New member...but first time with a roo!

[janiedoe]

Welcome to BYC. I hope your experiment will be successful. @DobieLover is right.
Often a rooster will attack because he believes his hens are in jeopardy.
Being calm and talking to him while handling him or his hens can help. I think a lot of good roosters loose their lives because people aren't willing to give them a chance and take the time to earn their trust.

 

[DobieLover]

I think a lot of good roosters loose their lives because people aren't willing to give them a chance and take the time to earn their trust.

Or to understand the way a rooster thinks. They are not dogs. They are hardwired to do their jobs. People anthropomorphize their fowl and/or treat them like puppies or kittens then get offended when their "baby" grows up and starts "acting out" when all they are doing is responding to the stimulus the human is providing, which to them is threatening.
I have raised many cockerels and the only one of dozens that was "aggressive" was my flock rooster. My FIRST cockerel that I raised. I learned so much from him. Every subsequent cockerel and rooster has been perfectly fine with me and any human they came into contact with. None have shown the slightest interest in attacking me or even trying to herd me. And NONE have been "cuddly".
I've seen the videos of the roosters that come running to their owners to be held. They are the extreme exception to the rule of roosters.

 

[janiedoe]

Or to understand the way a rooster thinks. They are not dogs. They are hardwired to do their jobs. People anthropomorphize their fowl and/or treat them like puppies or kittens then get offended when their "baby" grows up and starts "acting out" when all they are doing is responding to the stimulus the human is providing, which to them is threatening.
I have raised many cockerels and the only one of dozens that was "aggressive" was my flock rooster. My FIRST cockerel that I raised. I learned so much from him. Every subsequent cockerel and rooster has been perfectly fine with me and any human they came into contact with. None have shown the slightest interest in attacking me or even trying to herd me. And NONE have been "cuddly".
I've seen the videos of the roosters that come running to their owners to be held. They are the extreme exception to the rule of roosters.

Completely agree!

 

[Cecelia Roselind]

I used to have VERY cuddly rooster who was was 1-1/2 years old and he had 3 other rooster brothers and wasn’t allowed to be with the other hens (we already had roosters for them) he was the sweetest rooster I had ever owned! But then when we finally let them in with the flock he became so aggressive (it was literally overnight he became this aggressive rooster) and I put up with until he and the other two roosters attacked one of my hens and made her go blind some of you may have seen my other post about my blind hen after that all 3 where culled

 

[C Siena]

Greetings & Salutations. Welcome.

Always a learning process.

This is a wonderful site on which to Learn and enjoy.
We are pleased to have you in the community.

 

[Beau plus Bunny]

Hello! Had chickens 15 years ago. Have them again now in sunny Southern California. Sharing them with a family who live down the road a bit in a two bedroom apartment (four boys from one year old to seven years old) who are looking for a little slice of homestead life. Six 14 week old Easter Eggers, three 18 week old RIR's and three 18 week old Barred Rocks. Just discovered that one of our EE's is a roo. Hmmm....never had a roo before. This will be an interesting experiment. He and I had a conversation this morning. I told him he could stay if he promised to be nice to all my ladies. I could tolerate a few missing feathers; but bleeding injuries, head pecking or eye pecking would not be tolerated. He agreed to the terms of the contract. We shall see...

If you want a gentlemen I did this to train my wyandotte to be a gentlemen it's best to start while he's young. Basically if you have free time spend some just hanging out in the coop for a bit just to gain his trust eventaully you will become part of his flock and when you handle your girls make sure you show him that you are being gentle. When he begins to trust you he will pick up on yiur gentle behaviors and should be gentle. This is just my experience I can't garentee it works with every roo but it's what worked for me. My best advice is you are aggressive to him he will become aggressive. Roosters are naturally protective of his flock and his girls in the same a father protects his wife so so it's important to know the difference between aggressive and protective behaviors. So if you are gentle and patient with him. He should probably give you the same attitude. But I know things like genetics can a part in temperment and also breed. But good luck.

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC, and good luck with your cockerel.

 

[Bsmac]

Aww so cute I thought my first roo was a pullet 1 year later when he still hadn’t laid an egg I started realizing he was a rooster now lol his name was Amaya lol he was very sweet and we culled him because my brother opened the chicken pen and let ALL the chickens out and the hens started freaking out and Amaya started attacking my brother (not Amayas fault in my opinion)
So my mom said we had to cull him

Sorry that had to happen...

 

[N F C]

Hello, hope the boy works out well for you!