My roo is getting FRISKY

[MadamPoofyBrow]

When I first started raising chickens, I would separate the rooster from the hens for three weeks before I would eat the eggs. I took me a couple years to try my first fertilized egg. Now I eat them all the time. There's really no difference pre-incubation, but I toally understand not wanting to eat them.

As for keeping him separate, I've had three roosters turn mean when i seperated them from their hens. Others were perfectly fine with it. But, weather he goes bad or not, he's not gonna be happy. He knows they're there, and can't get to them. In the end, it's entirely up to you - every rooster's different and you'll just have to see how he does

 

[Peeps61]

One other point to consider: Rooster to hen ratio. Right now, you are 4 to 1. You really need, at a minimum, 4 more hens as he will overmate the four you have and cause them some misery. He will just be doing what roosters do!

Also, you can't put human feelings on animals - it doesn't work like that. You need to understand chicken behavior, what is normal and what is not and work within those confines. There are many other forums and areas on this website where you can get great information and make good, solid, decisions on how to manage your flock. I love my chickens, and I watch them quite a bit to figure out the best way to get them where I need them to be, figure out which ones need to be in which coop to reduce stress and where and how they want to lay their eggs in such a way that I can easily collect them. It's not all about them, it's about me, too, and the amount of time, money and energy I have to invest in the flock. If any of those variables change, then I have to adjust as well, to be fair to the birds and to myself. Sometimes, it's a balancing act, that's for sure!