Is my rooster a lost hope?

[Ms Biddy]

What kind of rooster is he? If you can find a bachelor flock he'd have to get along with the other roosters too.

 

[TeenageRooster's Dad]

Tomorrow maybe. I don't know how to post a video though so could you or somebody explain how?
They're not allowed to have any contact but he pretty much just tries to peck them through the fence. He's been doing it less, i think he's realized that he can't get to them but he still goes for it randomly. The chicks have lived outside in their grow out coop for several months now if he was going to stop i think he would've by now.

should be easy, when replying, simply click "upload a file", choose the video file then click "add thumbnail"..

 

[Jemma Rider]

should be easy, when replying, simply click "upload a file", choose the video file then click "add thumbnail"..
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Oh, of course. Sorry for being clueless. Thanks!

 

[Jemma Rider]

What kind of rooster is he? If you can find a bachelor flock he'd have to get along with the other roosters too.

Do you mean breed? He's a mixed breed (Jersey giant, brahma, barred rock). He's very large and absolutely gorgeous, he looks like a black copper marans at first glance but if you look closer you see all of the little differences.
I think that would be ideal. I'm just not sure how to go about finding one. I don't want to give him to a bad home he is to special for that and it breaks my heart to think he escaped his old situation to be placed into a potentially worse one. I wish i could just send him to the man i gave my other rooster to, he has a really big property with what must be twenty hens, he was very knowledgeable about the birds and offered to take rooster if he ever became a problem but i wouldn't want to give him this boy with his issues.

 

[tootmany]

It may just be he feels insecure with the pecking order among the chicks. He wants to be leader but doesn't get enough interaction to establish himself. If you are worried about pecking, you can look up pinless peepers - a lot of people have had success stopping the bullying. A lot of pecking order behavior seems mean but you just gotta get through it sometimes.

 

[Jemma Rider]

It may just be he feels insecure with the pecking order among the chicks. He wants to be leader but doesn't get enough interaction to establish himself. If you are worried about pecking, you can look up pinless peepers - a lot of people have had success stopping the bullying. A lot of pecking order behavior seems mean but you just gotta get through it sometimes.

I'll look in more to the pinless peepers, the chicks are just so small, maybe a fourth of his size now (he is very large, he's twice as large as the hens) and he pecks them like he wants to eat them. I guess the insecurity could be it, he used to have a brother he was submissive to before i got rid of him (his brother, Athens, was a tyrant to say the least), and then the hens bullied him until he crowed, some nights he would sleep outside because they refused to let him in the coop, i would need to put him on the roosts or he wouldn't even try to go inside. My hen lowest on the pecking order displays the same behavior when interacting with the chicks but it's less of a worry since she's a hen.

 

[tootmany]

I'll look in more to the pinless peepers, the chicks are just so small, maybe a fourth of his size now (he is very large, he's twice as large as the hens) and he pecks them like he wants to eat them. I guess the insecurity could be it, he used to have a brother he was submissive to before i got rid of him (his brother, Athens, was a tyrant to say the least), and then the hens bullied him until he crowed, some nights he would sleep outside because they refused to let him in the coop, i would need to put him on the roosts or he wouldn't even try to go inside. My hen lowest on the pecking order displays the same behavior when interacting with the chicks but it's less of a worry since she's a hen.

I get that your worried. Just introduced my big boy to my bantam chicks not long ago. They sort themselves out fairly quick and you sure can keep an eye out. I really hope you manage to keep him!

 

[Jemma Rider]

I get that your worried. Just introduced my big boy to my bantam chicks not long ago. They sort themselves out fairly quick and you sure can keep an eye out. I really hope you manage to keep him!

Thanks, i hope so to.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Tomorrow maybe. I don't know how to post a video though so could you or somebody explain how?
.... he pretty much just tries to peck them through the fence. He's been doing it less, i think he's realized that he can't get to them but he still goes for it randomly.

. I wish i could just send him to the man i gave my other rooster to, he has a really big property with what must be twenty hens, he was very knowledgeable about the birds and offered to take rooster if he ever became a problem but i wouldn't want to give him this boy with his issues.

he pecks them like he wants to eat them.

My hen lowest on the pecking order displays the same behavior when interacting with the chicks but it's less of a worry since she's a hen.

The BYC upload does not work, you will need to upload your video to youtube, vimeo or a similar platform then provide us a link.

What I'm trying to get at is if his behavior is outright attacking the youngsters or if it's normal pecking. Understanding what you are seeing would be helpful.

His behavior toward you still needs to be addressed as well. It may be best to re-home him. If the man you offered to take him if you had problems, then talk to him, explain the situation. If the man is still willing to take him, then you should consider letting him go. He may have more room and hens for your guy.

 

[aart]

Ok, this will sound drastic but my dad medicates his when they act like this. He raised birds pretty much all his life and has good instinct.
The med he uses is Oxytocin. He treats them for about 2 weeks, it really changes their behavior.

That's crazy!
Why do people want to give poultry humans meds willy nilly?! SMH.
I grow my own eggs and meat to get away from those 'medicated food'.