silkienewbie93
Chirping
- Jun 15, 2020
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Hi everyone!
My rooster has been chasing one of my hens recently!
All of my chickens including the rooster have been raised together since day one. They are now a little over 2 years old. I have 1 rooster and 10 hens.
I noticed a few months ago that he kept chasing her out of the nesting box. For some reason he just didn’t want her in there. But as soon as she was out of the nesting box he would ignore her. I ended up adding curtains to the nesting box which seemed to resolve the issue for a little bit but yesterday I noticed the chasing was starting again. However, now he chases her all the time, not just when she’s in the nesting box.
He’s fine with all the other hens but any time he sees this one hen he chases her. When he does catch her he doesn’t try to mate, he just pecks her head.
She seems healthy to me. And I’ve had other sick/injured chickens before that he has never chased so I don’t think that’s it.
Is there anything I can do to chill him out? If necessary I can divide my flock in 2 to separate them, but I’m worried about having my rooster in with only 5 hens. Do you think this would work?
My rooster has been chasing one of my hens recently!
All of my chickens including the rooster have been raised together since day one. They are now a little over 2 years old. I have 1 rooster and 10 hens.
I noticed a few months ago that he kept chasing her out of the nesting box. For some reason he just didn’t want her in there. But as soon as she was out of the nesting box he would ignore her. I ended up adding curtains to the nesting box which seemed to resolve the issue for a little bit but yesterday I noticed the chasing was starting again. However, now he chases her all the time, not just when she’s in the nesting box.
He’s fine with all the other hens but any time he sees this one hen he chases her. When he does catch her he doesn’t try to mate, he just pecks her head.
She seems healthy to me. And I’ve had other sick/injured chickens before that he has never chased so I don’t think that’s it.
Is there anything I can do to chill him out? If necessary I can divide my flock in 2 to separate them, but I’m worried about having my rooster in with only 5 hens. Do you think this would work?