Managing 3 roosters

[Jaimes09]

i have 3 rooster’s. 2 of them get along but they hate a new guy i brought in that is gamefowl. You guys think there is a way to have the layer or normal chickens to stop fighting the gamefowl? I’ve been thinking of letting them loose but tieing their 2 legs together so they can’t kick. Obviously i would do that when im outside as they may be more vulnerable to predators. But any tips?

 

[BarnyardChaos]

Oh wow. I know of no reliable way to keep roosters from fighting, especially when one is the 'new guy' - other than: keeping a wide rooster/hen ratio (12 or more hens to each roo); putting them in separate runs; or culling or re-homing the troublemakers.
@Shadrach would have some great tips on this.

 

[Jaimes09]

Oh wow. I know of no reliable way to keep roosters from fighting, especially when one is the 'new guy' - other than: keeping a wide rooster/hen ratio (12 or more hens to each roo); putting them in separate runs; or culling or re-homing the troublemakers.
@Shadrach would have some great tips on this.

I imagine the 2 normal breed roosters will end up giving up or running but the gamefowl rooster has been in a pen fight with past owner so don’t want to get him messed up even worse

 

[Mrs. K]

The real question is why are you keeping the three? You really can't keep everything.

Solution - separation. Sometimes I have seen roosters tethered.

But they are not going to all be nice, and more than likely someone is going to be hurt, and strong likelihood of something being killed.

Maybe they will get over it, but if they don't, it will be a real wreck.

With multiple roosters, always have a plan B, C and D... and it needs to be set up and ready to go, like a dog crate, a fish net on a 5 foot handle, so that you can get them separated.

Mrs K

 

[Jaimes09]

The real question is why are you keeping the three? You really can't keep everything.

Solution - separation. Sometimes I have seen roosters tethered.

But they are not going to all be nice, and more than likely someone is going to be hurt, and strong likelihood of something being killed.

Maybe they will get over it, but if they don't, it will be a real wreck.

With multiple roosters, always have a plan B, C and D... and it needs to be set up and ready to go, like a dog crate, a fish net on a 5 foot handle, so that you can get them separated.

Mrs K

I got really have 4 but the 4th one doesn’t ever engage but is protective.

The real question is why are you keeping the three? You really can't keep everything.

Solution - separation. Sometimes I have seen roosters tethered.

But they are not going to all be nice, and more than likely someone is going to be hurt, and strong likelihood of something being killed.

Maybe they will get over it, but if they don't, it will be a real wreck.

The real question is why are you keeping the three? You really can't keep everything.

Solution - separation. Sometimes I have seen roosters tethered.

But they are not going to all be nice, and more than likely someone is going to be hurt, and strong likelihood of something being killed.

Maybe they will get over it, but if they don't, it will be a real wreck.

With multiple roosters, always have a plan B, C and D... and it needs to be set up and ready to go, like a dog crate, a fish net on a 5 foot handle, so that you can get them separated.

Mrs K

Yeah in actuality we have 4 roosters and then a couple youngins that i know may be roosters. The 4th one never fights though that’s why i didn’t mention him but we haven’t gotten rid of these 4 because 2 of them were the ones i started with one was the first one that cane out in my first incubation and the last one is a new one. That’s the only reason. My parents don’t want to get rid of them either. But all the nee roos that are coming i will sell.