Lost feathers

[Laurie Nordstrom]

our rooster is jumping a few hens and I need advice on what to do. He hates being separated from them. Help please

 

[SunHwaKwon]

How many hens and how many roosters and how old are they?

 

[PD-Riverman]

our rooster is jumping a few hens and I need advice on what to do. He hates being separated from them. Help please

Well if he is Just being a Rooster----do nothing. If he is being really mean to them other than the normal rooster ways----Put him in a pot and get a more gentle one.

Some roosters are just To Ruff, then to some new chicken owners---to see a rooster grab a hen that is really not wanting to be bothered---she hollers a little then he breeds her---new owners might think he is to ruff----but really he is not. You can tell when they are to ruff.

 

[Laurie Nordstrom]

Well if he is Just being a Rooster----do nothing. If he is being really mean to them other than the normal rooster ways----Put him in a pot and get a more gentle one.

Some roosters are just To Ruff, then to some new chicken owners---to see a rooster grab a hen that is really not wanting to be bothered---she hollers a little then he breeds her---new owners might think he is to ruff----but really he is not. You can tell when they are to ruff.

He has picked 5 out of 13. He's an Australorpe. Do I need to get rid of him?

 

[Laurie Nordstrom]

How many hens and how many roosters and how old are they?

13hens, 1 rooster

 

[Laurie Nordstrom]

13hens, 1 rooster

Under a year

 

[SunHwaKwon]

A few things to try -

saddles for the "chosen" girls
cut his nails
cut/remove his spurs if he has them
separate the five from him

Are all 13 of laying/mating age?

 

[PD-Riverman]

He has picked 5 out of 13. He's an Australorpe. Do I need to get rid of him?

Watch this-----this is normal mating---except for the second rooster jumping on her right after the first---I would get rid of the second one.

 

[SunHwaKwon]

Or the first... It depends on which is the better rooster in general. I had a lot of that "competitive gang rape" style mating going on and luckily I managed to offload about 15 cockerels this past weekend and things have significantly calmed down, much to the relief of me and the birds. A few of the males left behind were culprits of bad behavior last week and now perfectly well mannered.

ETA If I had not been able to rehome them they would have been going in the freezer but I was more than happy to send them off to nice homes via a chicken swap instead. As it was, their mating initiative was huge but they were not yet to the point where butchering would be worthwhile, as far as size was concerned.

 

[Laurie Nordstrom]

Watch this-----this is normal mating---except for the second rooster jumping on her right after the first---I would get rid of the second one.

Ok, thanks..... he's just like the first one which I knew was normal, I cannot figure out why so many feathers are gone