Everyone now getting kicked off roost

[leighks]

Can you add more roosts? Or arrange dividers? I had to do both, solves roosting issues.
Dividers can be made from wood, feed bags, cardboard etc.
Here's a thread w pics of various dividers:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/removed-a-hen-from-the-coop.1210731/page-2#post-19264626

Thanks, this has some great ideas, will see what I can do today!

 

[aart]

Yes I may consider putting him back in BUT...

Yeah, I wouldn't bother with the 4 items you listed.

 

[Chickassan]

Well he's no good at all as a buffer! You've just got to block off Daisy though so it shouldn't be too bad, i've used every thing from pizza boxes to a raggedy andy to make blockers.

I’m the OP, and here’s why the rooster is separated:
1. He’s ppl aggressive
2. He’s more aggressive when with the hens
3. He has mated the hens bare and he was stressing them out
4. He was a roost bully too!

He’s lucky he ended up a pet at a vegetarian’s farm. Most ppl would have made him dinner by now! Since he’s been separated he has become much more manageable, and I’m working with him on some training- he’s quite smart. Anyways...
Yes I may consider putting him back in BUT...
First I will give the other things a try. Easiest would be to try one of the dividers. It may resolve itself soon enough, but if I can do something to help resolve it I would like to try. Over the weekend I will try to come up with another roosting area too.
Thank you!

 

[leighks]

Haha raggedy Andy, I remember him!
I did use a piece of cardboard to block Daisy off tonight. She wasn’t happy, she kept hopping on and off the roost, trying to see what’s going on on the other side. When it got too dark to fight I did remove the cardboard to see what would happen. Daisy snugged right up under the 2 hens on the roost and then everyone went to sleep.

 

[Chickassan]

That is pretty much how it is going to go until she gets over this power trip. Weird how it just goes from "how dare you roost with me!" To sisterly snuggling just because it gets dark.

Haha raggedy Andy, I remember him!
I did use a piece of cardboard to block Daisy off tonight. She wasn’t happy, she kept hopping on and off the roost, trying to see what’s going on on the other side. When it got too dark to fight I did remove the cardboard to see what would happen. Daisy snugged right up under the 2 hens on the roost and then everyone went to sleep.

 

[MissChick@dee]

Humm... the number two that wants to be number one may not consider that number three is more qualified for the position and the number four chicken will get the position due to nepotism....wait!!!
Are we talking the real world?
Then the hen who sleeps with the boss will get the Head Position!

 

[Abriana]

Why can’t the rooster be with them? Maybe that would help. The other hens could sit on the other side of him.

 

[leighks]

Why can’t the rooster be with them? Maybe that would help. The other hens could sit on the other side of him.

There’s a list! He’s a troublemaker too:

I’m the OP, and here’s why the rooster is separated:
1. He’s ppl aggressive
2. He’s more aggressive when with the hens
3. He has mated the hens bare and he was stressing them out
4. He was a roost bully too!

He’s lucky he ended up a pet at a vegetarian’s farm. Most ppl would have made him dinner by now! Since he’s been separated he has become much more manageable, and I’m working with him on some training- he’s quite smart. Anyways...
Yes I may consider putting him back in BUT...
First I will give the other things a try. Easiest would be to try one of the dividers. It may resolve itself soon enough, but if I can do something to help resolve it I would like to try. Over the weekend I will try to come up with another roosting area too.
Thank you!

 

[Abriana]

There’s a list! He’s a troublemaker too:

How old is he? Could be his teenager faze. I’m so softhearted. Hearing that he sleeps alone makes me sad!

 

[leighks]

How old is he? Could be his teenager faze. I’m so softhearted. Hearing that he sleeps alone makes me sad!

He’s 1.5 years old. I do hope to put him back with the girls eventually. I have to say it was a tough decision that I put off for too long. He tore up all the hens. Even once I got them saddles I would come home from work and find 1 saddle off at least once a week. He even lacerated the side of 1 of my hens and she had to go to the vet.

The hens are so much happier and relaxed without him constantly mounting them. Seriously, it was multiple times an hour! He’s only separated by chicken wire- thankfully he hasn’t figured out he could fly over it. He was salty the first week he was apart from them, but once I arranged it so he can always see the hens he was better. The coop, run, and fenced yard area are all set up so they are out “together” but can’t get together. I even got him the hormone implant as a last ditch effort to keep everyone together, but it wasn’t that successful. He’s too old to be caponized- which if I did have done, it would have been done by the vet. I did everything I could think of not to separate him, but after the hen’s laceration I felt I was out of options. He’s too aggressive to give away, and I can handle him pretty well. At some point I will do a detailed post dedicated to his story. Luckily for him he’s a pet, not dinner, and despite being my little pain in the butt, he lives a pretty good life.