I promise you it has absolutely nothing to do with teaching a rooster manners.
I prefer that other birds step in when a young rowdy rooster is being obnoxious. Here it's usually another older rooster, but I have also seen older hens giving those young boys the business at times when they are making hens scream from their attentions.Hen's intentions aside, he may learn that if his selected lady makes a fuss, then this girl will swoop in and give him a beating
If it results in him developing tactics that are more agreeable to the girls (meaning they don't squawk as much and The Enforcer is less likely to intervene), then it could turn into a good thing!
I recently added a year old rooster to my 9 mos old hens (6 of them). They ran him for about a month and he finally started getting them in line a couple at a time. At times I had to go get the hens off him cuz I thought they were going to kill him. He now has all them in line. Only problem I'm having is none of my eggs are coming out sterilized and they've recently started eating their eggs!!!!Yeah it's absurd, he's a big brahma and gets chased by even the smallest henHope you're right that he'll stop letting her boss him eventually!!
This is an old thread. Starting your own may get you more responses.I recently added a year old rooster to my 9 mos old hens (6 of them). They ran him for about a month and he finally started getting them in line a couple at a time. At times I had to go get the hens off him cuz I thought they were going to kill him. He now has all them in line. Only problem I'm having is none of my eggs are coming out sterilized and they've recently started eating their eggs!!!!
