Blue Ameracauna aggressive behavior; temporary or permanent

[chicken opey]

We’ve created a 20x20’. Place for him and one of our hens refused to leave so he is now w a girl and being nice. He does the cluck dor food and he’s even mounted her. I stayed w them for half an hour and he was doing all the good things roosters do!
I sure hope he was just immature OR trying to round them up.
A lil roost I put together for him and his girl

 

[Mrs. K]

How many hens do you have, and how old are the hens. Personally I would put him with the whole flock and give it a week. If they are not in love by then, he is not going to work out.

If the older girls thump on him, let them be. I am not for him being killed, but older girls can teach him a lot.

Mrs K

 

[chicken opey]

How many hens do you have, and how old are the hens. Personally I would put him with the whole flock and give it a week. If they are not in love by then, he is not going to work out.

If the older girls thump on him, let them be. I am not for him being killed, but older girls can teach him a lot.

Mrs K

We have 22 hens all about 2 years old. We have 2 other roosters also.

 

[Mrs. K]

ohhhhh??? Are you planning on keeping the other roosters? Each of us do it differently - and often times with text one does not understand the situation. Are you going to have 2 or more separate flocks?

Personally I would not keep 3 roosters unless I was 100% free range, and had about 30-40 chickens. Not to say it won't work, but the more roosters you have, the greater the chance of it going wrong.

If you are adding him to your flock, I think this is a recipe for cock fighting. Other roosters do not like strange roosters, and your B rooster may strongly object to this.

Roosters really are a crapshoot, and really there is no way of predicting how they will act next week. Try and see, but if it doesn't work, have a plan for that too, set up and ready to go.

Mrs K

 

[sourland]

Excellent good husbandry advice from @Mrs. K in both of her posts.

 

[chicken opey]

ohhhhh??? Are you planning on keeping the other roosters? Each of us do it differently - and often times with text one does not understand the situation. Are you going to have 2 or more separate flocks?

Personally I would not keep 3 roosters unless I was 100% free range, and had about 30-40 chickens. Not to say it won't work, but the more roosters you have, the greater the chance of it going wrong.

If you are adding him to your flock, I think this is a recipe for cock fighting. Other roosters do not like strange roosters, and your B rooster may strongly object to this.

Roosters really are a crapshoot, and really there is no way of predicting how they will act next week. Try and see, but if it doesn't work, have a plan for that too, set up and ready to go.

Mrs K

Yes. When I tried adding him in he just flew over the electric fence w greatest of ease! This other area we have as an additional run for the flock. He can’t fly over this fence as easily. We divide the 2 roosters and what ever hens want to go w each. Right now we have one hen w Hector the Ameracauna. They are free ranging but we set up an area where the can roost protected. Ik what you are talking about roosters not getting along bc we got 11 out of our last hatch! I had to cull all but 1 and the main rooster, Cluck, is ok w him. That’s how I chose him, only one Cluck would let in coop! I hated culling them but I couldn’t find homes and they were hurting the girls and each other