Male Blind Question

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Brohnson

Brohnson

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Jul 15, 2014
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I had 1 male in the pen with 3 females for the past week and than I bought 6 females and 1 new male and put them all in the pen together yesterday but after today I noticed my new male has been pecked in the head so bad that his eyes look swollen shut. I put him in a separate pen with food and water but all he does is sit there... is there anything I can do for him or will his swollen eyes clear up? Please help..... Also should I get rid of my other male that pecked at him and buy 2 new males that are used to each other and put them in the pen together as I feel 1 male for 10 females are a little much... please advise
 
1:10 is perfect. Get rid of the bully.You don't want chicks just like him. Every extra rooster is just an extra mouth to feed that doesn't add to the flock.
 
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What should I do with the male who cant see now? I think he was the bully anyways because I saw the other male and females chasing him down in the pen... but I did not think they would beat him this bad. I do feel bad for him as he cant see now because either he is blind or they are swollen shut...
 
Well, you could put him alone for a while to see if he heals up and eat him if he doesn't. Or if it were me, he'd be going in the freezer right now.
 
You can't just buy more birds and plop them together. The birds you already had were in their minds the sole owners of their territory. The birds you added were to them, invaders only there to steal their food. You can integrate birds together if you familiarize them first and add them all to a new cage so no one has territory they feel they need to protect. Also unless you are running an aviary sized cage two males will never go over well. If you have two males you would want 6-8 hens each and 3-4 sq ft a bird and if you're lucky they'll get along. Multiple males works ok when you have large spaces but it's pretty much just pita in a hobby sized cage. I hope this isn't as rude as it will sound, but this could have been easily avoided with a little more research into their behavioral habits.

If they've blinded him I'd euthanize him but keep in mind the birds that did this to him may have picked up some bad habits in the process and may do it again.
 
I understand what your saying but these where all litter mates from the breeder I got them from. The problem was I had 2 many males and not enough females so when I got more females I put the other male back in with them all. He was aggressive from the start but I thought maybe a time out for a few days and maybe more females they might get along... but that never happened. Good news is he did open his eyes today and is eating so he will be come a training bird for my dogs.
 

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