Hen mean to rooster

[My hen house]

So first let me tell you there names my Wyandotte hen is named dragon, my cochin hen named parsley and my 8 month old brahma rooster who is mature enough to mate is named bergamot

So bergamot will be doing the mating dance to parsley and she'll accept and do the mating pose but then dragon will come in and attack bergamot even pull a few feathers sometimes and not only in these situations she (dragon) will rip feathers for anything situation that bergamot is near dragon she even wont let him sleep near her in 15 degree weather at night dont worried he's okay
I'd understand if dragon was just putting him in his place sometimes but she not

And I'm worried because bergamot is getting really aggressive with food around because he doesn't always get his share unless I separate them during meals
Any ideas

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Sounds like chickens working out the pecking order. An immature rooster needs to earn his place with the hens. They will work it out.

What do you mean he's aggressive during feeding? It's normal for chickens to fight over morsels, and feed. It's survival of the fittest in chickens. Scatter your feed or offer multiple feeding stations.

 

[My hen house]

Sounds like chickens working out the pecking order. An immature rooster needs to earn his place with the hens. They will work it out.

What do you mean he's aggressive during feeding? It's normal for chickens to fight over morsels, and feed. It's survival of the fittest in chickens. Scatter your feed or offer multiple feeding stations.

He's not aggressive with the hens during feeding but one time I fed them with the hens in a separate area and when I was with the rooster I needed to move his bowl and I think he thought i was taking it because he peck me and he has a strong peck it gave me a good bruise for a week

When i feed them together i have 3 different bowls then I also put a bit scattered around and I only have 3 chickens currently in a few more months I have 5 chicks that will go out with the main flock

 

[aart]

They should have feed available every hour they are awake.
Then they can take turns eating and everyone will get enough.
How old are these birds?
What exactly are you feeding them?
How big is their coop and run, in feet by feet?
Dimensions and pics would help here.

I hope you have a good plan, and lots of space, for integrating those chicks.
I like to integrate chicks early, but it takes some prep:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/integrating-new-birds-at-4-weeks-old.72603/

 

[My hen house]

They should have feed available every hour they are awake.
Then they can take turns eating and everyone will get enough.
How old are these birds?
What exactly are you feeding them?
How big is their coop and run, in feet by feet?
Dimensions and pics would help here.

I hope you have a good plan, and lots of space, for integrating those chicks.
I like to integrate chicks early, but it takes some prep:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/integrating-new-birds-at-4-weeks-old.72603/

I think they've finally figured what ever it was out they are no longer fighting

 

[My hen house]

for integrating those chicks.
I like to integrate chicks early, but it takes some prep:

As for the chicks as soon as it gets warm out enough for them I'll have them out in a baby play pen that has access to grass or in a pvc run that's covered both of those are just for day time

 

[Ridgerunner]

Glad to hear they worked it out without a lot of fighting. I've had that kind of stuff happen before and it took a couple of pretty rough days for them to sort it out.

What I think was going on is that your pullet/hen, whatever, was dominant and was keeping an immature cockerel in his place, which was submissive to her. She would not let him mate in front of her because then he would be dominant. But eventually he matured enough to become the dominant one. If that process of him being dominant is truly over with she should now squat for him, though there may be a little chasing involved.