Question for serious breeders w/ rooster experience much

[NYREDS]

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i don't see then, how you can NOT have a bunch of barebacked, maybe lacerated girls, if the males are usually with them year round. i know what 3 BO roos can do to 22 BO hens, and it isn't pretty.

nyreds you must have a secret, or de-clawed roos!

John,
The problem may be a result of having multiple males in with your females. In those circumstances competition erupts & the males can be pretty aggressive. I leave mine together in their mating groups which never include multiple males.

 

[NYREDS]

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I thought the temperament they were talkig about was how they treated their girls, not how they react to you. And from what you say, your roosters treat them pretty good.

Here's part of an Oregon Swedes post: I think they're talking about both.

I set a high priority on temperament. If a rooster savages his hens or attacks people, he's headed for the stew pot, no matter how pretty he is. Looks aren't everything.​

 

[Oregon Blues]

[[[[......I'm a 200 pound man with a black belt. I don't feel I have anything to fear from a 7 pound chicken......]]]]

I'm sure you don't. And you never sell any birds to families with young children or sell show prospects to youth exhibitors, so temperament in your birds isn't a problem to anyone else, either.

I know how to prevent my 20 pound gander from actually hurting me, but I am not going to put up with him if he launches attacks on me. I refuse to walk around my orchard backwards so I can keep an eye on what my birds are doing. Mine do not launch sneak attacks and if they start, they are history.

 

[jmc]

thanks all.

 

[NYREDS]

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When I have birds to sell I sell birds that are worth breeding from to create exhibition birds &/or birds that are worthy of showing. I have never had anyone ask me about temperment including people with children or youth exhibitors who I give a lot of birds to.
You make your breeding selections any way you choose to & I will do the same.

 

[NYREDS]

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One more thought on this John.
Space may also be a part of the issue. I have a friend who at one point bred 60+ breeds/varieties. When he was done hatching he turned everything in together. Males, females, large fowl & bantams. There was some initial sorting out of flock hierarchy that usuall resolved after a few hours. He had a very large fenced area with lots of trees, bushes & scattered small coops. Pleanty of places for birds to seperate themselves. After that first day there was seldom any fighting & the females always recovered from the breeding pens & looked fine in time for the fall shows.