Silky rooster turned nasty

[Sarah and Joey]

I have a silky cockeral who was hatched in a incubator (only one of 20 eggs to hatch)
As he was our only one & hatched in the winter he was spoilt rotten and kept indoors until he was 5 months old & started cock-a -doodling!!
He was handled daily and always enjoyed a cuddle.
We put him outside in the pen with our one silkie chick - they were both scared of each other and constantly run away from each other. He was still friendly with us and still let you pet him.
We bought 2 more silky young chicks, quarantined them for a month, by which time it became apparent that only one was a chick!!
So the hen went in the pen and the other went back to auction!!
Since the introduction of the new hen our cockeral has doted on her and follows her around all day-she has now turned broody and has been sat on eggs for approx. 2 weeks now.
The problem is since the new hen went in, our rooster has turned aggressive towards us!!!
Everytime we go in to feed him he rears up and flies at us.
Is this normal behaviour?? Is he just protecting his new bird??
Can we do anything to make him friendly again??

Thanks for any advice

 

[Paxseko]

I had a roo that has a similar background. He thinks you all are chickens, or that he is a human, and being that his new friend is brooding, he is super protective of her, just like he would be if you all were chickens in his flock. He also is probably a bit lonely and bored.

Is the hen going to hatch these eggs for you? If not , I'd end her broody behaviour ASAP. If she is going to, make sure to be especially timid and defer to your roo. Bring him a piece of bread when you go to the pen. Try to catch him after one of his attacks and just sit with him on your knee a bit and talk to him. Let him know you're not there to be a threat, if possible. Don't attack back, or that reinforces his idea that you are a competing roo.

 

[Sarah and Joey]

Thanks for that, we tried this today!!

Joey manage to hold him for a while and once he settled down he was quite well behaved.
Then I crouched down to give him some treats which he wasn't too interested in (he used to love his veggie treats), he seemed to be calm and then edged his way behind me, being a little uncomfortable not being able to see him I stood up, as soon as I did he flew at me!!
But he didn't have his claws out and feathers stood up like in attack mode, think he was trying to mate with me so maybe he does see me as another chicken!!!
Will just have to make sure I go in the pen well protected until these eggs hatch and the hen comes out again

Think he is a little lonely at the mo!!