3 roosters with 1 hen

[featherhead007]

Fine!!! I miss my roosters dammit I called them by name but now they are in someone's else costody, damn right that hurts..hurts a lot

 

[featherhead007]

Losing my roos, chickens is like losing one or more of my own children ..

 

[bobbi-j]

This is where - as I believe it's aart says - the romance meets reality of chicken raising. Hatching/raising chickens is a lot of fun, until you end up with cockerels you can't keep and don't have a plan for.

 

[featherhead007]

Seriously, hens need tender loving care to lay eggs comfortably . getting raped by a rooster isn't something I would like either. Don't picture that please.. I separate my 18 hens from the roos, for that same reason. I get a dozen a day multiple colors but who cares fresh eggs daily!! Bok bok bok

 

[MageofMist]

I am ready to rehome any of my boys if things get out of hand, but thus far things have been going very well despite their increasing ages and maturity. Scruff, the youngest, is oddly the largest of the three but is a total wimp and is the lowest rank. Only recently have the hens stopped bullying him and accepted him as a defender.

PeepPeep, the big brother, goes at the front of the flock and leads them, Scruff is roughly in the middle with the girls or is at the edge keeping watch, and Papa Rooroo sticks to the back of the flock and herds any wandering hens back into the safety of the group. It amazes me how well the three work together and how respectful they are of the hens, so I don't see any need to separate them at the current time, especially since there is a buzzard (a big hawk in the UK) that is in the area and I feel their strategy works in deterring the bird of prey and other predators such as the neighborhood cats.

If they spot the buzzard gliding too close, they lead the hens into the brambles or one of the modified dog crate shelters protected by wooden panels and stand at the edge or door, blocking the bird of prey's only access point and ready to fight it off if it tries to swoop. Scruff used to remain at the back with the girls but now joins his brother and dad on the front line.

I feel the buzzard and random cats may also be the things uniting the boys too, otherwise I think there'd be a blood bath by now if they didn't have common threats to focus on instead.

Edit: They also defend one-another. When I was clipping Peep-Peep's claws and he was being a crybaby about it, Rooroo was just making angry clucks at me while Scruff charged and kicked me... Scruff ended up trapped under my arm as I continued working on Peep-Peep's claws, making confused noises but not trying to escape either.

 

[featherhead007]

I am ready to rehome any of my boys if things get out of hand, but thus far things have been going very well despite their increasing ages and maturity. Scruff, the youngest, is oddly the largest of the three but is a total wimp and is the lowest rank. Only recently have the hens stopped bullying him and accepted him as a defender.

PeepPeep, the big brother, goes at the front of the flock and leads them, Scruff is roughly in the middle with the girls or is at the edge keeping watch, and Papa Rooroo sticks to the back of the flock and herds any wandering hens back into the safety of the group. It amazes me how well the three work together and how respectful they are of the hens, so I don't see any need to separate them at the current time, especially since there is a buzzard (a big hawk in the UK) that is in the area and I feel their strategy works in deterring the bird of prey and other predators such as the neighborhood cats.

If they spot the buzzard gliding too close, they lead the hens into the brambles or one of the modified dog crate shelters protected by wooden panels and stand at the edge or door, blocking the bird of prey's only access point and ready to fight it off if it tries to swoop. Scruff used to remain at the back with the girls but now joins his brother and dad on the front line.

I feel the buzzard and random cats may also be the things uniting the boys too, otherwise I think there'd be a blood bath by now if they didn't have common threats to focus on instead.

Edit: They also defend one-another. When I was clipping Peep-Peep's claws and he was being a crybaby about it, Rooroo was just making angry clucks at me while Scruff charged and kicked me... Scruff ended up trapped under my arm as I continued working on Peep-Peep's claws, making confused noises but not trying to escape either.

Admirable very much so, I love my hens and roosters too! Too much sometimes

 

[featherhead007]

Mage is definitely one of us , very special lady ... Just my personal observation

 

[featherhead007]

I am ready to rehome any of my boys if things get out of hand, but thus far things have been going very well despite their increasing ages and maturity. Scruff, the youngest, is oddly the largest of the three but is a total wimp and is the lowest rank. Only recently have the hens stopped bullying him and accepted him as a defender.

PeepPeep, the big brother, goes at the front of the flock and leads them, Scruff is roughly in the middle with the girls or is at the edge keeping watch, and Papa Rooroo sticks to the back of the flock and herds any wandering hens back into the safety of the group. It amazes me how well the three work together and how respectful they are of the hens, so I don't see any need to separate them at the current time, especially since there is a buzzard (a big hawk in the UK) that is in the area and I feel their strategy works in deterring the bird of prey and other predators such as the neighborhood cats.

If they spot the buzzard gliding too close, they lead the hens into the brambles or one of the modified dog crate shelters protected by wooden panels and stand at the edge or door, blocking the bird of prey's only access point and ready to fight it off if it tries to swoop. Scruff used to remain at the back with the girls but now joins his brother and dad on the front line.

I feel the buzzard and random cats may also be the things uniting the boys too, otherwise I think there'd be a blood bath by now if they didn't have common threats to focus on instead.

Edit: They also defend one-another. When I was clipping Peep-Peep's claws and he was being a crybaby about it, Rooroo was just making angry clucks at me while Scruff charged and kicked me... Scruff ended up trapped under my arm as I continued working on Peep-Peep's claws, making confused noises but not trying to escape either.

Did peep peeps survive OK? My roo is named peeps as well

 

[MageofMist]

Did peep peeps survive OK? My roo is named peeps as well

They are very tough boys, though the buzzard has never swooped so far, I feel I might need to rescue the poor thing from the boys if it tries, they are very protective of the hens and one-another and would probably eat it, knowing them. Heck, the hens would probably join in the mauling once the bird of prey was pinned by the boys, probably by Scruff as he is the heaviest and the most 'aggressive' of all of them, attacking the mop as I clean the floor.

All three are doing fine and right now are clucking up a storm over some millet I put out for them due to being out of scratch. Other than the occasional broken claws and pin feathers from wonky landings from perches, which is why I try to trim their claws, I never have any issues with em'.

 

[featherhead007]

I brag about you though we haven't met I feel a special bond my chicken still has that broken foot but I keep her close