Wild Rooster

[Critterlover93]

I have 12 hens, and 2ducks. They are all really happy together, I haven't had any issues. Until recently, a wild rooster starting coming around, eventually he got comfortable enough to come into my yard and hangs around the chicken coop all day, leaves at night, comes back, he's been our little visitor for about 2months. Issue is, I don't know what to do. It's becoming a problem to let my dogs outside, they would attempt to attack him, I don't want that.. I thought about just letting him into the coop, but I'm afraid he's going to be aggressive towards me during the daily cleaning and feeding. He hasn't shown any signs of aggression towards me, but also he isn't in a confined space, he's able to walk away and keep some distance.. If he was in their coop, I have no idea how he would act once I enter. I have not fed him, I didn't exactly want to encourage him to keep coming back, but now I'm not sure what to do. All I know is that he keeps coming back and wants to be with my hens.. Any opinions I really appreciate, and thank you for reading.

 

[Wolfefarmyard]

Well if you are open to having a rooster, I would say to give it a try. If he does turnout to be aggressive once he's in the coop you, can always re-home him. But my question is, do you have any idea where he came from? Do you think someone actually owns him, or he's a stray?

 

[Critterlover93]

Honestly I'm not very sure, I would say I heard him about a month before he started coming around. I thought "oh cool someone has a rooster" but I'm starting to think he might have a home, but doesn't have hens to protect and possibly that's why he's coming here. I'd be open to trying it out with him, I could always rehome him that's very true.. Are most roosters aggressive? I'm just wondering if there's a chance I'll be lucky and he won't see me as a threat. Lol

 

[Wolfefarmyard]

Honestly it just comes down to his personality.

We have had a lot of roosters, and out of them we only had 2 that were aggressive and we had to re-home. We have a silkie rooster right now that is probably my favorite chicken, he's just so friendly and goofy. He follows me everywhere and doesn't mind being snuggled with.

We have around 4 roosters at the moment and they're all friendly.

 

[Critterlover93]

That makes me feel alot better, the opinions of roosters from my friends hasn't been very positive. Another reason why I thought I should ask here, I'll try to bring him into the ladies house, hopefully it goes well and if not I can always rehome. He's beautiful, not sure what he is but he's black, with very pretty green colors. Very pretty, I just hope he's friendly lol. Thank you for responding to me, I really appreciate it

 

[Wolfefarmyard]

Not a problem at all!

I know what you mean, before we even got chickens, a lot of our friends told us to only get hens and that a rooster will be mean. We ended up getting our first chicks as straight run. We found out we had one rooster, he ended up being the sweetest thing!

But for a lot of people they ended up with one aggressive rooster and then they automatically think that they'll all be mean. But that's not true at all, we have gotten a few bad boys but the majority of ours have been real sweethearts!

Anyways, I wish you all the best luck! Hopefully everything works out! Please keep me updated

 

[RWise]

If you get him inside and dont like him he will be easier to catch.
Sounds like he may have lost his girls and is looking for a new flock. I have 2 here for that reason now,,,and no luck giving them away,, yet,,

 

[aart]

Welcome to BYC!

Honestly it just comes down to his personality.

Actually, it has a LOT to do with the keepers behaviors.

I could always rehome him

It's pretty hard to rehome a rooster, I'd bet someone dumped him for that very reason.

If you really want or need him, best read up on handling/managing a male bird.
Here's a great place to start:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/beekisseds-rooster-speak.73664/
....and keep in mind that bringing in an adult bird into your flock can also bring in pests and/or disease.

 

[Wolfefarmyard]

I've actually never had a problem rehoming a rooster, so maybe it depends on the area that you're in. And I make sure that they don't plan on eating him!

I totally agree that you should make sure that he looks like he's in good health before bringing him in.

I say it depends on the individual personality because we have raised them numerous different ways and it doesn't seem to affect aggression. I have had alot of different roosters and alot of experience with them, but still keep in mind that this is still just my personal experience.

Good luck

 

[aart]

I say it depends on the individual personality because we have raised them numerous different ways and it doesn't seem to affect aggression. I have had alot of different roosters and alot of experience with them, but still keep in mind that this is still just my personal experience

You might have the right personality to raise males
How many have you had over how many years?
You keep them until how old?