Is there any truth to me NEEDING a rooster for protection against predatory animals? The run and coop is completely secured - no gaps larger than 2", chickens buried around the bottom, everything is completely enclosed and they are in there run unless I am home and can keep an eye on them
Chickens are all around 1 1/2 year old Rhode Island reds, I was letting them all out together but the rooster was too difficult and violent to put back in, so I have left him in for the last week or so while the girls are out. I brought the chickens to my property because it is spacious enough...
Hello to all from WV. I'm new to the site and new to raising chickens. I've recently rescued a small flock of birds, 4 hens and 1 hateful rooster. I now have them housed in a proper coop and spacious run, but every time the birds are together the rooster goes nuts. Attacking the girls -...
