rooster problem

  1. mykel

    Freaked Out Rooster

    My poor top rooster got chased by a dog almost two weeks ago. He ran under our barn and has not come out since. For the first few days he was still crowing, but he doesn’t even do that anymore. My two other roosters have clearly taken over his job of big guy on campus. From what we can see, he...
  2. buffymama

    Rooster singling out a hen?

    we got a new rooster last night and added him into our existing flock (13 hens). we made sure our girls were up in the coop asleep and then we set him in there in a cage with the cage door open. he basically stayed in there all night but sometime this morning he killed one of our buff orpy hens...
  3. B

    Scared Chicken

    Hello everybody! We have a Dominique chicken, who is at the bottom of our pecking order of 9 guineas, 7 chickens and a rooster. We got her from a family with three times as many birds, and frankly she wasn't given any special care or attention and was in bad shape when we got her. Her health...
  4. L

    Feathers Missing from Hens' Backs, Getting Worse

    Hello, everyone! I have fourteen standard hens, all assorted breeds. A couple weeks ago, I noticed their feathers in the bottom area of the back were plucked out, and the pink flesh was showing. I assumed my rooster was the problem, and removed him immediately, even though fourteen hens for one...
  5. Chicky 13

    Rooster not mating with hens

    Hi A couple of weeks ago we bought a pair of buff orpingtons. The 10 month old rooster was proven since he had been kept in isolation with his hen who had then gone on to hatch chicks. When they first arrived I cracked an egg from the female orpington and saw it had a white spot indicating it...
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