An update on my roos ... they are now getting along just fine, together in the mobile coop. The Delaware roo is definitely alpha. The Dorking roo just stays out of his way and does nothing to challenge him. They both roost at night about 6 feet away from each other on separate roosts, the...
So, maybe having all the roosters together in one place and all the hens together in another might work? That would only be 2 coops, which I have already.
Maybe the mellow Dork boys would band together to ward off the evil Delaware.
Thank you all for your advice!
Kim
Centrarchid, So you don't have to lock up your birds at all, at night, for predator protection?
What you said makes a lot of sense and must be the reason that I didn't have this problem before. I used to have pairs of roos that were raised together. Ironically, now that I'm trying to get...
For those of you that breed chickens and keep several roosters, how do you manage the roosters? Can they ever be kept together and get along with each other?
I am down to two breeds now, with 3 roosters. I am going to add another rooster soon, so that I have 2 of each breed.
I'm taking them...