I have to say here, I love my two bantam roos (dutch bantams - Bjorn Ironwing and Ivar the Combless), they are very cuddly with me, and perfect gentlemen with their ladies. I like my Bielefelder Roo (Ragnar Lothbeak) who is with my main flock, but he is scared of EVERYTHING so I know he would not protect the ladies if it came down to it, he would hide behind them. But atleast I don't feel threatened by him. My 3 silkie roos ( Asher, Olaf, and Maui) though....they do a hell of a job protecting their women from me, other family members, a shadow on the wall, a fly, an invisible alien threat that only they can see....its tough to even change out the food and water bowls in the pen. They try to flog us every time! We wear a big protective work glove to keep our hands and arms safe. Everything I had read suggested silkie roos were lovely. That has Definitely NOT been my experience