Olive Easter Egger Roo

[CarlaH0318]

I have the above Roo in my new flock of hens along with a Welsummer Roo. The Easter Egger, named Waddles. Two days ago, Waddles attacked me, just a scratched on my forearm, and has me scared of him. I just shrugged it off as him being hungry and be having food. Well, shortly, after he ate I took some water to the hen house and he "stalked" me. Of course, I had my back turned towards him. Then he attacked my dog which Waddles has never done before. My dog, Tank, has never attacked the chickens and is by my side everytime I go tend to this new flock. My Wyandotte roo, Legs, has never done this to me and neither has the Welsummer Roo, "Welly".

I haven't merged the new flock with the old flock yet. I haven't even put the pens next to each other yet. I have a gentlemen interested in Legs. So I don't know what to do. Should I give Waddles to this gentlemen (He wants him to fertilize his eggs and not to put him on his table)? Should I wait to see how Waddles does after I merge the two flocks?

These past few days, I have not turned my back on Waddles, AT ALL. Last night when I did turn my back he was right on my heels and turned and sprayed him with water which he ran off.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I just got over being scared of chickens with my old flock and hopefully, I won't be scared of chickens again. Waddles is beautiful and I hate to see him go but I don't know what to do with his behavior. Oh this new flock was hatched on Feb. 12th of this year.

Thanks,
Carla

 

[CarlaH0318]

Also, Waddles is extremely rough with my hens too, lately!!!!

 

[Folly's place]

You can spend the time and effort to attempt to 'reform' him, which may not be successful, or he can feed your family, or another family. He shouldn't reproduce, and you have nice roosters already. Enjoy them!
How old are your boys? It's no excuse, but if he's an adolescent cockerel, he'll only get worse. Your other boys very young? If yes, how are you managing them, to grow up to be polite roosters?
Mary

 

[CarlaH0318]

You can spend the time and effort to attempt to 'reform' him, which may not be successful, or he can feed your family, or another family. He shouldn't reproduce, and you have nice roosters already. Enjoy them!
How old are your boys? It's no excuse, but if he's an adolescent cockerel, he'll only get worse. Your other boys very young? If yes, how are you managing them, to grow up to be polite roosters?
Mary

Yes, he is adolescent. thanks for telling me that he'll get worse, I appreciate it. I will tell the gentlemen to put him on the table. He's a beautiful bird. But I'll just enjoy by other two pleasant Roos. My Wyandotte, Legs, is 1.5 years old. Welly, the Welsummer, is 23 weeks old which is the same age as Waddles.

 

[snow5164]

Is that true that an adolescent will only get worse ? I thought as they aged they calmed down and relaxed abit?

 

[Folly's place]

It's relative, in my experience, and having a cockerel who's always civilized is much better than rehabilitating one who's rough on pullets and hens, and attacking the giant who brings food. Yes, he's hormonal, but it's hard to fix stupid.
I like to keep cockerels who don't think they should ever take me on, and who aren't totally awful with their flockmate pullets, rather than cockerels who want to challenge me, because it's just not acceptable.
There are lots of polite cockbirds and cockerels out there, and they are the ones to keep!
Mary