Help!!!!

[AnnetteS2020]

I was curious about the breed and found this

https://sites.google.com/site/gamefowlsunofficial/types-of-fowls

It makes me so sad.

Sorry if this sounds harsh, but you reap what you sow. If you raise fighting birds which are bred to maim and kill other birds, how can you complain when they fight, maim and kill your other birds?

First of all we bought them as chicks and they was supposed to be just the yellow leg hatch hens only to go with my two bannie roosters we did not know there was a rooster in the group second of all im not complaining one bit I just asked a simple question and I do not need your smart remarks. Before you cone at somebody like that you need to ask question before you get on someone post and be a smart mouth

 

[AnnetteS2020]

He’s still an immature stag and would be better off kept by himself until he fully matures. Sometimes it’s just hormones and the aggressive nature of the rooster. If the hens in with him are also game hens they can be aggressive too so if he’s trying to dominate them they might fight back causing the issue. This is pretty common with young stags because they haven’t yet fully earned the hens respect.

How many hens are in with him? Size of pen? Etc..

Its a good size pen there is like a total of 5 hens with him but like I said in another comment we bought them as chicks and they was all supposed to been all hens for the two roosters we already had we didnt even know there was a rooster in the bunch

 

[AnnetteS2020]

Sorry; I did not mean to heat up the thread by asking about fighting breeds. I was simply trying to understand if it was a factor injuring the hens or it was more hormone. I have learned a couple interesting things here. I was aware they tend to have fewer health (especially reproductive) issues, but did not know the mature roosters can actually be better behaved. Fascinating!

Anyway, @AnnetteS2020 was your question answered? I believe your best bet might be to separate him until he matures and go from there. Right now, it sounds like his behavior is more likely from the hormones and less likely from the breed, but once he matures, you’ll probably know for sure.

Yes it was and we are going to build him his own little pen until he gets a little older. See we didnt even know that there was a rooster in it they was all supposed to been hens

Sorry; I did not mean to heat up the thread by asking about fighting breeds. I was simply trying to understand if it was a factor injuring the hens or it was more hormone. I have learned a couple interesting things here. I was aware they tend to have fewer health (especially reproductive) issues, but did not know the mature roosters can actually be better behaved. Fascinating!

Anyway, @AnnetteS2020 was your question answered? I believe your best bet might be to separate him until he matures and go from there. Right now, it sounds like his behavior is more likely from the hormones and less likely from the breed, but once he matures, you’ll probably know for sure.

 

[AnnetteS2020]

Here is a pic of a big bad gamecock.
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I have two just.like this. Right now no hens with then because we was going to put the yellow leg hatch in with them so the two roosters are together and they don't fight but when the yellow leg hatch gets a little bigger we're going to separate the two roosters

 

[AnnetteS2020]

I have two just.like this. Right now no hens with then because we was going to put the yellow leg hatch in with them so the two roosters are together and they don't fight but when the yellow leg hatch gets a little bigger we're going to separate the two roosters

Their names is Bert which he's a darker red and a lighter red then the other is Ernie and he's red green and black.. We dont raise them to fight them we raise because I love their colors and everything

 

[AnnetteS2020]

Fighting breeds tend to have better manners towards hens, because the gamefowl hens are aggressive enough to fight back. I have a leghorn rooster scalping my hens right now, he even tore part of the comb off one hen.

That is like what he was doing to that one hen

 

[AnnetteS2020]

They’re more intelligent, cold hardy, heat tolerant and do better free ranging because they are more aware of their surroundings and can evade predators better than laying breeds. Generally the roosters are far better with the hens (once mature) than a laying breed rooster. The hens will also hatch and raise numerous clutches in a season if allowed to do so.
Gamefowl have very little of the health issues everyone seems to deal with. Most of that is because gamefowl haven’t been historically bred for any set standard which leads to severe inbreeding.
The downsides would be they can be extremely aggressive. Males past 6 months need to be separated or they will fight. Hens will sometimes need to be separated from other hens as well. All of that is easily overcame with proper management though.
It’s really no different than someone owning a dog that was once bred to retrieve birds that doesn’t hunt.

Ours like like 2 years old we got them at a auction and they said they wa born together and been together since they was just hatched now we had a yellow leg hen in there with then while we cleaned their pens and they started to fight then but as soon as we took the hen out they was fine towards each other

 

[TwoCrows]

I cleaned up this thread of many many off topic posts, and bickering. My apologies to the OP for how far south this thread seemed to have gone.

Now please, post with helpful suggestions for the OP, and stay on topic.

Thank you for your understanding,
-BYC Staff

 

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