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Amsav44 said:
Oh, my Lord!!! He looks mean!!! Is he aggressive? I've heard that even roosters can be tame as long as they are handled and used to people. We handle our chickens every day and they have no fear of us. One of the Jerseys will even follow you into the house if you let her!
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Are you kidding? He is very very tame. I have known Preachers who are more angry!
Amsav44 said:
Oh, my Lord!!! He looks mean!!! Is he aggressive? I've heard that even roosters can be tame as long as they are handled and used to people. We handle our chickens every day and they have no fear of us. One of the Jerseys will even follow you into the house if you let her!
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He is a sweetheart, :love I have met more aggressive Preachers than this boy could ever be!
 
Welcome to BYC, enjoy your time here. Often, it's the cockerels who have been turned into "pets" that become human aggressive. I adopt a hands off, arm's length away policy with my cockerels the moment I figure out that they are boys. I don't recommend that you keep a cockerel unless you intend to raise your own replacement birds, and have an exit policy for any cockerels you hatch. For first time flocks, I suggest that you:

A. Start with all pullets the first year. If you get a cockerel, rehome him.

B. If you absolutely MUST have a male in the first year, get him from an established flock. Do not get him until your pullets are all laying. Be sure he's a proven roo who is not human aggressive and that he treats his ladies nice. (A chick is a cockerel or pullet till a year old. Then it is called a rooster or hen.)

C. Wait until your second spring. Then introduce some straight run chicks into your flock, and choose the best cockerel. Your older hens will train him in proper dating etiquette.

Don't plan on adding more birds unless you have more than the minimum recommended spacing of 4 s.f. in coop and 10 s.f. in run per bird.
 
When we bought our chicks, we picked all pullets. We haven't planned on having a rooster, but thought it would nice...
 

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