FlemingFarms
Chirping
- Nov 17, 2021
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Hi everyone!
I'm new to chickens (my first flock, 10 hens born in June). They are doing great. The coop is actually an entire shed (they get locked up at night) and a fenced in yard area. The problem is my neighbor has a rooster who has figured out how to get through the fence and keeps getting in my chicken yard and/or enticing the girls to escape. They never go far but corralling them is annoying. I didn't want a rooster. I don't have a rooster. This rooster is relentless and I feel I'm fighting a losing battle chasing him home CONSTANTLY. Should I be worried? He doesn't seem aggressive but I'm quite sure he's got his eye on one gal in particular and she seems thrilled with it. I guess I don't mind adding a little extra food (the neighbors are notorious for... letting their animals fend for themselves) but I'm worried about my girls. Yesterday they were up in the rafters of the coop and he was in the yard. Any advice?
I'm new to chickens (my first flock, 10 hens born in June). They are doing great. The coop is actually an entire shed (they get locked up at night) and a fenced in yard area. The problem is my neighbor has a rooster who has figured out how to get through the fence and keeps getting in my chicken yard and/or enticing the girls to escape. They never go far but corralling them is annoying. I didn't want a rooster. I don't have a rooster. This rooster is relentless and I feel I'm fighting a losing battle chasing him home CONSTANTLY. Should I be worried? He doesn't seem aggressive but I'm quite sure he's got his eye on one gal in particular and she seems thrilled with it. I guess I don't mind adding a little extra food (the neighbors are notorious for... letting their animals fend for themselves) but I'm worried about my girls. Yesterday they were up in the rafters of the coop and he was in the yard. Any advice?