Opions and advice

[lacychappell4]

Usually I give immature cockerels in the throes of hormones a little slack. At seven months and after fathering those chicks I think he is past that stage, his instincts are all wrong. I try to solve for the peace of the flock. I don't expect him to get any better as he ages so I'd get rid of him now.

I don't understand why he got agressive after the broody returned. I have a little 6 month old Silkie cockerel that adores the chicks . I thought maybe it was Silkie cockerel causing the Silkie/Polish cockerel agressive behavior so the Silkie cockerel has been in our enclosed porch for a month . I know it's not space they have a 10 x40 foot coop/ run with a 10 foot attached house .

 

[Folly's place]

It's about individual temperaments, raging hormones, and idiots. Keep the (so far) nice one.
Mary

 

[lacychappell4]

Update I think he is trying to put the hen and chicks up to roost and for the ' pullets ' I think the breeder got it wrong and I ended up with 2 extra Silkie cockerels . The suspected cockerels are penned up in the chick coop until they crow or lay .

 

[lacychappell4]

Update 2 he is no longer a part of my flock. He was re-homed with full disclosure on behavior. They came and looked at him and watched him for a while and decided that they wanted him he went to a home with 30 hens where he will the only Rooster