My First Rooster.... I am starting to hate him sadly.....

[Hidrainja4]

Good! Probably the angle combined with my old eyes made me think he was.

I expanded the pic and it did look crossed beak to me. However the pic could be wrong he could have moved a little right at the moment the pic was taken.

 

[3baymares]

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Left and right...

 

[3baymares]

If this pic is your cockerel he needs to go. He has cross beak and that is an inherited genetic flaw. You have a cockerel that you didn't order, who is rough on your hens, and he has a major genetic flaw. I would find away to remove him from the flock permanently and make sure he never breeds.

 

[3baymares]

He is now separated. Presently the plan is to keep him separated through spring possibly a year but all the while looking for another home for him.

 

[Cryss]

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I keep getting an error message when I try to look at the pictures .

 

[Rick M]

I've got a rooster that looks just like him! He's the sweetest roo and definitely the most mellow. I would give him a while to mature before you decide get rid of him.

Booting him won't hurt anything but his pride. It'll put him in his place. I don't know if it'll keep him from mounting hens, but it'll tell him that you are in charge and not to be messed with.

I have a 7 month old cockatiel that was attacking my dog just for her walking outside with me. It tried to flog my leg one time and I booted it about 5 feet into the air and now no more issues. Booting an aggressive cockerel works and if not next step is freezer camp.

 

[3baymares]

Sorry, I am in bed doing this on my phone....flu.
Here it goes again - left and right side of beak.

 

[SBFChickenGirl]

I see no problem with his beak. He seems like a nice roo who's just trying to get used to being a rooster.

 

[NatJ]

He does not attack the two dominant 2 year old hens. They do peck him. I had not thought about separating him. Do I put the two dominate hens with him for a year or just put him alone? He would been right next to everyone in a run.

I'd put him with those hens--they will probably teach him good manners faster than being alone will. (But move them out if he picks on them, of course.)

 

[21hens-incharge]

Having him housed with just 2 hens is not a good idea. He is a cockerel that has raging hormones and no manners. They will end up overmated and possibly injured.