Hen beating up my poor rooster

[GryphonXV]

Hi, dearlings. I create a couple of chabo bantans as indoor pets since they were babies... My hen is one week younger, but they both are almost 2 years old now and are living together since I adopted them. 10 days ago, my hen got her first and only baby chick and her aggressive behavior became worse. She became very aggressive towards the rooster, who is a sweet good guy. He's a gentle bird, loves to cuddle and even while being attacked, won't attack back. My hen is an angel while with me and won't get bothered even when I take her baby, but everytime she sees my roo approaching, she tries to kill him. Is there any trick to teach her? Wanna know what I can do to help him...

 

[sourland]

Separate them until she weans the chick. She is just evidencing maternal protection.

 

[Battlepants]

How new is the baby? I'm wondering if she just needs some time away from him to raise up the chick for a while and then will calm down when she's tired of it.

 

[GryphonXV]

Separate them until she weans the chick. She is just evidencing maternal protection.

I'm trying, but I'll try better she calls him constantly, so I allow him to visit her when it happens. I'll stop this contact for now. Thank you!

 

[Battlepants]

Perhaps a middleground where they can see eachother but cannot physically touch eachother? Could be something like a fence between them or putting one of them in a dog crate.

But yea, I'm with you on this one where it feels wrong to separate a flock. Seeing and talking to eachother certainly feels better than no contact.

 

[GryphonXV]

Thank you so much for this advice! I'll try it tomorrow the baby chick is 11 days old, my rooster constantly climbs on my bed to stay on my lap, I feel bad for the poor little guy.

 

[GryphonXV]

Some fluffy update:

https://viliswaifu.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F678977648085630976

 

[Cryss]

What a beautiful family rooster

 

[Cryss]

What a beautiful family rooster

Actually that was supposed to say “What a beautiful family.”
On the other hand, that really IS a beautiful family rooster!