"Nice" Roos?

[seriousbill]

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Well, that might help, actually. Bantams are easier to manage.

 

[patandchickens]

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Well of COURSE he is <boggle>. I don't think hardly anybody here would ever think any different.

You need to understand that when people rehome, eat or euthanize aggressive roos, it is generally NOT because they are "mad" at 'em, it's just because it is no longer feasible/acceptible to that person to live with the situation.

Some day you will discover that love does not, actually, conquer all in animal behavior

And while some people *are* in a position to change problematic behavior and just put up with what they can't change, not everybody is.

For instance, I have to tell you that with two kids under the age of five, if I had free-ranging chickens and an aggressive attack-y rooster whose behavior (appropriate tho it is to his roosterhood) I could not change, he would be stew RIGHT AWAY. I am not risking kids' eyeballs, hides and attitudes towards animals. Someone without kids around, it'd be a different choice for them.

Again. Love does *not* conquer all.


Pat

 

[tinman9952]

I have a light bramah roo and he's excellent. But the Wyandotte was terribly mean to one particular hen. He didn't just want to mate with her, he wanted to punish her. After pecking her head almost bald, he ended up in the stew pot. He was just plain mean.

 

[ella]

I have to totally disagree with you Miss Prissy.

I have been flogged repeatedly by various roosters and have the scars to prove it, one less than an inch from my left eye. I still have those same roosters and haven't been touched by them for years despite the fact I'm in with them everyday.

Roosters are not untrainable. I know, I have 8 well trained roosters. Only one is truly docile from birth, the others are normal roostery roosters. I handle agression immediately in the younger ones so it never escalates to biting or spurring like when I was first learning to handle them.

I can do anything with them, they respect me, BUT they don't respond the same way to anyone else. In that way they are very different from dogs and no amount of training can help that.

In no circumstance should young childern be trusted with roosters or hens for that matter, there's just too much potential for serious permanant harm. Again no training will change that.

If you want a cuddly pet rooster you should definately get a docile breed, cochins, orpingtons and the like are wonderful for that. Bantams are great too, and so adorable!

Good luck with your pet search!

Edit to add: You can have more than one rooster in a pen if you have enough hens. It won't work in every single circumstance some guys just don't get along. But it's not impossible or even rare for two or more roosters to co-exist in a flock and team up to care for the girls. My boys will keep a joint eye on the hens and split up if the flock gets too spread out.

Some of the roosters grew up together, others were stangers but all but 2 of the 8 get along. The fights were short and no more bloody than a hen fight.

 

[snowydiamonds]

I remember being young and determined love conquers all...
it does a lot but not always and I really shouldn't be giving this warning but allowing people to live their dreams...and I do like everyone to be aware of danger, constantly, to be safe.

This young man has a very very nice rooster, unknown breed, named Fred, in our town:
(His arm was getting tired from Fred's weight)

I ended up w/my first two geese from this young man because they almost killed Fred.

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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I say it depends on the breed, the handling (or lack thereof) and the individual bird. My Light Brahmas are by far the sweetest to other birds & me...followed by my cochins. The Sumatras & Houdans, not so much. All have been handled since hatching.

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m53/Equibling/POULTRY/Picture074.jpg

 

[the1much]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=103654

 

[MissPrissy]

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I have an orpington you are welcome to come cuddle with. Please bring your own first aid kit and extra bandages.

 

[the1much]

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I have an orpington you are welcome to come cuddle with. Please bring your own first aid kit and extra bandages.

 

[ella]

Thanks I have my own.

I'm sorry you have such a hard time with your roosters, perhaps you shouldn't have any at all?