PoultryPeace
In the Brooder
- Dec 2, 2018
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I’ve had two mean roosters. On the other hand, our current rooster (one we bred) is wonderful. I didn’t even know a roo could be that easy to get along with. He’s pretty and he’s a good protector. However, despite having 9 Ladies to himself and a spacious habitat, he will over-mate 3 or 4 compliant hens rather than extend himself having to chase down the others. Btw he is 19 months old.
Two trips to the vet, and I’m about to do a third, for a hen with a ripped open flank followed by a course of antibiotics that requires me to throw away her eggs ... which goes against everything I believe in. Then she lives in my laundry room until she’s healed up so the maggots don’t come and live in her. Been there - scrubbed them out.
If we trim the spurs, my concern is that it will not solve the problem. I’m guessing it’s his claws that are actually causing the damage. Saddles don’t work because they do not cover their sides only their backs. One of my ripped up hens was wearing a saddle.
I do not want to separate Mason in yet another habitat - where he will spend his whole life pacing and crowing for his women. That is more cruel than rehoming him.
I am hoping there is a solution on this forum. But if not, I need to find him a new pasture/flock. Thanks for any suggestions.
Two trips to the vet, and I’m about to do a third, for a hen with a ripped open flank followed by a course of antibiotics that requires me to throw away her eggs ... which goes against everything I believe in. Then she lives in my laundry room until she’s healed up so the maggots don’t come and live in her. Been there - scrubbed them out.
If we trim the spurs, my concern is that it will not solve the problem. I’m guessing it’s his claws that are actually causing the damage. Saddles don’t work because they do not cover their sides only their backs. One of my ripped up hens was wearing a saddle.
I do not want to separate Mason in yet another habitat - where he will spend his whole life pacing and crowing for his women. That is more cruel than rehoming him.
I am hoping there is a solution on this forum. But if not, I need to find him a new pasture/flock. Thanks for any suggestions.