt you.
The gentleman I borrowed him from wasn't sure about why he turned out so friendly. He didn't raise the rooster, it was a show rooster (brown leghorn) he bought at a poultry show.

I now have 12, 7 week old cockerels in an outdoor garden paddock area- one that I have is a white leghorn mix rooster- (his mom was a particularly friendly white leghorn, his dad was the BL mentioned)
The thing is, he likes to be petted. He cries for me to pet him while all the others run away from me. Since reading this thread, I have been trying to ignore him and he paces in the paddock, crying for me whenever he sees me.

My question is- will he turn out to be a monster, since he seems to have no fear of humans?

If he would stay friendly, I'd love to keep him, but I have a young child and I don't want him getting attacked. If friendliness is a sign of aggression later on, then I should probably keep one of the very fearful ones who run away from me.

Or maybe I should grow them all out for a while and see who is the best candidate. How long will it take for me to know their adult personalities?

 

[ncymst]

I borrowed a rooster for breeding to get my Easter Hatch a long chicks, he was three years old or so, and the kind of rooster you could pick up and he would never hurt you.
The gentleman I borrowed him from wasn't sure about why he turned out so friendly. He didn't raise the rooster, it was a show rooster (brown leghorn) he bought at a poultry show.

I now have 12,  7 week old cockerels in an outdoor garden paddock area- one that I have is a white leghorn mix rooster- (his mom was a particularly friendly white leghorn, his dad was the BL mentioned)
The thing is, he likes to be petted. He cries for me to pet him while all the others run away from me. Since reading this thread, I have been trying to ignore him and he paces in the paddock, crying for me whenever he sees me. 

My question is- will he turn out to be a monster, since he seems to have no fear of humans? 

If he would stay friendly, I'd love to keep him, but I have a young child and I don't want him getting attacked. If friendliness is a sign of aggression later on, then I should probably keep one of the very fearful ones who run away from me.

Or maybe I should grow them all out for a while and see who is the best candidate. How long will it take for me to know their adult personalities?

It could take upwards of close to a year before you'll know if they will attack you or not. I raised one from about a week old and he was nice till he was about a yr or so old but when they get aggressive I read you pick them up in front of the hens. ( his girls) and pet him and talk to him and that shows him who the boss is. YOU. It worked he quit attacking us. But we did it a few times. Unfortunately he quit crowing and I didn't realize he was sick and passed away in October. He would of been a good boy after all that he was coming around so that's what I always tell people

 

[TheChips]

It seems like my rooster gets really mad when i pick him up , baby him and tell him he has such fancy feathers. I put him down and he walks away all grumbly sounding.

Sometimes as Im leaving the coop I could hear him shake his feathers at me, I turn around to look at him and he walks away like "i didnt do anything"

He tests me a lot but its fun embarassing him in front of the hens. The worst one was when I gave them a paper plate of fruits and he got the paper plate around his head. (he was safe there was enough room for him to walk backwards and get if off) but for the sake of amusement i let him walk around like that for a minute.

 

[bobbyp3475]

Is there anyway to teach a rooster to not mate with my hens

 

[LindaB220]

Is there anyway to teach a rooster to not mate with my hens

Hey bobbyp, great to have you. Think of the rooster as a teenage boy. Their brains are wired for sex. I don't think anything would disrupt that. The only real reason to keep a rooster is to make babies. Or for the stew pot. Check out different sites and learn about the wonderful world of chickens. I've been coming to BYC for almost a year and it's the happiest I've ever been. Have fun.

 

[LadyCluck77]

Is there anyway to teach a rooster to not mate with my hens

Welcome to BYC!

Is there a reason that you don't want the rooster to breed the hens?
Even fertile eggs are perfectly healthy to eat, some people say they're even more nutritious, and most people would never even know the difference to look at them, they won't be gross or icky looking.
It took my husband a while to feel comfortable eating fertile eggs, but now he's used to the idea and it's fine.

If your rooster seems to be over mating his hens, or injuring them, you can separate him for a while, build him a cheap palate and wire bachelor pad.

 

[bobbyp3475]

Welcome to BYC!

Is there a reason that you don't want the rooster to breed the hens?
Even fertile eggs are perfectly healthy to eat, some people say they're even more nutritious, and most people would never even know the difference to look at them, they won't be gross or icky looking.
It took my husband a while to feel comfortable eating fertile eggs, but now he's used to the idea and it's fine.

If your rooster seems to be over mating his hens, or injuring them, you can separate him for a while, build him a cheap palate and wire bachelor pad.

Thanks for the info I was told your chicken won't lay eggs if they were being mated I don't really want to get rid of him because me and my fiancé like him a lot and we like the noises he makes

 

[azoh10]

He'll fit in soon enough. It may take time.

Also want to add, that not all roosters handled regularly will turn out like I mentioned, but there is a much higher probability if you do.


http://shilala.homestead.com/roosters.html

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/742168/how-to-raise-roosters-right

Hi Aoxa,

Thank you so much I am new at owning chickens for the first time ever. I have Ameraucana do you know any thing about the Rooster I have one and 14 hens mix with 4 silkies and one Rooster silkie and two small bantam hens. I also have Rooster sultan and a hen sultan and a silkie hen I keep these three away from the others.

Thank you.