To keep or not to keep our beautiful 1 year old rooster?

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Hello :frow and Welcome To BYC! Glad you were able to find a home for your rooster.
 
Angie E said:
Hello - My question - To keep or not to keep our beautiful 1 year old rooster Spot? Sorry in advance for the long story. Spot &Blondie

Spot

Little Red



Blackie & 1 chick

Blackie with both chicks from this year.

Spot is 1 year old and is pictured here with the hen Blondie, that hatched with him last summer. He has fathered 4 chicks this year that Blackie & Little Red have hatched out. Both are about 3 and are my first. Anyway, back to Spot. Our neighbors do not mind us having him and even said that they enjoy watching him. We love all him and think that he is beautiful, but he is a bit aggressive. He has a tendency to sneak up on you and peck shoes or legs, if you are not careful. In April, my next door neighbor was caring for the flock while we went on vacation. I had showed her what I do to keep his attention away from me when I let them out of their pen. I throw scratch on the ground and then open the gate. Well, she did as I had taught her and he looked at her after a minute or so and flew up in her face. She was so scared that she climbed on top of a large storage container until he ignored her and went across the yard with the ladies. I taught her how to manage him after that with just having a broom or long stick in hand. He keeps his distance. Now she laughs about it and always tells her friends and family about the attack rooster. She warns her grandchildren, nieces and nephews that they do not want to have the ball or Frisbee to go over the fence into my back yard because of the attack rooster. In about May, he started jumping on the back fence and crowing at the back yard neighbors there because they had been feeding them treats through the fence. I am sure that he was saying "Hey you guys, where are those goodies?" He fell into their yard and chased their big dog. I then put things on the back fence to discourage him from being up there and they stopped feeding the flock. My latest concern is that he has been rushing at and harassing Little red and her chicks (6 days old). Before going broody this year it was like they were a couple, they were always together. Now he won't let her out of the coop or pen and rushes at her a lot with the chicks right there. I wonder if he is doing that because she might have rooster chicks or just because he is a butthead? Will the ladies be ok if I take him away? If I keep him, will there be problems with him breeding with his own offspring?
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Funny I remember reading a story about someone who was watching a neighbors chickens and a crazy rooster was involved just like this one here ,,, did your neighbor join BYC asking about some help on dealing with this rooster just wondering if this is the same rooster
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He is a great looking rooster & I like his attitude
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That's just too funny! I don't know if they did or not... :-)
 
Angie E said:
That's just too funny! I don't know if they did or not... :-)
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Why not ask your neighbor if he was the one who had a rooster intimidate him and your neighbor was informed to use a broom to keep the rooster at bay so the feeding and watering could be dune as that would be so funny if this was the rest of that same story ....
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The neighbor that was scared was a female and I am the one that taught her about the broom when I got home.
 
Welcome to BYC, an aggressive rooster is a major threat to kids. They are closer to the ground so more likely to be spurred on face/eyes. Most people say the meanest roosters make the best stew.
 
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