So I have this hen and she is mating with the rooster so I put her eggs in the incubator and not a single one is fertile after 10 days. The weird thing is she only lays eggs after she mates for a few days and then she stops after a few days after she is mated. She is free range and he is kept...
So yesterday I figured I would try one more time, and she is still a touch nervous, but she ended up roosting between the rooster and the top hen last night. He even protected her on a few occasions so I think it might finally be over.
She can see the others and they can see her through the fence and they don't react to each other at all, but when I put her in she runs around and I think they think its some kind of game of tag. Ill have to see if she can bond with the rooster if they are together alone because I've run out of...
That would work out better because I want the rooster to breed her, not the mean 3, its kind of funny the 3 mean hens are like the three witches from hocus pocus,lol.
Oh the rooster loves her, and they are fine with the fence between them, that's why I tried to see if she could go back in. Ill pull the hens out and put her with the rooster, I have a second coop almost done. Maybe if she gets to claim the space as hers it would change.
That's what made me take her out, but I've tried to re introduce her about 5 times and I get the same result, I've even thought about getting rid of the other three hens because it's a different one starting the problem every time I try.
Its like she lacks the confidence to kick their butts. And I have another question should a rooster be breaking them up when the hens fight or will he just watch?
The older birds at in a converted 8x8 shed and they will be a year old July 7th. I put the younger birds out in a 8x10 dog kennel next to the fence for the daytime.
So I have a hen who is a total sweetheart that gets picked on by the birds she was broodded with so she is now free ranging while her sisters and the rooster are in a 35 foot by 35 foot fence. I have 6 7 week olds but when I try to put her with them she picks on them and chases them around. My...