I must be lucky as I have never had any human aggressive roosters.. and I breed chickens as a hobby.. so have had literally 100s of them over the years.
Also I keep a lot of roosters together.. with hens, and again no problems... they all get a pecking order same as the hens. The dominant ones keep the lower down ones away from the hens. No bloodshed.. just a few fights as they grow up. Only when one gets past it.. a little too old, do the lower down ones challenge him and when they win he will be bullied a few days and then settle lower down in the pecking order.
The lower down ones hang out in boy groups... and sometimes form pairs with a lower ranking hen.
My roosters are never scared of me. All feed from my hand and can be picked up and touched without getting upset. But they don't attack me as they know I am not another rooster.. and I am not a danger to their hens.
Currently I have 8 roosters of different breeds all living in my flock... and about 17 hens and lots of young chicks. They are free range, so perhaps that is the difference? They do all sleep and roost together though in the coop.
My advise to you is keep the shy one. You like the look of him the most.. and his personality seems to agree with you, if you are nervous of more confident roosters.
I find the personality of the chicken parents tends to pass on to the young. That is why I don't breed from very nervous birds, or ones that are not good parents, or cause trouble in the flock.
In over 15 years breeding different breeds, I only had one case of a rooster I had to re home. That was because he lost his top place, but would never give up trying to get back up there... so kept getting beaten up over several weeks. If he just gave up there would not have been a problem. He was a lovely friendly white rooster too.. so I miss him.. be he was a bit dumb!
Also I keep a lot of roosters together.. with hens, and again no problems... they all get a pecking order same as the hens. The dominant ones keep the lower down ones away from the hens. No bloodshed.. just a few fights as they grow up. Only when one gets past it.. a little too old, do the lower down ones challenge him and when they win he will be bullied a few days and then settle lower down in the pecking order.
The lower down ones hang out in boy groups... and sometimes form pairs with a lower ranking hen.
My roosters are never scared of me. All feed from my hand and can be picked up and touched without getting upset. But they don't attack me as they know I am not another rooster.. and I am not a danger to their hens.
Currently I have 8 roosters of different breeds all living in my flock... and about 17 hens and lots of young chicks. They are free range, so perhaps that is the difference? They do all sleep and roost together though in the coop.
My advise to you is keep the shy one. You like the look of him the most.. and his personality seems to agree with you, if you are nervous of more confident roosters.
I find the personality of the chicken parents tends to pass on to the young. That is why I don't breed from very nervous birds, or ones that are not good parents, or cause trouble in the flock.
In over 15 years breeding different breeds, I only had one case of a rooster I had to re home. That was because he lost his top place, but would never give up trying to get back up there... so kept getting beaten up over several weeks. If he just gave up there would not have been a problem. He was a lovely friendly white rooster too.. so I miss him.. be he was a bit dumb!
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