we are getting ready to move so I have no where to put him. he either needs to get along or he is getting the ax and he is a beautiful bird. The next few months are going to be bad. I am going to have 3 roos and 7 hens (3 breeds) all cooped up together. I just sold 5 Delawares and have 5 more young roos to give away and a 15 week old pair of Barnevelders to sell- by the end of the month. Which will leave me the 10 birds who have to get along or else
any way that you could send them somewhere with some friend or relative who may have capacity for them -- like summer camp -- and then once you have settled in your nrew place bring them over? One summer I did send my entire flock (small in those days) to stay with a friend. It really helped me a lot. Hoping you find some slick way to solve it while you are dealing with the hassels of moving at the same time.
too many males -- always a problem.....in general growing out males and females together tends to create these kinds of issues. The males hormones kick in much sooner usually than the girls and they seem to not understand the concept of robbing the cradle.
I try to separate male and females after about 8 weeks. Cuts down a bit also on sparring between the boys as there is nothing to compete over. I have a couple of Pita Pinta boys that I have allowed to free range my back yard and they are starting to show interest in the 10 week old feed store pullets now that they are 16-17 weeks old.
The pullets that are their same age have started avoiding them I currently dont have the space to separate them but Im noticing that I am going to have to do so soon.