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I think thats been part of the issue, I only have the three hens his age who aren't bossing anyone around and three older hens who were submissive to him when he was very young - no bossy hens makes for a prideful young fellow! It reminds me of when I had a colt born whos mom was the boss mare...

Thank-you, that was helpful. I've had hens for years but last summer we decided to try a rooster to begin hatching our own for your typical egg/meat reasons. The rooster is a handsome Lavender Orpington. The hens are all larger brown egg layer breeds. At first they were cooperative breeders but...

Duly noted with thanks :D I only wondered that because we lost a couple of hens this fall, so I thought this hen who was out of the coop was sick at first, and thought maaaaaybe he was attacking her for that reason. But after giving him the boot last night into to his own room, she is in fact...

He is not new to the flock. He arrived as a day old chick in July with other chicks. Since coming of age a few months ago, the three oldest hens seldom come down from roosting in order that they keep away from him. At some point, I started giving them some time apart, so the girls could eat. But...

I have my first rooster, he is around 8 months old now, so I know very little about what is normal for a roo... We have 6 hens, 3 are his age, 3 are a bit older. The three older hens are his favorites and they hate him. They roost all day to keep away from him (particularly now that its winter...