I have a second coop with three 10 week old cockerels and ten 6 week old should-be-pullets. I have three feeding stations, all out of sight of the others.
When I open up in the morning all three bowls are full. The three older birds immediately stake out all the feeding stations and drive the chicks away, not letting them eat. I have taken to isolating the three older birds in the coop until the chicks have eaten, but this morning one got past me.
He would eat at one bowl, then when he heard the chicks eating at the other he would drive them off. He was busy running from one bowl to the other, apparently determined that the chicks wouldn't eat.
Unless I intervene, the babies go hungry. How can I stop this behavior? Always before, having multiple feeding spots has solved the problem.
When I open up in the morning all three bowls are full. The three older birds immediately stake out all the feeding stations and drive the chicks away, not letting them eat. I have taken to isolating the three older birds in the coop until the chicks have eaten, but this morning one got past me.
He would eat at one bowl, then when he heard the chicks eating at the other he would drive them off. He was busy running from one bowl to the other, apparently determined that the chicks wouldn't eat.
Unless I intervene, the babies go hungry. How can I stop this behavior? Always before, having multiple feeding spots has solved the problem.
