Rooster bachelor pad

[Mrs. K]

And I am assuming you are not a child. Roosters have ruined the whole chicken experience for a lot of children. Most people vastly underestimate the violence, sneakiness, and determination of an aggressive rooster attack.

Not worth it in my book, and I would feel terrible if someone else visiting me was attacked. I have a rooster, going on or close to a year old. I have 9 grandchildren, and I talk to them about moving slow, and being calm, but they are kids. I keep a very close eye on my rooster around them. I have years of experience.

soup is a good decision.

Mrs K

 

[Yorkshiregal]

And I am assuming you are not a child. Roosters have ruined the whole chicken experience for a lot of children. Most people vastly underestimate the violence, sneakiness, and determination of an aggressive rooster attack.

Not worth it in my book, and I would feel terrible if someone else visiting me was attacked. I have a rooster, going on or close to a year old. I have 9 grandchildren, and I talk to them about moving slow, and being calm, but they are kids. I keep a very close eye on my rooster around them. I have years of experience.

soup is a good decision.

Mrs K

I’m only 4ft 11 so it was pretty bad. I know first hand now how roosters can go bad and how flipping quickly! I’m learning a lot about roosters for sure. I talked to my neighbor who hunts and he’s going to take care of business for me.

 

[Yorkshiregal]

So not sure how this works but I have an update on my horrible rooster! So I went on vacation came home and meanwhile my smaller Sicilian Buttercup rooster had totally taken over the coop! If Marty comes near me he chases him off. Marty isn’t even allowed to crow near me! He still tries to sneak attack me and I don’t like him but he has a new purpose in life! He has to sleep with my polish who were never fully welcomed into my flock and sleep across the coop, so basically he keeps them warm at night and they seem to like it! It’s been 3 months and no sign of anything changing.

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

So not sure how this works but I have an update on my horrible rooster! So I went on vacation came home and meanwhile my smaller Sicilian Buttercup rooster had totally taken over the coop! If Marty comes near me he chases him off. Marty isn’t even allowed to crow near me! He still tries to sneak attack me and I don’t like him but he has a new purpose in life! He has to sleep with my polish who were never fully welcomed into my flock and sleep across the coop, so basically he keeps them warm at night and they seem to like it! It’s been 3 months and no sign of anything changing.

Great that your problem worked itself out! In our bachelor pad, we recently lost our head rooster to Marek’s. Just before this, our oldest roo (1.5 yr old Dinorris) took the position from the head roo and pulled his head feathers. Dinorris then became a huge jerk to us for awhile and we thought about butchering him. He would attack me when I went into the pen. As my DD and I were deciding what to do, one of the 6 mo cockerels (Greenlegs) decided that he wanted to be king. There were a series of scuffles (not too serious but some pecked combs and pulled head and tail feathers), from which Greenlegs emerged victorious. For the next few days, Dinorris would attack me when I walked into the pen, which would cause Greenlegs to attack him all over again. The other roos would run for cover. After a few days of this, Dinorris stopped trying to attack me. While my DD thinks that Greenlegs was defending us, I doubt that, since he is mostly quite afraid of us. I think that Greenlegs thinks that any challenge from Dinorris is a threat to his position, so he responds with an immediate smack down to make his alpha position clear.

 

[Yorkshiregal]

Ha! So I guess Gino my new head roo just doesn’t tolerate any kind of aggressive behavior from Marty, that’s why he’s so on it! He doesn’t give him an inch! Wow pretty amazing!

 

[ValerieJ]

So not sure how this works but I have an update on my horrible rooster! So I went on vacation came home and meanwhile my smaller Sicilian Buttercup rooster had totally taken over the coop! If Marty comes near me he chases him off. Marty isn’t even allowed to crow near me! He still tries to sneak attack me and I don’t like him but he has a new purpose in life! He has to sleep with my polish who were never fully welcomed into my flock and sleep across the coop, so basically he keeps them warm at night and they seem to like it! It’s been 3 months and no sign of anything changing.

Haven't been following this thread, but this post popped up.

That's pretty cool! I'm glad the Sicilian got everyone in order!

I was having an issue with having 2 cockerels and 2 pullets, now coming into the hormonal stage, and all the posturing and bossiness of the oldest cockerel. When I tried to integrate them with the older hens, one of my hens attacked the oldest cockerel with a vengeance. Not over space or food. I opened the gate to integrate and she saw her opportunity. She ran across one run, through a pop door, pecked at a pullet to get out of her way, and jumped right at Mad, the larger cockerel and grabbed him by the comb and wouldn't let go. I had to separate them and rescue him.

Well, I decided integration wouldn't happen just yet, but then this morning I went out there and the younger cockerel, Pippi, had somehow gotten into the pen with the hens and everything everywhere was peaceful. Mad is happier and so is Pippi, and all the pullets and hens seem to be calmer too. I think Pippi is wondering why I couldn't have figured this out sooner, so he took matters into his own claws. Have no idea why Surly is okay with him, but not Mad, except that Mad is a Lavender Orpington, and Pippi is a Buff Orp.

Isn't it nice when one of our cockerels/roosters just takes the matter over and solves our problem?

 

[Yorkshiregal]

Lol! It’s awesome when everything works out! I think our feathered friends are super smart! I just love how peaceful it is. I almost feel sorry for Marty but he was the meanest..

 

[bluemerle]

Any bird can be eaten, just have to process and cook appropriate to age of bird.

Keeping and integrating males together can be just as tricky(or more so) as any other birds.

Is there a reason you want to keep all these males?
Don't know your goals for keeping chickens, but males are pretty worthless if you only want eggs....unless you want fertile eggs to hatch, then you only need one male.

Roosters are like any other chicken: they produce manure, they dispose of kitchen scraps, and they turn the ground. I've been thinking about a rooster flock because they don't lay eggs (ducks are a bit hardier & a better choice for my egg needs).