- Aug 23, 2013
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Hi,
I've been here lurking but having said much...
We have 6 hens (1 RIR, 2 Giant Jerseys & 3 Americanas). They are about 7 or 8 months old.
A coworker gave us a rooster that is a Bantam Cochin who is the same age.
She gave us the rooster because she had 3 and the 2 older ones started to pick on him when he hurt his leg.
We've got him in his own little cage (carrier) under the hen house, which is on stilts. We've had him for a couple of days.
I want to keep him separate so that his leg heals and he has no head feathers and a scab on his head from the other roosters.
I let the girls out this morning while he was still loose in the pen because the girls got quiet after he crowed. Unfortunately, one of my Giant Jerseys, which towered over him, pecked him on the scab on his head and they both started flapping, then he ran to his cage.
What I am planning on doing is waiting til tomorrow night after their light goes out and sneak him into the hen house (I've been told he will sleep in the nesting box).
Is my plan doable?
Also, the coworker who gave him to us said that since he was smaller than our hens, he won't be able to fertilize their eggs...is that true?
Thanks,
Kathy
I've been here lurking but having said much...
We have 6 hens (1 RIR, 2 Giant Jerseys & 3 Americanas). They are about 7 or 8 months old.
A coworker gave us a rooster that is a Bantam Cochin who is the same age.
She gave us the rooster because she had 3 and the 2 older ones started to pick on him when he hurt his leg.
We've got him in his own little cage (carrier) under the hen house, which is on stilts. We've had him for a couple of days.
I want to keep him separate so that his leg heals and he has no head feathers and a scab on his head from the other roosters.
I let the girls out this morning while he was still loose in the pen because the girls got quiet after he crowed. Unfortunately, one of my Giant Jerseys, which towered over him, pecked him on the scab on his head and they both started flapping, then he ran to his cage.
What I am planning on doing is waiting til tomorrow night after their light goes out and sneak him into the hen house (I've been told he will sleep in the nesting box).
Is my plan doable?
Also, the coworker who gave him to us said that since he was smaller than our hens, he won't be able to fertilize their eggs...is that true?
Thanks,
Kathy