Ok, it's been a couple more days now and everyday I let Pumpkin and his girls out for a couple of hours but stand close by. The roosters are pretty much ignoring each other now and have accepted the situation. I still don't trust them and will only ever let them out when I am there to watch...
Thanks everyone for your comments. It all made plenty of sense and I'll take it all on board. I'm not sure what I'm going to do. I let Pumpkin out again yesterday for 3 hours with his girls and the roosters could see each other but didn't bother to fight. So I'll keep doing that but I know they...
My favourite rooster "Pumpkin" went to live next door 2 years ago because I already had a rooster. That rooster died. Pumpkin's sister turned out to be a rooster, "Peanut", so I kept him. He has 20 hens. My neighbour has now decided they don't want chickens anymore so they gave me back Pumpkin...
I'm in Australia and both my roosters have it as well. I was told it'd not hormonal but I agree with you guys, I think it is. I tried antibiotics from the vet and aloe vera from my garden and it didn't clear up. I just tried Betidene to see what happens. It's hot here. 2022