- Apr 26, 2012
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I came home from work yesterday to find out that my two roosters, (brothers and have been together since hatching and are 14 months old) decided they were going to beat the crap out of each other. My father went to water them after lunch and they just started going at each other. They did this off and on all afternoon. When I got home and went to check on them, they both had tons of missing feathers, both's waffles were swollen, missing chunks and bloody and they both just looked horrible. These two roo's are both Buff and were beautiful. Now they look horrible. What is odd is that the dominant one was the one who got the most damage done. I separated them last night after having to break up more fighting. They have never ever fought so I'm confused as to why after a year they would try to kill each other. Is the submissive one just trying to win over the dominant position? Can I safely put them back together or do I need to forever keep them separate? They are in a pen with an upper house and a run so they have room. I am adding a 50ft run to the area this weekend so would that help with them being back together?