I need some hep with an incident that happened with my Roosters regarding pecking order

[BigBlueHen53]

Do you not have feed available all the time? You say you go out to feed and your blue rooster won't let white rooster eat. You should have at least two feeders set up with pellets or crumble all the time, and they should be far apart and set up so a bird eating at one cannot see the other feeder. This way Blue cannot chase White away from the feed.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

That's what I plan to do, they are around 6 months old. I honestly just want them all to be their own. As in they all have privileges

Then you need at least 25 more hens. Do you have room for three separate flocks? You need several acres of land to accomplish this. As another poster said, please read @Shadrach's article about understanding roosters. Let me see if I can find it.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Here you go:

Https://backyardchickens.com/articles/understanding-your-rooster.75056/

 

[BDutch]

People who have a surplus of cockerels who want to keep them but cant have a lot of hens or as many seperate coops/runs as they have cockerels, often choose to set up 2 coop/runs. One with only cockerels/roosters and one with one cockerel/rooster and several pullets/hens.

 

[Feathering Farm]

Alright sigh, so I will have to give up the Blue Roo. Seems the obvious decision since he is a bully. Bummer thought hand raising them would help a little. I don't have that much. I have around 1 acre

 

[Feathering Farm]

Do you not have feed available all the time? You say you go out to feed and your blue rooster won't let white rooster eat. You should have at least two feeders set up with pellets or crumble all the time, and they should be far apart and set up so a bird eating at one cannot see the other feeder. This way Blue cannot chase White away from the feed.

I do but he still is all jittery and barely eats unless I am right there watching the entire time.

 

[saysfaa]

I'm sorry it isn't like you hoped it would be.

The same problem will come up between the two roosters who are left. So keep Blue if you otherwise like him better. Or try it may take a long time before problems come up if White is much stronger and more skilled so Third does think he has a chance if he challenges.

More hens will still help a lot.

 

[BDutch]

If you want a quick fix, like to keep the roosters and don’t care for eggs. You could sell the pullet. No hens, -> nothing to fight for. They might stop fighting. No guarantee.

Another fix is to cull (give away) 2 roosters and buy a few hens. Don’t wait any longer to take action. It can escalate quickly and the hen can get traumatised and injured if they start to mate her.

A second coop (like a prefab) is not a waste of money. It’s always handy to have one for emergencies. And 2 coops surely fit on 1 acre.