Bullied rooster!

[Mrs. K]

Well, the OP needs a plan B, needs it set up and ready to go. If the old rooster is constantly chasing the young one around... that might be all. The thing with roosters is today's behavior is not a true indicator what tomorrows behavior will be. Being raised together, or father/son has limited influence. I once had a pretty solid father/son pair work, but not always.

You need a plan B - a way to separating them, a long handled fish net will work. A place to put one of the roosters if they start fighting. If they start, they may do it once, or may do it several times a day. Sometimes they will fight to death. Can be very ugly.

Roosters really do not have the concept of sharing hens such as these are your hens, and these are mine. Each tends to want ALL the hens. The more you free range, and the bigger the free range the better the chance is of keeping multiple roosters.

Now some people think that letting them out of the coop into a fenced back yard is free ranging. To me, when I think free range - I think pasture size, but I am a rancher not in a neighborhood.

Multiple roosters can be very tricky, sometimes they work, a lot of times they don't. I would not want multiple roosters unless my flock size was closer to 30.

Mrs K

 

[AmeraucanaHank]

Well, the OP needs a plan B, needs it set up and ready to go. If the old rooster is constantly chasing the young one around... that might be all. The thing with roosters is today's behavior is not a true indicator what tomorrows behavior will be. Being raised together, or father/son has limited influence. I once had a pretty solid father/son pair work, but not always.

You need a plan B - a way to separating them, a long handled fish net will work. A place to put one of the roosters if they start fighting. If they start, they may do it once, or may do it several times a day. Sometimes they will fight to death. Can be very ugly.

Roosters really do not have the concept of sharing hens such as these are your hens, and these are mine. Each tends to want ALL the hens. The more you free range, and the bigger the free range the better the chance is of keeping multiple roosters.

Now some people think that letting them out of the coop into a fenced back yard is free ranging. To me, when I think free range - I think pasture size, but I am a rancher not in a neighborhood.

Multiple roosters can be very tricky, sometimes they work, a lot of times they don't. I would not want multiple roosters unless my flock size was closer to 30.

Mrs K

Thanks! That was really helpful!!!

 

[3KillerBs]

So what are you saying I should do?

@Mrs. K covered it -- I've learned a lot of my rooster management stuff from her (I still count myself inexperienced with having had only my laid-back in-town fellow and the two current boys who are still growing and whose behavior could change).