Rooster questions

[WIchickMama]

You got this! @Pampered chicken girl

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Just make sure you have a plan for any males you cannot give away

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

You got this! @Pampered chicken girl

Thanks!

Just make sure you have a plan for any males you cannot give away

I do, any that don't sell will go to someone I bought all my adult/pullet birds. She has 2 acres for free range and at a given time has about 150 birds! She said she will take aby boys

 

[Poultrybonkers]

Not cuddling wont make a difference i had a cockerel i didnt cuddle and he was very aggressive. I also have an ameraucana i didnt over cuddle and he was aggressive but now i pick him up and stuff but he also has no females so no need to be aggressive. I hand feed all my birds even my blrw rooster who wasnt over cuddled hes one thats not aggressive towards me but hates other roosters. I actually also have a young cockerel I handled allot and hes skittish asf so handling or not wont make a nice bird. If you plan on keeping another cockerel its best to add him to the older birds asap so he knows right away where he is on the pecking order

 

[WallyG74]

All good advice. Without exception, my crazy aggressive roosters were the ones that wanted love and hopped in your lap and all that good stuff. The ones that stay away when you come in the coop or run, turn out to be the good ones. These are my experiences. Others may differ which is why I tend to stay away from these type threads. Someone is bound to disagree. Good luck in your chicken adventures!

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

Not cuddling wont make a difference i had a cockerel i didnt cuddle and he was very aggressive. I also have an ameraucana i didnt over cuddle and he was aggressive but now i pick him up and stuff but he also has no females so no need to be aggressive. I hand feed all my birds even my blrw rooster who wasnt over cuddled hes one thats not aggressive towards me but hates other roosters. I actually also have a young cockerel I handled allot and hes skittish asf so handling or not wont make a nice bird. If you plan on keeping another cockerel its best to add him to the older birds asap so he knows right away where he is on the pecking order

Thanks! I plan to bring them in at 10 weeks, is that good?

 

[Poultrybonkers]

Thanks! I plan to bring them in at 10 weeks, is that good?

Yup that would work

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

Yup that would work

Ok good!

 

[GingerRose]

Raising him with older birds helps. Leave him alone, don't cuddle him.

Hit or miss. Raise both in the same space. They'll either get along or won't.

They'll be fine

Agreed

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

In my experience, whether you handle your roosters or not doesn’t impact whether they’ll be human aggressive or not. It just impacts how confident they are about being aggressive. Also, if you keep petting/hand feeding a cockerel after he starts to show aggressive behaviors, that could make him worse rather than better.