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well, my cockerel is staying out tonight, every time I go out to get him he disappears into the grass and I canā€™t find him, we have stray cats, dogs and a couple foxes but not many.
 

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I agree with @sourland most likely he is being bullied at roosting time. You might go out a bit before roosting and get him in the coop. Watch what is going on with the dynamics of the flock, its not safe to roost outside. Handsome boy! šŸ’—
 
Hope that he survived the night. Are there other birds in the flock that have been intimidating/attacking him?
Nope, not at all, all my chickens are still in separate flocks, then hens in one and the CM mixes in the Other, I managed to catch him and get him into the hen house, he still hasnā€™t been able to get
On the barn door and fence and I really donā€™t want to loose him, we do know which cockerel weā€™re getting if we do tho
 
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I agree with @sourland most likely he is being bullied at roosting time. You might go out a bit before roosting and get him in the coop. Watch what is going on with the dynamics of the flock, its not safe to roost outside. Handsome boy! šŸ’—
They all have different roosting spots, Cowboy is just to small to t up on them, the younger hens have the top door and my older hen has the bottom door, there are four doors with a plank of wood blocking off between them and a ton of fences, heā€™s actually the only one my hens wonā€™t peck at, I think they might know heā€™ll end up the dominant one
 
I agree with @sourland most likely he is being bullied at roosting time. You might go out a bit before roosting and get him in the coop. Watch what is going on with the dynamics of the flock, its not safe to roost outside. Handsome boy! šŸ’—
This is where they rooster, very high off the ground
 

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Well no matter where they roost and how friendly they are to each other, you need to train him to sleep inside the closed coop at night. Predators will eventually get him if allowed to sleep outside.
 

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