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post #1 of 6
6/13/12 at 7:22pm
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help! this is my first time having chickens, I have 12 cochins and they were hatched March 16th 2012.

 

One of my roosters has started jumping on the hens and grab them by the combs and start jerking them around. I had to beat him off my hen July today. is this normal behavior?? is he trying to mate with them already? aren't they too young still?

My chicken coop is now inhabited by chickens!

 

RIP June the chicken 4/23/13

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My chicken coop is now inhabited by chickens!

 

RIP June the chicken 4/23/13

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post #2 of 6
6/13/12 at 7:26pm

I have some hatched around same time and My roos are doing same thing. Their just trying to mate.

I have Bantam welsummers, Bantam Cuckoo Marans, Bantam Wc black polish, Bantam Olive eggers, MGB, LF Welsummers, BCM, Wild type turkeys RioxEastern, Ringneck pheasants blacks and 1 blue roo and bunch of free range birds

 

 
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I have Bantam welsummers, Bantam Cuckoo Marans, Bantam Wc black polish, Bantam Olive eggers, MGB, LF Welsummers, BCM, Wild type turkeys RioxEastern, Ringneck pheasants blacks and 1 blue roo and bunch of free range birds

 

 
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post #3 of 6
6/13/12 at 7:30pm
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The rush of hormones makes cockerels obnoxious little hoodlums for a few weeks. They can't help it at this stage. They's too horny. (Sorry.)

-- Linda (AKA: gryeyes)
I refuse to fight a battle of wits with an unarmed person.

Buncha Outdoor PET chickens, ducks, two Toulouse ganders, and four turkeys. Plus 2 wiener dogs, some bunnies and a rescue cat which owns me. Oh. And a house silkie....

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-- Linda (AKA: gryeyes)
I refuse to fight a battle of wits with an unarmed person.

Buncha Outdoor PET chickens, ducks, two Toulouse ganders, and four turkeys. Plus 2 wiener dogs, some bunnies and a rescue cat which owns me. Oh. And a house silkie....

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post #4 of 6
6/13/12 at 7:40pm
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he isn't going to rip off my hen's combs will he??? :(

My chicken coop is now inhabited by chickens!

 

RIP June the chicken 4/23/13

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My chicken coop is now inhabited by chickens!

 

RIP June the chicken 4/23/13

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post #5 of 6
6/13/12 at 8:38pm
Yes, I am watching my chicks behavior, and the ones that show too much bad behavior will be culled, they tend to disrupt the peace and harmony, they can cut the hens comb and do needless damage to feathers...the best roos are the one that dance for the hens and don't get bothered by some rejection...besides, they annoy me.
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post #6 of 6
6/15/12 at 10:01am

He is trying to mate, I think their combs will be fine.

 

 I LOVE POPCORN!

All Chicks should be born the natural way, with a mother 

All creatures should be treated without cruelty

Everyone should be a chicken lover!!!!!!! 

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 I LOVE POPCORN!

All Chicks should be born the natural way, with a mother 

All creatures should be treated without cruelty

Everyone should be a chicken lover!!!!!!! 

99.999% of girls would die if Justin Bieber appeared at their doorstep and asked for a date. If your that 0.0001% Who's wiping blood from your fist, put this in your siggy.

 

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