Super Aggressive Cockrel

[LavenderWillow]

So I have a super aggressive cockrel his around 10-12 weeks. He bloodied one of my pullets pretty bad to where I had to separate her to keep her safe. He's a blue red Wyandotte. She's a super laid back buff orpington. But he was getting aggressive with all the pullets. My other Wyandotte cockrel is super laid back. I'm just not understanding what happened with the blue red one. What should I do with the aggressive blue red Wyandotte cockrel?

 

[Gavinthechickenman]

Either find someone who wants it or put it in the freeze

 

[LavenderWillow]

I thought about making him my first freezer chicken once he's a little bigger.

 

[SourRoses]

Don't separate her, separate his head from his body.
I've gotten to the point where I don't even feel like it's ethical to rehome mean roos. Some silly person or an innocent bystander could get hurt, other poor hens could get mauled, and if he should reproduce it carries on bad genetics for future chicken keepers to deal with. Bad for the whole hobby, in other words.

 

[FrostRanger]

Don't separate her, separate his head from his body.
I've gotten to the point where I don't even feel like it's ethical to rehome mean roos. Some silly person or an innocent bystander could get hurt, other poor hens could get mauled, and if he should reproduce it carries on bad genetics for future chicken keepers to deal with. Bad for the whole hobby, in other words.

I wholeheartedly agree. I understand people don't like the idea of putting an animal down, but keeping an aggressive roo alive does no one any favors whatsoever.

I also think this particular cockerel needs an express trip to freezer camp

 

[CoopBoots]

Do you have any adult chickens around, or are they all this age?

Cockerels become sexually mature before pullets. One usually outpaces and dominates the others which seems to inhibit and suppress the hormones of the other boys. With no girls of the right age available, they will often abuse pullets who resist to the point of injury. When grown hens are present, a cockerel knows the difference and will rarely go after pullets, and if a grown rooster is present this goes a long way to temper even a super enthusiastic cockerel.

All this to say, in a natural setting of grown chickens raising offspring, such a cockerel is probably not as much of an issue as it is in the backyard. I've had a similar rogue but he certainly wasn't drawing blood. I think the options are freezer camp or horny jail, where he can look but not touch anyone until he outgrows his teenage fury. I've had them settle down eventually but I certainly would not bank on it.

 

[LavenderWillow]

Don't separate her, separate his head from his body.
I've gotten to the point where I don't even feel like it's ethical to rehome mean roos. Some silly person or an innocent bystander could get hurt, other poor hens could get mauled, and if he should reproduce it carries on bad genetics for future chicken keepers to deal with. Bad for the whole hobby, in other words.

I separated her for her safety with the others. That way they wouldn't peck at her bloodied spot and so I could treat her properly. He's been removed from the flock and is in a separate hutch. His head will be removed once he's a little bigger to eat. I didn't think about the passing of aggressive genetics. You are completely correct on that. It's not something I want to pass on.

 

[LavenderWillow]

Do you have any adult chickens around, or are they all this age?

Cockerels become sexually mature before pullets. One usually outpaces and dominates the others which seems to inhibit and suppress the hormones of the other boys. With no girls of the right age available, they will often abuse pullets who resist to the point of injury. When grown hens are present, a cockerel knows the difference and will rarely go after pullets, and if a grown rooster is present this goes a long way to temper even a super enthusiastic cockerel.

All this to say, in a natural setting of grown chickens raising offspring, such a cockerel is probably not as much of an issue as it is in the backyard. I've had a similar rogue but he certainly wasn't drawing blood. I think the options are freezer camp or horny jail, where he can look but not touch anyone until he outgrows his teenage fury. I've had them settle down eventually but I certainly would not bank on it.

There are 4 hens and one main rooster. There are 16 pullets around his age with one other cockrel.

 

[CoopBoots]

There are 4 hens and one main rooster. There are 16 pullets around his age with one other cockrel.

Goodness. Well, that's most of my excuses for him up in smoke, haha. In such a case I'm not sure why he's so violent. I'd probably vote him off of the island.