cmonkey
In the Brooder
- Apr 13, 2015
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Over the past couple of weeks we have developed some major social issues in our flock of 6 roosters and 10 hens, 4.5 months old. We know the ratio is way off and that's what started the problems. 3 of the roos are at mating stage and 3 are not. Two of those 3 were really large cuckoo maran males that were getting very aggressive toward us and the hens and so we culled them last night to relieve the pressure on the hens.
So we are left with 1 male that is at mating stage, 1 that is hinting at it and 2 that are not.
Before we culled them the hens were essentially hiding all day while the roos patrolled around. Our cuckoo females were picked on particularly hard.
Today things are much better but the cuckoos are still not leaving the roosts. We are wondering if anyone has had any experience like this and if so how long before you got your flock back to working order? Will they just be afraid of roosters in general now??
So we are left with 1 male that is at mating stage, 1 that is hinting at it and 2 that are not.
Before we culled them the hens were essentially hiding all day while the roos patrolled around. Our cuckoo females were picked on particularly hard.
Today things are much better but the cuckoos are still not leaving the roosts. We are wondering if anyone has had any experience like this and if so how long before you got your flock back to working order? Will they just be afraid of roosters in general now??
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), things settled down a little bit but we still had one that was going a bit crazy so we put him in the coop all day and keep the rest outside in the run. Things are very nice now.
