Is this cockerel behavior predictive?

[Maahi]

No, I did not say that, you misunderstood. Personally, I do not buy that theory that rooster behavior is because of human behavior. I think some roosters are just aggressive. No one lives in the coop, so I do not think human training has much effect. The brain in a chicken is pretty small, and if one waits until aggression is showing it is IMO too late.

I do think that a cockerel raised up in a multi-generational flock has better chicken social manners. However, if he is going to be human aggressive, he will do so. I think roosters are a crap shoot, sometimes you get a good one and sometimes you don't.

Space is probably the one thing that people can influence in their flocks that has a positive or negative outcome with the behavior of the whole flock, including the rooster.

What I meant is that roosters are often opportunists, and will pick their battles with the eye on success, so it is common for the first attack to be towards a child, a small child can take that to the head and face.

Mrs K

I really apologize that I misread what you said!

You are correct, if a rooster is bad, he is bad and often goes to kids first.

My comment about humans instigating situations was like if I get my face too close to my one chicken that likes faces. It's a preventable injury from an opportunistic bird. She is not aggressive but she is opportunistic. All chickens are. So my comment was about preventing oopsies from none (or even) aggressive animals.

Again, I'm sorry, I really do apologize for misunderstanding you and thank you for bringing it to my attention!

 

[Mrs. K]

Not a problem, apology accepted.