I need to integrate a 7 month old rooster back with his flock of 3 hens (he was accidental). I removed him because he was too hormonal and was roughly mating the hens and two were injured because of it.
He currently is living in a large wire dog kennel and I have let him out a few times with the younger hen who likes him and they still get along just fine. She also gets along just fine without him.
My coop was built for 4 hens not 3 hens and a rooster so it's on the smaller side but soon they will have access to a run with a lot more room.
I am thinking of building him a bachelor pad for in the run where he will spend his time when he can't be monitored and so the three ladies will have a safe area to get away from him.
I would love to have all four getting along and living together eventually and I'm hoping this will happen when he is no longer a teenager or his rooster skills get better.
Any and all suggestions are appreciated. I hate to have to put him down because he's being a rooster but I can't have him injuring my girls again.
He currently is living in a large wire dog kennel and I have let him out a few times with the younger hen who likes him and they still get along just fine. She also gets along just fine without him.
My coop was built for 4 hens not 3 hens and a rooster so it's on the smaller side but soon they will have access to a run with a lot more room.
I am thinking of building him a bachelor pad for in the run where he will spend his time when he can't be monitored and so the three ladies will have a safe area to get away from him.
I would love to have all four getting along and living together eventually and I'm hoping this will happen when he is no longer a teenager or his rooster skills get better.
Any and all suggestions are appreciated. I hate to have to put him down because he's being a rooster but I can't have him injuring my girls again.