marymiranda4
Chirping
- Jan 30, 2019
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How can I keep get rooster to be gentler, or keep him off all together?
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How long have they been together? How many hens and how old are they? What is his size in relation to the hens?He is a cockerel. I got him for the hen's protection after my very gentle rooster passed. They're older hens.
I've have had him separated in a large area since I got him. He has an auto door but prefers to roost under a tarp covering his area. I force him to go in his small coop every night.
I'm going away for 4 days. If I can get him to leave the hen's alone, he can sleep with them in the coop. I know he'd follow them in (a larger coop with an auto door). Otherwise, he'll sleep on his roost in the weather. I live in nj. Could be wet and windy.
It was suggested I try putting "Pick-No-More" on the hen's neck. Any thoughts? Is there something better?
How long have they been together? How many hens and how old are they? What is his size in relation to the hens?
I'd like to address the "protect the hens" statement. Most roosters do not literally protect hens. They alert hens (& you) to danger. It is a rare rooster who will take on a predator or a perceived predator for his flock. I love roosters and I wouldn't be without a few in my flock, but I don't expect them to be anything more than eye candy and to provide me with fertile eggs.He is a cockerel. I got him for the hen's protection after my very gentle rooster passed. They're older hens.
I've have had him separated in a large area since I got him. He has an auto door but prefers to roost under a tarp covering his area. I force him to go in his small coop every night.
I'm going away for 4 days. If I can get him to leave the hen's alone, he can sleep with them in the coop. I know he'd follow them in (a larger coop with an auto door). Otherwise, he'll sleep on his roost in the weather. I live in nj. Could be wet and windy.
It was suggested I try putting "Pick-No-More" on the hen's neck. Any thoughts? Is there something better?
He is a blue icebar. One hen is a barred rock and the other australorps. He's big (about the size of the previous Roo who was an australorp). The hens are smaller than the rooster, but they aren't small chickens.How long have they been together? How many hens and how old are they? What is his size in relation to the hens?