A Viewpoint on Handling Roosters: How to Deal with Aggression

I'm relatively new to chickens and brought home my first baby cockerel this spring. I have a few months before I'll need to deal with dominant behavior from my guy, but frankly I had not even considered that aggressiveness would be a concern (duh). This article gives me quite the leg up and I thought the explanations were very clear. Thank you so much for a comprehensive review of body language (chicken and human) and behaviors I can expect by the end of the summer. Hopefully I can manage to avoid major confrontations.

As you know I do not raise chickens, but I find a lot of what you've said here to be true as it applies to not just roosters but birds in general. I believe that a lot of birds are thought to be aggressive that are really just terrified. With a little patience sometimes that can be overcome. Great article Banty! Thanks for sharing.

I really enjoyed this article. Very practical, very in depth instruction. This will be useful to me as I attempt to find a full-time flock rooster. Thank you!

Really fun to read. You're a good writer.

I've set myself a personal goal to learn a new thing about raising and managing my flock every day. April 12, check .

Excellent read.
Fabulous article.

This is a good article. The author has obviously put a lot of effort into trying to find the best ways to manage male chickens. My approach has been entirely different but then I don't have the same number of chickens and I don't have the same keeping arrangements.
Any attempts to try and understand chickens and male chickens in particular I'm always going to be in favor of. I don't have to agree with the approach to recommend that this article is well worth reading and outlines someones experience rather than regurgitating some of the nonsense that can be found on the web.

Excellent info; I think a few more pictures would be better, but it's a very good read.

Very well thought out! There's a lot of good information here, presented in a clear, easy-to-follow manner. It's a good read for anyone contemplating a few cockerels in the flock or dealing with a feathered "problem child." The recommendation to read Temple Grandin's work is a good one, too. If you don't have time to work through the books, look for the speeches and video shorts on YouTube. They're pretty much all good!