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Rooster caught her this morning haha he doesn't give up.

Me and my rooster and some of my hens

Update on my rooster and my new flock! The rooster in the morning when I let them out gets excited and starts chasing my younger hens around and I was worried he was scaring them off or trying to kill them. But I watched him the other day and he finally caught one of my 12 hens and he just...

Okay thank you BYC people! I appreciate the feed back! Will let my friends and in laws know about this helpful forum!

Also I fear that my original 12 hens think I'm the dominate one of there flock because when I walk up to my one hen that lasts she submits and squats. But when the rooster goes up to her she runs. So I'm worried he will think he has to fight me to show the other hens he is the boss. Is this a thing?

I read that rir roosters can be aggressive and amauracauns can be polite and kind and he is a mix of both

I also worry about my rooster being aggressive to humans and is there any signs i should start looking for? And is there a way to correct him

Haha okay I hope so. He also dances for them and they hate it and run away lol. So I feel like he is trying to dominate them and them and seduce them but they don't understand

The only thing that throws me off is that the rooster came from one of my friends by himself and the new 4 hens came from a separate friend but the rooster and the 4 hens get along just fine. But he does mate with them and and they are laying but 1 of the new 4 hens is on top of the pecking...

Gotta say I did not expect this fast of replies. Thank you everyone

Read some of the space requirements. Lots of good info in there.

That's good to hear. They have unlimited space to run. And at night go and sleep in different coops

I am so excited

So I am new to owning my own chickens but been around them for 5 years. My in laws own chickens so I got to see how they do things. But I'll give you the whole story and I hope this is normal behavior. I bought 12 chicks back in the beginning of June from a local feed store when one of my in...