LuciferRoo
Songster
I have a rooster named Peter.
He is a very big boy. I had a larger number of roosters than hens, so I separated the hens from roosters and put Peter with the girls.
The reason I chose him was because he was the most friendly towards me. I could pick him up any time and he did not run away nor complain. When he was little, he was one of 4 brothers who were the friendlies of all the chicks. As they aged, he remained the most friendly.
That is the background and he is now years old.
I had acquired more roosters last year. 7 were sent from a hatchery, even though I ordered females and 7 more were hatched by a hen.
My concern about him is that is not really protecting his hens or more accurately hen (he only had 4 but 3 are in quarantine right now). The hen gets chased and forcibly mated by the young roosters and while he runs to her, he only squawks next to "activity" but does not physically attack the other roosters.
Shouldn't he be protecting his hen(s) from other roosters?
He is a very big boy. I had a larger number of roosters than hens, so I separated the hens from roosters and put Peter with the girls.
The reason I chose him was because he was the most friendly towards me. I could pick him up any time and he did not run away nor complain. When he was little, he was one of 4 brothers who were the friendlies of all the chicks. As they aged, he remained the most friendly.
That is the background and he is now years old.
I had acquired more roosters last year. 7 were sent from a hatchery, even though I ordered females and 7 more were hatched by a hen.
My concern about him is that is not really protecting his hens or more accurately hen (he only had 4 but 3 are in quarantine right now). The hen gets chased and forcibly mated by the young roosters and while he runs to her, he only squawks next to "activity" but does not physically attack the other roosters.
Shouldn't he be protecting his hen(s) from other roosters?
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