dominant rooster

  1. inquisitivebird

    Roosters not mating near other roosters

    I have 4 chicken pens set up next to each other. They have different breeds in each one. I am getting eggs from 3 of the pens. It's the middle of winter here in New Zealand. I've collected eggs and incubated them and only one rooster is fertilising the eggs. He's the largest and most impressive...
  2. BigBlueHen53

    Upset Flock Dynamics, What Now?

    My lead rooster, Silverwings, about 3 or 4 years old, showed signs of leg mites so I isolated him for treatment. I put him in the bachelor pen. This evening my kid accidentally opened a gate, releasing him to the area where the flock, including the (formerly) submissive yearling BJG, George...
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