How to seperate young brooder pair?

[rjohns39]

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[sourland]

Good morning, and welcome to BYC. Separation of flock mates can cause anxiety/complaining, but they eventually adjust.

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

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[Fuchsia]

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[589205]

Hi @MamaSug welcome to BYC.
Can you explain why you want to separate the cockerel from his sister?

Imo its quit mean to put a chicken in a cage for a long time. If you can’t keep him , you could consider to give him away for free through Craig's list asap.

I'm trying to seperate the brooder pair so that I can get pullet Baby G to join my RIR hen flock along with roo Teddybudz. I'm planning to breed Baby G with Teddybudz next spring for chicks and Lil' Fat B has to go cause he's more of a darker grey(blue) feather color with streaking, so I don't want to keep him for breeding and he's becoming more and more aggressive every day ever since him and Teddybudz sized each other up and got into it a couple weeks back. I was actually planning to cull him for dinner rather than give him away since he's turning into quite the meanie but every time I try to seperate him from Baby G, she stresses out and calls/cries for him

 

[589205]

Good morning, and welcome to BYC. Separation of flock mates can cause anxiety/complaining, but they eventually adjust.

Sourland,
Do you think if I were to place Baby G outside in her own area next to my RIR's for a couple weeks that it would maybe help her get used to being comfortable living with them or would that just be a bad idea? My RIR ladies are extremely territorial...My head RIR hens Carole and Pinky straight up knocked Teddybudz to the ground the first time I put him in the run area. Good thing he had quickly gotten back up and knocked all 4 of them on their a**es afterwards to show them he's boss, but they all seem to REALLY dislike my young brooder pair, which I think is cause of Lil' Fat B being another (and younger) rooster

 

[589205]

Also might be worth mentioning that I have tried putting the pair with my RIR's and Teddybudz before but they had gotten out of their caged area the next morning and were nearly scalped to death by the others. (pecked bad to the bone on their heads and beaks) I had to make a drive out to the local vet clinic to get Underwood's Horse Medicine to heal them up and tried my best to keep them seperate during the healing process but then - to make matters worst - they both started having bloody stools...the tell-tale sign of Cocci, so then I put them back together so that they could support/encourage each others regular eating/drinking habits, went to the feed store and bought a gallon of Corid 9.6% that I just finished up medicating their drinking water with for 5 days 2 days ago and they seem to be alright now but yeah...Definitely wasn't expecting this much trouble! Now gotta figure out how to successfully seperate them all over again

 

[TwoCrows]

Also might be worth mentioning that I have tried putting the pair with my RIR's and Teddybudz before but they had gotten out of their caged area the next morning and were nearly scalped to death by the others. (pecked bad to the bone on their heads and beaks) I had to make a drive out to the local vet clinic to get Underwood's Horse Medicine to heal them up and tried my best to keep them seperate during the healing process but then - to make matters worst - they both started having bloody stools...the tell-tale sign of Cocci, so then I put them back together so that they could support/encourage each others regular eating/drinking habits, went to the feed store and bought a gallon of Corid 9.6% that I just finished up medicating their drinking water with for 5 days 2 days ago and they seem to be alright now but yeah...Definitely wasn't expecting this much trouble! Now gotta figure out how to successfully seperate them all over again

You might post in our Managing your Flock forums for more help with this... https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/managing-your-flock.2/ Good luck!

 

[NatJ]

I was actually planning to cull him for dinner rather than give him away since he's turning into quite the meanie but every time I try to seperate him from Baby G, she stresses out and calls/cries for him

You can just butcher him, and she'll be OK in a few days. Chickens get used to things pretty fast.

The pullet might have to live in a pen next to the others for a bit to get to know them, or you might be able to just put her in with them: depends on how they all respond when you try it.

 

[featherhead007]