PioneerChicks
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Hi fellow chicken lovers.
I recently got some cockerals that I am going to keep. This is my first time keeping roosters. They are all 6-7 months old. One of them, an Old English Game bantam named Finn, is starting to show signs of aggression. He crows actively around me and isn't afraid to approach me or look me in the eye. He isn't showing any interest in mating yet, though the other roosters do. The other day a friend of mine (a grown man) saw a silkie rooster mating a pullet (he didn't know about mating and thought the roo was hurting the pullet), and he chased the cockeral around trying to make him stop chasing the pullet. Finn must have thought my friend was chasing the hen, because he jumped up on my friend's neck, though he was so tiny he was just brushed off like a bug.
If this helps, I have Finn (as I said before, an OEG bantam) and two other silkie cockerals (I plan on getting rid of one silkie roo sometime next spring). They are all the same age and grew up together, and they don't really fight each other.
I have found a lot of information on BYC about aggressive roosters but I don't know what method to use. The stew pot is NOT an option, and I don't want to get rid of him because I am planning on breeding him. I don't know if I should try to tame him, or make him respect me, or if I should respect him, or something else.
Please cast your vote on the poll or post your method below. Any information will be useful.
I recently got some cockerals that I am going to keep. This is my first time keeping roosters. They are all 6-7 months old. One of them, an Old English Game bantam named Finn, is starting to show signs of aggression. He crows actively around me and isn't afraid to approach me or look me in the eye. He isn't showing any interest in mating yet, though the other roosters do. The other day a friend of mine (a grown man) saw a silkie rooster mating a pullet (he didn't know about mating and thought the roo was hurting the pullet), and he chased the cockeral around trying to make him stop chasing the pullet. Finn must have thought my friend was chasing the hen, because he jumped up on my friend's neck, though he was so tiny he was just brushed off like a bug.
If this helps, I have Finn (as I said before, an OEG bantam) and two other silkie cockerals (I plan on getting rid of one silkie roo sometime next spring). They are all the same age and grew up together, and they don't really fight each other.
I have found a lot of information on BYC about aggressive roosters but I don't know what method to use. The stew pot is NOT an option, and I don't want to get rid of him because I am planning on breeding him. I don't know if I should try to tame him, or make him respect me, or if I should respect him, or something else.
Please cast your vote on the poll or post your method below. Any information will be useful.