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Pull them off the roost and put them in a cage or depending on how long it will be, you can put them in a box with a bunch of large air holes. That way all he has to do is pick up the box and go. Herding chickens is for the birds.

:goodpost: All true. In some cases the cockerels fight so much that they prevent any mating at all and one ends up with infertile eggs. I've also seen gang rapes where one cockerel after another climbs on a pullet preventing her from moving.

Some may grow out of it but that will be too late. You have one rooster and 4 cockerels. That is too many for 17 hens IMO. Some of the favorite pullets and hens will be overbred.