Rooster noises: is my roo feeling comfortable or sad? + Strange behaviors

[blackmulberry]

Hello, Everybody!

I came here few times since I'm a first-time chicken mom. I have 4 chickens. Three of them (2 males 1 female) are 6 months old and the other one I'm not sure but I think she's less than 1 year old (got her recently).
I was very worried about re-homing my boss rooster (Auri) but I'm managing him somehow. It's a bit different from what people told me, like I really thought my rooster would hurt me badly but he's pecking less and less.

This is Auri (on the video), the boss, but he makes 2 sounds I can't understand at all and both are present in this video. First I'm not sure he's sad I'm hugging him or he's comfy. He does the same sound also when things doesn't happen like he seems to be expecting.

The second sounds like a grumpy-mumbling. He sounds annoyed and it's the sound he makes the most. As I analysed the contexts he does it, it seems he's alert, showing discontent or threatening. What do you think? Am I guessing wrong? This sound stops when I'm hugging him, giving him treats, when he's relaxing on my lap or legs. He did it today to chase Ébano away (my Cemani cockrel) so he could jump on my legs. I find his personality a bit goofy and clumsy... He, he's complains after receiving a hug and run away. lol

Good news!
- My lavender brahma's adaptation was a success. My cemani fell in love with her and it helped her adapting. After two weeks, Auri accepted her and started mating with her. Ébano was rejected (life is hard on him). She and my other female, Sol, are laying eggs everyday now. They lay it inside the same box.
Funny fact: my chickens love watching the laying egg moment. Like a spectacle. Is it normal?
- Ébano, my male cemani is loosing less and less feathers from Auri now. Maybe he accepted to be at the rock bottom of the order.......?
- Until now, none of the ladies got hurt from mating with Auri. I check them everyday.

Three strange behaviors:
- Ébano tried to attack me for the first time today when I held Auri. He never did it for the girls. It didn't make sense for me.
- Auri makes me the wing dance and does it for Ébano too. Why so? I just think everybody here is a bit strange.
- Sol pecks Titania's (my brahma) head WHEN Auri is mating Titania! Is Sol jealous???

Still, I'm making plans to separate the boys from the girls when time comes. Thank you or reading my newbie experience!

 

[nuthatched]

All you're telling him is that you're nice to him because he's higher on the pecking order, depending on the rooster, that can stop or encourage very aggressive behavior. 90% of the time it's the latter.
The one who attacked you needs to made into soup, he's a liability and aggression is something that's passed on to progeny.
Please edit your post, the site is family friendly.

 

[Saaniya]

Hello, Everybody!

I came here few times since I'm a first-time chicken mom. I have 4 chickens. Three of them (2 males 1 female) are 6 months old and the other one I'm not sure but I think she's less than 1 year old (got her recently).
I was very worried about re-homing my boss rooster (Auri) but I'm managing him somehow. It's a bit different from what people told me, like I really thought my rooster would hurt me badly but he's pecking less and less.

This is Auri (on the video), the boss, but he makes 2 sounds I can't understand at all and both are present in this video. First I'm not sure he's sad I'm hugging him or he's comfy. He does the same sound also when things doesn't happen like he seems to be expecting.

The second sounds like a grumpy-mumbling. He sounds annoyed and it's the sound he makes the most. As I analysed the contexts he does it, it seems he's alert, showing discontent or threatening. What do you think? Am I guessing wrong? This sound stops when I'm hugging him, giving him treats, when he's relaxing on my lap or legs. He did it today to chase Ébano away (my Cemani cockrel) so he could jump on my legs. I find his personality a bit goofy and clumsy... He, he's complains after receiving a hug and run away. lol

Good news!
- My lavender brahma's adaptation was a success. My cemani fell in love with her and it helped her adapting. After two weeks, Auri accepted her and started mating with her. Ébano was rejected (life is hard on him). She and my other female, Sol, are laying eggs everyday now. They lay it inside the same box.
Funny fact: my chickens love watching the laying egg moment. Like a spectacle. Is it normal?
- Ébano, my male cemani is loosing less and less feathers from Auri now. Maybe he accepted to be at the rock bottom of the order.......?
- Until now, none of the ladies got hurt from mating with Auri. I check them everyday.

Three strange behaviors:
- Ébano tried to attack me for the first time today when I held Auri. Is he gay? He never did it for the girls. It didn't make sense for me.
- Auri makes me the wing dance and does it for Ébano too. Why so? I just think everybody here is a bit strange.
- Sol pecks Titania's (my brahma) head WHEN Auri is mating Titania! Is Sol jealous??? That's chicken drama for me, like: "my hubby is being stolen by this brahma bitch!"

Still, I'm making plans to separate the boys from the girls when time comes. Thank you or reading my newbie experience!

i only have roosters and i think i’ve done a whole phd in the rooster department lol they are amazing creatures and they do communicate once they recognise tou

 

[blackmulberry]

i only have roosters and i think i’ve done a whole phd in the rooster department lol they are amazing creatures and they do communicate once they recognise tou

Hello! That's amazing!! From the video, do you think I'm upsetting him so?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I feel compelled to tell you, you are taking a huge risk to have any chicken, especially a rooster, so close to your face. Chickens love to peck shiny things and we have had many reports of people getting their eyes pecked, with not good consequences, including infection. Please be careful!

 

[blackmulberry]

I feel compelled to tell you, you are taking a huge risk to have any chicken, especially a rooster, so close to your face. Chickens love to peck shiny things and we have had many reports of people getting their eyes pecked, with not good consequences, including infection. Please be careful!

Hello! He never pecked nothing but my foot but thank you! I'll take care as adviced!

 

[talkinboutchickens]

Hello! He never pecked nothing but my foot but thank you! I'll take care as adviced!

My chickens have shown a interest in my eyes but never peck them...but beware, they do like earrings lol!! I cuddle with my babies all the time like you do, and my rooster has never shown any type of aggression towards me afterwards...a matter of fact he was preening my hair the other day

 

[blackmulberry]

My chickens have shown a interest in my eyes but never peck them...but beware, they do like earrings lol!! I cuddle with my babies all the time like you do, and my rooster has never shown any type of aggression towards me afterwards...a matter of fact he was preening my hair the other day

Well, since I live with them since they were chicks, it's a fact that Sol could do it 'cause she did when she was a chick!! BigBlueHen53 gave a kind and good advice! It's just that maybe not all chickens will do it. I hug, carry and cuddle Auri all the time and he never tried pecking my face.
I watch regularly a chicken breeder called Criatório Mestre Souza @mmestresouza (instagram) and he holds his giant roosters and hens pretty near his face but they just behave, even though they're not pets...
Since each bird has its own personality, their reactions might be different, no? I live with parrots since I was 10 years old and believe me or not, a parrot's beak is a lot more scarier that a chicken's. I got hurt mutiple times to the point of bleeding. I just learned his attacking patterns. The other parrot on the other hand is scared one so he never attacks. BTW, sometimes I can relate the parrot and my rooster.

 

[Coffetym]

I would be careful about rehoming an alpha rooster.
It may not hold true but, I had two Roos originally & my beta rooster was living a miserable life & had gotten to where he wouldn’t even crow. I rehomed him to a friend of mine that had several hens but no rooster.
Almost immediately he became aggressive to the humans who came into the run or coop. He had never even acted aggressively before but I believe when he became the Alpha male he was so protective of his harem that he would attack anyone who came around his girls.
If you rehome your Alpha you could end up with an aggressive Beta turned into an Alpha.

 

[blackmulberry]

I would be careful about rehoming an alpha rooster.
It may not hold true but, I had two Roos originally & my beta rooster was living a miserable life & had gotten to where he wouldn’t even crow. I rehomed him to a friend of mine that had several hens but no rooster.
Almost immediately he became aggressive to the humans who came into the run or coop. He had never even acted aggressively before but I believe when he became the Alpha male he was so protective of his harem that he would attack anyone who came around his girls.
If you rehome your Alpha you could end up with an aggressive Beta turned into an Alpha.

Exactly. I'm not rehoming them! I'll build a coop in which I can separate the girls from the boys if necessary in the future (saving money for it right now). It's just a prevent measure.
Also, I know Auri would become food if I rehome him and it would hurt me a lot. And he's a good rooster even for Ébano, 'cause Ébano, even though he's a rooster too, eats directly from Auri's beak sometimes. He participates from the "look, look! I found food" for the girls. lol Of course the girls are top priority.

I was worried before because Auri was plucking a lot of Ébano's feathers. It's happening less and less. I think Ébano is learning now his place as a beta in the flock. The agressive behavior when I was carrrying Auri was exceptional. He's usually the sweeter here and my mother's favorite, too. He only fights the broomstick. He's very attached to me, maybe exactly because he's not the alpha...