Chickenraiser1995
Chirping
My rooster has suddenly started to be rough with his hens. He’s trying to mate with them more often and they’re obviously fed up. If they don’t submit right away he grabs their necks and rips feathers out while they try to get away. Once they get away he’ll chase them for a good while. If he does get them to submit he almost always falls off the hens all clumsy. He’s doing this to ALL of his hens now. It’s stressing the girls out so they’re all trying to avoid him as much as possible. He is still doing fine protecting the flock and calling the girls to hide when there is danger. Why would he be doing this? In the year I’ve had him and the girls it hasn’t been like this.