TopazMaster91
Songster
So, here's some details: We have fifteen chickens total at the moment.
A few months ago, three chicks hatched, and not long after that,
we adopted three rescued chicks from the side of the road.
All six are roughly the same age, probably 4-ish months old now.
All six live separately from our main coop/run, but close, in sight.
Our Japanese bantam rooster, 1 1/2 years old, gets along with everybody-
EXCEPT all these younger chickens!
They've had PLENTY (months!) of face-time, look no touch interaction,
and free-range time, but no matter what,
if ANY of the six newer chickens get anywhere near him,
he CHASES them off, violently.
He's NOT trying to mate, he's trying to drive them off;
this happens every time, without fail.
All of the other chickens don't have nearly as much of a problem
with the newbies, only the usual pecking order stuff,
but our rooster seems to think of them as a threat,
or something to drive off. What is this all about?
Is this fixable, will it continue to be a problem,
has anybody else ever had this issue?
Thanks for reading - David.
A few months ago, three chicks hatched, and not long after that,
we adopted three rescued chicks from the side of the road.
All six are roughly the same age, probably 4-ish months old now.
All six live separately from our main coop/run, but close, in sight.
Our Japanese bantam rooster, 1 1/2 years old, gets along with everybody-
EXCEPT all these younger chickens!
They've had PLENTY (months!) of face-time, look no touch interaction,
and free-range time, but no matter what,
if ANY of the six newer chickens get anywhere near him,
he CHASES them off, violently.
He's NOT trying to mate, he's trying to drive them off;
this happens every time, without fail.
All of the other chickens don't have nearly as much of a problem
with the newbies, only the usual pecking order stuff,
but our rooster seems to think of them as a threat,
or something to drive off. What is this all about?
Is this fixable, will it continue to be a problem,
has anybody else ever had this issue?
Thanks for reading - David.