Savagetiny
Chirping
- Mar 8, 2022
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Hello! This is long, I’m sorry, but I need help! The picture is of my babies, this post is about the adults. I’m having issues with my roosters. Before now, everyone got along, everyone knew the pecking order and was great. My littlest rooster (ayam cemani) was alpha, he was an adult when I brought everyone else in as chicks and the roosters never fought to change this.
Half the chickens got out of the coop and into the yard and I let it happen because they were safe. Maybe about a month of this. Roughly 15-20 chickens. They made their own pecking order with the chickens out of the coop. My cemani was inside the coop. Well a bunch of hawks were gathering trying to take my chickens so I put them back in the coop with everyone else.
Then the alpha who was outside of the coop was challenging my cemani so he could be leader. My other roosters are like double his size (midnight majestic marans, brown leghorns, cream legbars). When he was able to win, the other roosters realized they could fight him and beat him up too.
So now it’s a blood bath in my coop. A maran is now leader, but anytime my camani comes out of hiding all the roosters gang up on him and bloody him up. He’s dropping weight because they’re not letting him by the food, he’s constantly bloody, and incredibly scared to come out of hiding.
What do I do? My cemani is my favorite chicken, he’s so sweet! I put him in a mini coop inside the big coop to heal, but he can be completely seen by the other roosters and they’re hanging out trying to get to him. When I let him out they will all attack him. I’m scared for him!
Half the chickens got out of the coop and into the yard and I let it happen because they were safe. Maybe about a month of this. Roughly 15-20 chickens. They made their own pecking order with the chickens out of the coop. My cemani was inside the coop. Well a bunch of hawks were gathering trying to take my chickens so I put them back in the coop with everyone else.
Then the alpha who was outside of the coop was challenging my cemani so he could be leader. My other roosters are like double his size (midnight majestic marans, brown leghorns, cream legbars). When he was able to win, the other roosters realized they could fight him and beat him up too.
So now it’s a blood bath in my coop. A maran is now leader, but anytime my camani comes out of hiding all the roosters gang up on him and bloody him up. He’s dropping weight because they’re not letting him by the food, he’s constantly bloody, and incredibly scared to come out of hiding.
What do I do? My cemani is my favorite chicken, he’s so sweet! I put him in a mini coop inside the big coop to heal, but he can be completely seen by the other roosters and they’re hanging out trying to get to him. When I let him out they will all attack him. I’m scared for him!
Thank you for responding!
