He had been wonderful for almost a year, then he ran scared while 3 of my hens were picked off by a hawk and a fox. Has started to abuse and chase a few of my senior hens and attacking my toddler and I anytime we turn our backs. I couldn’t believe the radical turn his temperament took.
I just...
I’m getting a new rooster for my flock, what I want to know is how long should I wait for the new rooster to have definitively fertilized all the hens, before I try incubating. I currently have a gamefowl rooster as a protector but he recently became aggressive, so we’re rehoming. I definitely...