OK, thanks. We've never had roosters before and it's not exactly been a good experience so far for us. But if this is normal behavior then i'm hopeful that our issues with mean roosters is over. The rooster we just had to get rid of was ripping the hens feathers out just because he could and being just brutal when mating or when the other rooster was mating with a hen. We had another rooster who was also excessively rough with the hens and just mating them constantly but he isn't mean with people so we've been able to just seperate him to his own home.
Our blue boy Cordon is on his way out. He's easily riled up when our young children are outside so are putting him down. He actually is just too good of a protector and our kids too disrespectful of him. Running into and through the flock when free ranging, stuff like that gets him to start chasing them. Basically I believe we'll always be putting down the mating rooster each spring once the fertile eggs are in the incubator. Cull the hatched roosters for the best one. By the time the rooster starts to be a good protector it's winter. Who knows, eventually we may end up with a cuddle boy but until then spring soup and a rooster free summer lawn for kids to play in will work just fine.
