- Dec 11, 2019
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Hello chicken community - this is my first post on here, I have a bit of a dilemma.
I used to have a large run with 10 hens (of different ages) and a large rooster. The second (very) smaller run which has another little rooster and 3 hens which all grew up together and we are rather fond of. Recently, the little rooster was killed in a fight when free-ranging by the other larger rooster. Please see images below
We could either buy another rooster for the 3 hens in the small run and see how they get on, or integrate the pets into a new flock in the large run (but we don't really want to do that). Another possibility is culling the rooster or bringing one or two shy hens from the large run.
Does anybody have any alternative ideas or opinions?
Just to add, they are all Bantams.
Thank you all in advance.
I used to have a large run with 10 hens (of different ages) and a large rooster. The second (very) smaller run which has another little rooster and 3 hens which all grew up together and we are rather fond of. Recently, the little rooster was killed in a fight when free-ranging by the other larger rooster. Please see images below
We could either buy another rooster for the 3 hens in the small run and see how they get on, or integrate the pets into a new flock in the large run (but we don't really want to do that). Another possibility is culling the rooster or bringing one or two shy hens from the large run.
Does anybody have any alternative ideas or opinions?
Just to add, they are all Bantams.
Thank you all in advance.