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I have a mix breed hen that doesn't seem to want anything to do with my rooster she is about a year and a half while he is a little over 6 months. At first she would let him mount her but now now whenever he starts to do his little dance around her she gets into a fighting stance and they both lunge at each other. I have 5 other hens she is the only mixed breed that I have and she is the only one that fights him off. Is there anything I can do to minimize the fighting between the 2. He is currently limping I'm not sure if its the fighting with her caused it or if it was a roosting accident because there are no visible cuts, scares or injuries. I fixed the roosting area to give them a more comfortable roost to and to eliminate that as the cause of the limp but if fighting with the hen is the cause i need a way to stop it. Any advice would be appreciated.
 
I would let them work it out. If it gets to be too much you could remove one or the other for a while. Otherwise as your rooster matures more he should take control of the situation. At 6 months he's an unsure teenager. By next spring his hormones will surge, and he will mature more, and he should be ready to be the boss.
 
I wonder if she's molting and isn't laying so doesn't want to be mounted(plus molting can be 'uncomfortable'), and he doesn't know not to mount a non-laying hen?

Do they really fight(biting and kicking) or just posture and a few pecks?
As long as he is not relentlessly chasing her down and pinning her, leave it be.

The limping can take days to weeks to resolve, they can have a little slip and strain just like we do. I isolate limpers in a crate for a day or two, if it is really impeding their activities, to 'force' some rest for the injured leg. Let them out an hour or two before roost time to evaluate mobility, then off the roost and back into crate if they still are limping really badly.
 
aart said:
I wonder if she's molting and isn't laying so doesn't want to be mounted(plus molting can be 'uncomfortable'), and he doesn't know not to mount a non-laying hen?

Do they really fight(biting and kicking) or just posture and a few pecks?
As long as he is not relentlessly chasing her down and pinning her, leave it be.
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I don't think she is molting yet she didn't lay yesterday but she laid the day before I have an egg calendar to keep tract how many eggs I get and whose laying.

when he starts to do his little dance the feathers on the back of her neck go up then his hackles go up and they start lunging feet first at each other a few times like 3 or 4 times
 
lilmarie84 said:
I don't think she is molting yet she didn't lay yesterday but she laid the day before I have an egg calendar to keep tract how many eggs I get and whose laying.

when he starts to do his little dance the feathers on the back of her neck go up then his hackles go up and they start lunging feet first at each other a few times like 3 or 4 times
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I'd let them work it out....unless blood is drawn or one is chased, held down, and beaten unmercilessly. If it's get too nasty, I would isolate the cockerel.
 
Some hens are harder to win over than others. Eventually they will work it out it really might take a while and they may not be each other's favorite person ever. I've got a picky girl, she accepts the cockrel is boss but she doesn't want to. Still much better than when I first introduced them,she'd fight him like a roo.
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