I have a flock of 21 layers, 5 18 week old pullets and 2 rooster. And 2 coops connected with a large fenced in run
I would like to divide them in to two because one rooster is overly aggressive on the hens.
And they all roost in one coop
Taking the over used hens which is 4 or 5 and the 5 pullets and rooster, thinking maybe they may be able to get some feathers back, to the never used coop
I guess my question is will this work? I'm thinking 2 roosters with half the hens would be to much and the king of the flock already runs the other off. And they would know the other coop is for roosting at night. I Would lock them in the new coop for a week or two. It has its own 8x8run that can be shut off too. And the king of the flock group will have the bigger coop to go in, weather here is 20's in day and teens at night.
Would I run into bigger problems between the roosters after I let them both in the bigger run? And would this solve anything
Thanks
I would like to divide them in to two because one rooster is overly aggressive on the hens.
And they all roost in one coop
Taking the over used hens which is 4 or 5 and the 5 pullets and rooster, thinking maybe they may be able to get some feathers back, to the never used coop
I guess my question is will this work? I'm thinking 2 roosters with half the hens would be to much and the king of the flock already runs the other off. And they would know the other coop is for roosting at night. I Would lock them in the new coop for a week or two. It has its own 8x8run that can be shut off too. And the king of the flock group will have the bigger coop to go in, weather here is 20's in day and teens at night.
Would I run into bigger problems between the roosters after I let them both in the bigger run? And would this solve anything
Thanks