Moody Rooster, Seeking Help.

[ABES HONESTEGGS]

attacking the hens more than often (pulling out feathers), hens feel threatened when he's around. One hen in particular too. i worry the pulling of the feathers will be the least of our troubles with him...

The run and coop could house 30 hens if need be, so it's not the space that is bothering him.

He is a seabright rooster.. much smaller than the hens. could this be why? is there a solution other than giving him a new more manageable home?
Sweet Pea is his name.. Ironic huh? We have grown to love him, but can't afford a loss of hens due to his bad nature.
Please help and thank you in advance.

 

[Golden Brahma 64]

He’s just one of those ‘bad roosters’
If he can’t get on well with his hens, the only two places I see him going is a rooster flock (a roosters only pen) or on a plate for a nice Sunday dinner

 

[TheTwoRoos]

How old is he?

 

[sourland]

How old is he, and how old are the hens ? If still immature, I would remove him until the hens are laying, and if he continues his behavior after reintroduction -

Understand that immediately after reintroduction there will be scuffling and pecking order readjustment so give things some time to even out. Good luck with this.

 

[50-45-1]

Some roosters are just violent rapists.
A rooster like that doesn't last 5 minutes on my farm. i value my hens to much.
MAYBE he can be rehabilitated thru some sort of intervention or attitude adjustment, i personally have never seen that happen though.

 

[Alexandra33]

Unfortunately, in my experience, there's nothing you can do to change a young rooster's behavior. I've tried confining my cockerels (in a comfy, large dog kennel, no worries) for a couple months to see if they'd calm down around hens, but it seems this only creates opportunists out of them....once I unleash any given male again to test the situation, he makes up for lost time. As for me, I value my hens far too much to allow a rooster to tear them up daily. There's no shortage of roosters in the world to try out. Who knows, you may end up with a gem!

While even the roughest usually tone things down after a few years, not all of us have that kind of time or patience. It's all up to you. Whether you separate Sweet Pea, rehome him, or....forgive me if you're sensitive to these things....send him to the chopping block, is your personal decision. (and whatever you're most comfortable with)

~Alex

 

[TheTwoRoos]

Personally,a little bit of toughness is ok,escpecially if the rooster a is a good boy.It sounds like he is just being brutal.Its naturally for a rooster to run and grab an dbreed hens,the issue is if it is continuous and generally with young boys it is unfortunately,maybe try separating him.Ehen he gets out he is liable to chase them,maybe not,but give him to to release all the built up breeding tension he had through the cage and within a week if he isn’t straighten out,do something with him.