Change in Pecking order?

[lfoose]

I have a bantam roo that is the 'head of the household'. Over the weekend I noticed and he and one of our standard roos got into in and now it appears the standard is the boss.

Is this typical?

Also I noticed that while the bantie has no injuries, the standard's wattle is bloody. One of our RIR hens was picking at it. I was unable to get to teh store to buy any antipick or bluekote so for now he has been seperated until it heals. Is this ok or do I still need to get the antipick?

 

[Farmer Kitty]

If you're going to keep him separated until it heals enough that they won't peck at it you won't need the anti-pick.

They do change pecking order-that is normal.

 

[CUDA]

Separating them is the worse thing you can do. Now they will have to find the pecking order all over again. You don't need to worry about a damaged comb, it will heal fine on its own, you don't need to do anything. Don't worry about this kind of thing, it is normal. I love it when you get a good rain, and the birds get all wet, and look just different enough that they all go at it again to establish a pecking order again...lol. If your not sure about the combs healing on their own, check out my site on dubbing , and you will see what I mean. Good luck!

 

[lfoose]

I figured the wattle would heal fine. It has before. I was worried about the possiblity of cannabalism because the RIR's kept pecking at him bloddy wattle.