Our rooster is about 20 weeks old, and starting to test the waters. It's been a couple weeks since he started challenging the dogs. Today, when I let them out of the run, he came really close to me and was acting very dominant. He was staring at my shoes (I was wearing Crocs, I swear I read on here that roosters don't like cros, LOL), and acting like he was getting the courage to attack my feet. My pullets ended up distracting him so nothing happened.
he did peck my boyfriend a couple days ago when he was petting one of the pullets. There was a white mark, no blood drawn.
he has been a very good rooster till now, and only crows for 5-10 minutes when I let them out of the coop in the morning- otherwise there would be no way we could have kept him with having very close neighbors.
Is there anything I can do so he remains a nice rooster? He's been a lot of fun till now, and definitely our favorite chicken.
he did peck my boyfriend a couple days ago when he was petting one of the pullets. There was a white mark, no blood drawn.
he has been a very good rooster till now, and only crows for 5-10 minutes when I let them out of the coop in the morning- otherwise there would be no way we could have kept him with having very close neighbors.
Is there anything I can do so he remains a nice rooster? He's been a lot of fun till now, and definitely our favorite chicken.