overmating

I have 3 chickens that are just about a year old. We got a batch of 8 chicks last summer, 6 were roos and 2 were hens. We kept one roo and processed the rest. It's been going fine until the past few weeks, one of my poor girls has lost almost all her feathers on her back. He seems to only like...

Hey everyone! So I have 2 male quails and 7 females in my aviary - lots of space and hidey holes provided. I recently swapped 3 males for 3 females, although one new gal has turned out to be a guy. I was originally aiming for only 1 male, but here we are. One of the new females came to me...

One of my female ducks has been constantly being attacked by 3 of my males, it’s always one leading the other two, he’s the fastest and chases the females and once he catches one the other two join in, sadly the female that’s the slowest is always the same one. We kept her in the kitchen...

Hi! I have a beautiful 3 year old RIR rooster who is overmating 4 of his hens very badly. He has been the best roo for so long, what is causing him to do this so suddenly and how do I make him stop?? Does anybody have any suggestions on what to do about it? The hens are so stressed they're not...

I have a lovely Muscovy girl that I believe is being overmated by one of our runner drakes. He constantly follows her around and mates with her. He first tried in the pool but I think he couldn’t, erm, make it work mechanically, so now he chases her around on land. I didn’t realize he was...

Hi All, I've been reading quite a bit about overmating and want to see if this seems reasonable... Here's the landscape of the flock (ducks and geese mixed, though we'll leave the geese out of this one); I have 3 boys and 4 girls currently. We're getting 5 more girls this year (to bring it...

Hi i am new to raising chicks and I have a rooster named Jimmy that I love dearly. Hes around 6 mo old so he's a still young but He's awsome. He's also very aggressive to my chicks and my boyfriend. He's never done anything to me per say but has bit my boyfriend quite a few times. We don't...