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Yeah, I'm wondering if we might have to do that, or at the very least separate him for awhile from everyone else. He's totally normal, good to his girls and indifferent to us, except when it comes to those younger six. It's totally weird, I'm at a loss at what to do.

Not boys! All girls, but one. But the rooster treats them all the same; he drives them ALL off, nothing different whatsoever, behavior wise.

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...

Okay so, so far his eye doesn't seem any worse; if anything, it may be slightly better- it looks a little less bruised (less black around the upper eyelid) and possibly a little less swollen. He still keeps his eye completely shut, no blinking, but it doesn't look as bad as yesterday. He did a...

Is it any easier to do this at night, or does it not matter? He's not very used to handling; I can catch him easily right now, I was able to yesterday, but I don't know if he's going to struggle or panic when I start messing with his eye. If the time of day isn't going to make any difference...

Alright, we'll have all the stuff for his eye today within a couple hours, we have a dog cage we can stick in the run and put him in, so we're pretty much all set today; question, how exactly do I DO an eye wash? He's keeping his eye completely shut, I've never washed out an eye before, so I...

Thanks! I'll have to get all this done early tomorrow. Do you think it'd be a good idea to separate him for the time being? I don't want him to get picked on or not be able to defend himself if a crotchety hen strolls by with an attitude.

It very much looks like a physical injury, his other eye is fine; The injured eye isn't leaking any fluids or bubbling, it's just swollen and dark near the top; I'm hoping it's a superficial injury that will heal, but even if it's worse and he ends up blind in one eye, we still want to keep him...

Our Japanese Bantam rooster has an eye injury of some sort, I didn't see it happen so I don't know how it happened, but my best guess is a badly aimed peck from a hen that didn't want any action; Today I noticed his left eye is swollen and he keeps it shut, won't open it, and he is a lot less...

I've had a few people seem grossed out when I tell them I scramble up extra eggs for the ladies (and boys), and someone even asked if it was basically cannibalism; I figure that calling eggs "chicken periods" won't really make people view it any better, so I just tell them that their first meal...

I'm definitely going to have to update this more and upload some more pics, Gracie's chicks and Yuki's chick are all growing SO much! Their colors and personalities are coming out, I love watching them grow! Gracie has been a super good mom this entire time, still showing no sign of getting...

LF bearded Buff laced Polish X Black tailed Buff Japanese Bantam :p Polish was mom, Japanese was dad. These are pics from the day it hatched, it's about two weeks old now and is feathering in mostly white with some buff/gold on the breast area. It is growing a tail that sticks almost straight...

I'm sorry you had that experience. Like you said, it is totally up to the hen, there's nothing anyone can do to change that. However, there are good reasons for doing it at night, and all things being equal, I do think it is the safer option, and this is backed by plenty of experience from many...

I'd be apprehensive about doing it in the daytime; I've done it at night with no problems, the only time I had a mama reject a chick was when I tried it during the day. When you do it at night the chick goes to sleep under the mom, and cheeps a bit. Before an egg hatches, the mom and chicks...

So far he's been a good boy :) his crow is getting better too, though hearing him and Taichi crow together still makes me laugh :p. Gracie's three chicks are doing great, so is the one Yuki adopted! I gotta get some updated pics on here again soon :)

My Old English Game Bantam has gone broody twice already, and she is less than a year old! She has three chicks right now :D. Her previous hatch, both chicks died :hmm. My two bantam Cochins have also each gone broody once, and they're also under a year old. One raised one chick already, the...

Yes, both definitely look male to me!

LOL. I set a bowl of food down for a momma and chick I have, freshly filled; momma proceeds to bill out 90% of the food into the surrounding pine shavings. I just stood and watched in disbelief. Like, really girl?

If you upload pictures of the two suspected males, I'm sure I or someone else on here can help you guess their sexes :). Behavior is also something to look for, but at this age those behaviors aren't in full swing yet. Chest bumping and little squabbles can be done by pullets as well as...

Fair nuff :p Well, if you only really want one, you could let them grow up a bit more, and pick the better one to keep between them both, personality & breed-wise. On raising chicks, what you should do depends a lot on whether or not you care about making pure-breed babies, or barnyard mixes...