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I guess I should update, in case some day someone needs this info. I hate it when I can't find out what happened! Cleo got locked up under the poop board, and you know, I never knew how sassy he could be! All day for him was the wire- get past that wire- he hated it. When I filled his food bowl...

My coop is 4x7. All the floor space is available. I had Cleo with my two girls in there for the morning while I was gone. I do intend to get more hens. Would it be fine if I gave him the space under the poop board (3x4) until he is mature enough, and if so, how do I know he has calmed down...

I agree that it takes some persistent tugging and pulling and pecking to draw blood and start the wound. I have been reading older posts and some people have recommended separating and waiting for the rooster to mature. I don't know if a mentioned it before, but he has just started crowing.

oldhenlikesdogs -I do not think this was an attack. He does not attack anything. However, he is VERY possessive of food. If she tasted good, he would peck her again. they don't view the chicken itself as food, but the injury tastes good and is 'food'. Sometimes a squawk from the injured hen is...

I am not going to keep him. While a rooster normally dances for his hens, or tid bits, he just jumped her... and yes, I'm sure it was him. He had blood smeared all along his beak and comb, and the only other chicken in the coop with them was screaming her head off from the rafters. :) He didn't...

~ Please read the whole story~ We picked out our chicks at a local TSC, a few days after Easter. What we thought was particularly interesting was that they hatched ON Easter. We picked out four Golden Comet Pullets, a 'popular breed' bantam, and an 'Americana' or, EE. We drove home and set...