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He was an accidental rooster. Bought 6 chicks that we're supposed to have all been female. Surprise! He doesn't seem to be mean to the girls except the biting of the back of the neck that comes with mating. We have two very large separate areas for our chickens so I think I will try the...

Just joined...... I am relatively new to chicken raising. I'm about 5 months in. I started with six adult Delawares that came with our new home. I raised 6 more Delaware chicks. I now have 8 after losing 3 to raccoons and one to the rooster that I posted a question about on another thread...

Yesterday, my rooster twisted one of my hens necks while trying to mate with her. She died from the encounter. I am relatively new to chicken raising ....about 5 months now. Are roosters dangerous to hens or was this a freak thing? I had 8 hens to my one rooster but 4 of those are young...