How to seperate young brooder pair?

[589205]

This is not always true. Last year I had just 1 pullet and 4 cockerels from natural breeding. Two boys stayed until she was 3 months old. But when they left , the pullet was bullied every evening around roosting time. She was roosting before the boys left but started to sleep in the laying boxes after that. It took her half a year to get accepted and confident enough to roost again. She still is frightened chicken (flees easily).
And I have 1 other chicken who was seperated from her brother at about the same ages years ago. She is frightened /flees easily too.
The ones who grew up in pairs are more confident.

I agree with you there for sure. Every chicken's different and I could see how some adjust better to seperation than others do but they are very social creatures and they really should be kept in pairs so that they don't get too stressed out from being on their own. I would totally keep Lil' Fat B with Baby G if he had better attitude disposition but he doesn't and with him acting all crazy now is rubbing off onto and getting Baby G all worked up acting crazy too so I think in my case it will be best to seperate the pair by putting Baby G outside in her own little coop and run area next to my RIR's for the next few weeks, fenced off so that they can still see and get to know each other better but can't mess with her and if I see any RIR's even so much as look at her like they're thinking about pecking her I'm going to spray them with the waterhose or squirt gun every time until they learn their lesson cause I'm not going to tolerate rotten behavior

 

[589205]

My goal is to gradually get her comfortable enough to be able to join my RIR flock before winter comes cause they all need to be able to hunker down and huddle together to keep warm!

 

[BlueHorse17]

Welcome to BYC!!

 

[589205]

Here's a pic of my young 19week old pullet Baby G:
Young 19week old meanie roo Lil' Fat B:
& my young 5month old breeder roo Teddybudz: