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  1. jajones480

    A question about a rooster's behavior

    UPDATE: Separation was unnecessary. About a week after the last post everyone seemed to fall in line. The Reds, for the most part, have submitted. He's stopped bullying the hens altogether. The ones that want nothing to do with him leave the fenced in yard for the day and come back at night...
  2. jajones480

    A question about a rooster's behavior

    Now that I know what I'm looking at is somewhat normal, I'm okay with it. I understand why he seems to pick on the Red Rocks more than he does the other ones. He (somehow) knows that they are the dominant members of the flock and is trying to get them to submit. Oddly enough, the problem...
  3. jajones480

    A question about a rooster's behavior

    Thank you all for your advice! I was wondering if he was "gettin' busy". I have watched him interact with the hens and I've never seen the dance that Krista alluded to. The hens actually run away from him (with the exception of a couple) and he will take flight and land on them, pinning them...
  4. jajones480

    A question about a rooster's behavior

    Hi! I have been a long-time lurker but this is my first post. We started raising chickens this summer when we inherited 9 birds - 2 Barred Rocks, 6 Red Rocks (Barred / Rhode Island Red cross), and 1 male guinea - from a friend who sadly had a house fire and had to move out of his house for...
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