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Due to a nasty bout of coccidiosis, natural aging and passing along an extra pair of Nankins, I'm down to three roosters from my original seven. My remaining three boys (ages 2, 3 and 5) are now absorbed into the main flock. It's weird, but they each have a very distinctive crow. The Captain...

From your keyboard to the roosters' ears ... I'm not anticipating any serious issues, but you never know. Life with roosters does tend to swing between unpredictable and entertaining ... often both at the same time. I DO enjoy my Boys!

It shouldn't be an issue (famous last words, I know!) Since I knew this coop revamp was finally going to happen, I split four of The Boys into two pairs over a month ago. They are currently on either side of a wire divider, separated by breed. The fifth roo has been in isolation with a single...

My bachelor flock is down to five at the moment, with no fellas in with the ladies. I actually pulled one rooster from the main coop so I could reacquaint him with his buddies. Since I plan to put three back in with the girls, I figure that's the safest way to get him to share. The bonus, at...

Way to go, Barney! DD's Herman (blue splash hatchery Silkie) did the same thing. Despite being a House Rooster at the time, Herman adopted a handful of babies that were being bullied. Every morning, he trotted out with me to feed the rest of the flock. He would roll (how else would you describe...

I've got one JG pullet (in a flock of 24-oz Nankin bantams!) She's only six months old and already towers over them. Literally. She's three times the height of our tallest rooster's tail ... and she's still a baby, by JG standards! I will say, though, that she's absolutely the sweetest bird...

Welcome Aboard! It's good to have another advocate "For the Boys!" I have a mixed age/breed bachelor flock of ten - all Nankin bantams with one lone Silkie. At the moment, they're split (6/4) into two sides of their bigger run while the three youngsters grow out fully. No Way was I putting...

Hey @Rach1802, I was scanning through some posts from earlier this summer and now I'm wondering how your integration went and how your rescues shaped up .. I hope all is well and growing!

Sad, but it's still a good tidbit to file away for the future ... guess I should have finished reading the thread, eh? :)

This was a rough hatch year ... heavy on the testosterone side, so my bachelor flock doubled to eight, this summer. That was really overwhelming for my Silkie. Poor Herman ended up hiding with his head buried in the corner for protection. The Boys are currently in two side-by-side coop/runs...

If you give them a few hidey-holes (with two entry/exit spots so they can't trap each other) they should be fine. I'd give them two perches, too, maybe of different heights, but long enough for them to share if they decide to play nice ... which they might just decide is a good plan, come winter!

Super handsome fellows!

Glad to hear it all worked out ... and that you've now got time to plan your program.

The fact that you have two small groups to integrate definitely works to your advantage. It's much easier to mingle groups than it is to add a single bird to an existing flock. I introduced two groups of three, last fall. They each had a small run/coop setup where there was a common wall. You...

OHMAGOSH!!! :eek: THAT'S IT! :celebrate I was looking in articles and thread titles. I didn't realize that it was buried in another thread ... and I even scanned the beginnings of that one! Thank you, THANK you, THANK YOU!!!!! :woot:bow:wee:wee:wee:yesss: :ya:celebrate

I love the little white fellow! But then, I've always been a bit of a softie for bantams ...

No, I didn't find the exact article, but I did find a similar one that is nearly as good. Take a look at this one on "The Happy Chicken Coop." https://www.thehappychickencoop.com/aggressive-roosters/ This is pretty much how I handle my problem (aka teenage!) roos. So far, so good. I only have...

Nope, not this one. It's a good article, but the one I'm looking didn't recommend carrying them around. Instead, it used a lot of easy, "psyche-out-the-roo" techniques that worked wonders with my problem-child cockerel. I can't find it again ... and it's driving me nuts!

Hey Rooster People, My memory needs a jump start, and I could use some help finding an article here on BYC. Some time ago, there was an absolutely WONDERFUL article posted on how to retrain an aggressive rooster by reminding him that the people in his world are alpha, not him. The gist was that...

I really enjoy my Bachelor Flock. There are four Nankin Bantams and Yukon, my oddball Red Pyle OEGB. They are all SO much more mellow, now that they're not competing for the ladies. I've been home, sick for about a week, so I've been taking a comfy camp chair out to the coop and letting them...