introducingabantamrooster intogroup

[FidChick]

We have an adult Ameracauna and a Jersey Giant and also 3 that are 4 months old. Today we got a bantam rooster and the adult Ameracauna promptly began attacking him. Although he fought back at first, she prevailed and he got his comb bleeding a little, hiding in a tiny slot at edge of run, basically hiding and cowering and adult will not let him alone. So we moved him into a small area of "See but no touch" in the coop. He is always going to be smaller than all the girls and we thought that would be a little less disfiguring for our girls since we had a previous experience with a full grown rooster who "denuded" our hens horribly! Our "teenagers" seemed to ignore him, but now we are wondering if we will be able to keep him alive! Will this dominant hen EVER adjust and accept a rooster? These girls have never been around a rooster, as I raised these from chicks and this is first rooster!

 

[Pork Pie]

I would imagine that at the moment your hens are simply treating the cock bird as a new pullet to the flock. Given time, and a few harsh lessons he should gradually gain at least some level of acceptance within the flock. Suffiicient space / objects breaking lines of sight and vigilance are important until that time.

 

[Little Jerry Seinfeld]

He should "man up" when hes older, right now the hens are bigger AND older, so he will have trouble being the top boss! I would probably keep him apart, trying again once a month until it seems like he will succeed as king of the flock.
Still, since there's been a dominant hen this whole time, she could stay that way forever! But they shouldn't beat each other up forever, sooner or later the hierarchy will be establed, with him or her as the dominant one.

...just wondering why you wanted a roo though, to protect rhe flock? Babies?