Thanks @micstrachan @LCG Chicken Coop @Shadrach and @ValerieJ He’s been a trial, but is worth it, and I haven’t had to threaten him with the “Coq au vin” for months...
As for separation; when the more Dominant Cockerel, Mr Marans, was chasing and pecking him mercilessly one morning, I automatically assumed he was the aggressor, and rushed my sweet little Chickie Hawk out of there. Remember, I had 6 pullets and 6 (edit: 7) Cockerels coming into their teens in one 6x12 tractor with not a lot of hiding places or cover. During winter. And a second tractor with 4 pullets and 9 cockerels a month behind them. So I whisked Chickie Hawk to the safety of the barn, allied a little Blu kote and love and put him in with 3 older rehab hens. Sadly, this was just not enough for the hormonal boy. So yes, I sort of separated him.
About a month later I pulled the girls out of tractor 2, put them in with Mr Marans, and the other boys all got a bachelor pad tractor, as I worked on thinning the group down. The guys I kept all eventually got their own flocks... but I’m not meaning to hijack @BY Bob’s thread too much... I’ve got most of this over here on my thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/kristen’s-chickens-and-farming-ventures.1295522/post-21074628
Feel free to ignore/skim over all the ranting about my FIL and our ever-so-slowly progressing house build. And that red mark on my left cheek in the third pic of the first post? That is from when I realized my darling little guy wasn’t quite so sweet anymore.
As for separation; when the more Dominant Cockerel, Mr Marans, was chasing and pecking him mercilessly one morning, I automatically assumed he was the aggressor, and rushed my sweet little Chickie Hawk out of there. Remember, I had 6 pullets and 6 (edit: 7) Cockerels coming into their teens in one 6x12 tractor with not a lot of hiding places or cover. During winter. And a second tractor with 4 pullets and 9 cockerels a month behind them. So I whisked Chickie Hawk to the safety of the barn, allied a little Blu kote and love and put him in with 3 older rehab hens. Sadly, this was just not enough for the hormonal boy. So yes, I sort of separated him.
About a month later I pulled the girls out of tractor 2, put them in with Mr Marans, and the other boys all got a bachelor pad tractor, as I worked on thinning the group down. The guys I kept all eventually got their own flocks... but I’m not meaning to hijack @BY Bob’s thread too much... I’ve got most of this over here on my thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/kristen’s-chickens-and-farming-ventures.1295522/post-21074628
Feel free to ignore/skim over all the ranting about my FIL and our ever-so-slowly progressing house build. And that red mark on my left cheek in the third pic of the first post? That is from when I realized my darling little guy wasn’t quite so sweet anymore.
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growing up we thought Barry Humphries was hilarious.
