jBabychickn
Songster
@StefankeyesThank you! gonna try this. have been meaning to try this for a while. just been so nervous to tackle him into my hands haha! he screams at the top of his lungs whenever i do try pick him up! which may be my fault. I have hand fed them all their life. but never actually really "handled them"
I’m new too and I have to admit that I am fascinated with Roos. They’re gorgeous; I love their crows and I love how they can protect their girls, and so many more reasons!
I’ve really made an effort to learn more about them so that I can make better choices in their personal care and with the care for my flock overall…
I have 2 articles here that I really enjoyed and I want to share with you.
I highly encourage you to read them too. I felt a lot different about my thinking on Roos after these… They are so detailed, it’s almost like reading an entire book about Roos! These actually took me a couple of days to read completely and throughly!


Understanding Your Rooster
Escort Call
I chose to work through our immature cockerel’s hormonal stage as well as work with him on his behavior which to me was never overly aggressive, but he did challenge us quite a bit and from reading other posters here, he would have been culled if he lived somewhere else.
However now, he’s calming and he’s showing those wonderful mature rooster traits such as protecting and standing guard while the girls take dirt baths, gathering and offering snacks for them (letting them eat first), doing the wing dance for them, and escorting them to nest boxes. — He will even lay in the box with them if he deems it’s needed: I was in the coop the other day doing my daily maintenance, when one of girls needed to lay. He escorted her inside and decided he needed to stay with her since I was in there creating a bit of a ruckus. He laid in the nest with her until I was done!
I hope this helps with your learning experience as well as your decision making! —
I also read your update on your UK restrictions and your current coop/run space and I can say with confidence as well as with experience, I’ve seen a cockerel change his personality as quick as in a day if you give him more space. Space means a lot to them for sure, more space and more girls are the two best things I think you can do to improve your Roos attitude! Ha!

I’m attaching a pic of our Mr.Blue as well… I can’t pass up this opportunity to show him off!!! (This was a few weeks ago just before a drastic Temperature drop in our weather, so he has some Hen Healer on his points to try to protect them from frostbite)