Amanda1503
Chirping
- Jul 6, 2020
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Hello and sorry for the long post.
I have a 12 week old rooster and his sister that have been kept separated by a fence from my 6 hens. Yesterday, I watched one of the hens stick her head through the fence and pull out one of his feathers. I was keeping the 12 week olds in a wire crate in the coop with the hens at night. They’ve become too big for the crate so I started sneaking them onto the roosting bar at night. I’m out in the coop before the sunrises to get them back into their side of the run.
Has anyone had a problem with hens bullying roosters and if so how did you solve the problem? He’s on track to be a big boy so I think he’ll be able to hold his own when he gets a little older. I’m certain that if all the chickens were to free range together both the young ones would be bullied. The days have been short and with the snow I only have my older hens out about 1 hour a day (We have had a hungry hawk around so I like to be outside with them when they’re free ranging.)
Also, where do your roosters sleep?
I have a 12 week old rooster and his sister that have been kept separated by a fence from my 6 hens. Yesterday, I watched one of the hens stick her head through the fence and pull out one of his feathers. I was keeping the 12 week olds in a wire crate in the coop with the hens at night. They’ve become too big for the crate so I started sneaking them onto the roosting bar at night. I’m out in the coop before the sunrises to get them back into their side of the run.
Has anyone had a problem with hens bullying roosters and if so how did you solve the problem? He’s on track to be a big boy so I think he’ll be able to hold his own when he gets a little older. I’m certain that if all the chickens were to free range together both the young ones would be bullied. The days have been short and with the snow I only have my older hens out about 1 hour a day (We have had a hungry hawk around so I like to be outside with them when they’re free ranging.)
Also, where do your roosters sleep?