My rooster is evil

[I Love Feather Babies]

Thanks for the replies. To answer some of the questions above. They are in a run, I can’t free range because there is a high population of bobcats near my house. I’ve been down that road. They eat layer feed, with larva and cracked corn as daily treats. I keep the henhouse and run clean. If I am working in the yard, I will let them out for a little while.
The roosters actually came after me again this morning. What a pain in the ass.

I’ve got a white leghorn/maran cross rooster that came from one of the eggs my girls laid. He is a butt also. He thinks he has to mate with every one of them as they come out of coop every morning. There are 15 hens and a couple seem to be his favorite, always feathers missing, bald spots. He has come after me several times but I always have a stick with me. He doesn’t respect me, but he does respect the stick. His father was a real gentleman and the girls loved him, however he’s in the retirement home now. I’ve got a couple of young cockerels about 4 months old. I think I’ll see how their disposition is going to be and get rid of the other.

 

[Iluveggers]

How big is their space, and how many other hens are with your roo?

 

[ETortellini]

How big is their space, and how many other hens are with your roo?

The run is 9x12, I may have to add some space. Originally 6 now 4 hens.

 

[DesireeB]

My first rooster was kind of mean, he never attacked me. (I gave him away and he was so mean he died the next day at the hands of another rooster.) I have three roosters now and technically should have two-one could probably handle the job. So far they are all getting along probably because my top and largest roo is such a sweetie and because the other two are teenagers and they know who is boss. Roosters can have very different personalities. Some are super sweet. Get you a sweet rooster and get rid of that meanie right away. I personally love roos as I find them so diversely beautiful. I would have ten if I could!!! I am attaching photos of: Sir Lancelot (the boss) and Baryshnikov or Barry and Austin.

 

[DParker75089]

Originally 6 now 4 hens.

It sounds like you need twice as many hens and a replacement rooster, or the same number of hens and no rooster at all.

 

[Iluveggers]

The run is 9x12, I may have to add some space. Originally 6 now 4 hens.

Run is sufficient for up to 10 chickens, is the coop 4 sq ft per bird?

It sounds like you need twice as many hens and a replacement rooster, or the same number of hens and no rooster at all.

Agree. Your guy is just a meanie.

 

[Birdsonghill]

Sometimes the very best looking example of a breeds rooster may be very aggressive and hard to deal with! I may keep him separated from the hens, except when to mate them. I have lost my patience with some and they are chicken soup birds. An aggressive rooster may make the best rooster for breeding with attention to the details, as he will cover more hens and pass his conformation and vigor on to his chicks. I have had the odd klutz of a rooster who often hurt hens, inflicting injuries that were unacceptable. Again .the soup pot! Chicken sex is usually a bit rough and looks aggressive and losing a couple hen feathers is pretty normal, so do not humanize your chickens! I learned as a young fellow on the farm, that you should never turn your back on an "intact" male animal!

 

[Idaho Chicken Bungalow]

There are many young roosters that need good homes. Take on a new one and send this dangerous one to rooster heaven.