Moving cockerel and rooster to separate pen?

[MountainGaurdian]

I have kept 20 to 30 large full size roos together through the winter in their own building with absolutely no problems. As soon as you throw a hen in the mix, it is a whole different ball game.

Never mix roosters together in a contained building or system if there are hens around, if you have large roo and a young pullet you might get lucky and be alright but generally you are looking at one survivor and one dead.

If your roo is too aggressive then swap out roos maybe, I always keep 10 to 15 around and if my main roo gets too hard on hens I swap out until I find one that can get the job done but doesn't tear them up. Rooster are like people, some are overly aggressive and seem to need to prove themselves with aggressive behavior, where others just get the job done, this isn't really a learned trait some are just that way and others are not.

Right now my largest rooster is with the breeding flock, my current flock started mainly as a flock of retired full size hens that I picked up for free from my wife's uncle Dana and some young bantam roosters I picked up from a local women. Now I have a great big (full size) rooster born from the mixed group a couple years back as my breeder. He is great with the hens in spite of his large size and the small (1/4 to 3/4 breed bantam) size of many of my hens.

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

I have kept 20 to 30 large full size roos together through the winter in their own building with absolutely no problems. As soon as you trow a hen in the mix, it is a whole different ball game.

Never mix roosters together in a contained building or system if there are hens around, if you have large roo and a young pullet you might get lucky and be alright but generally you are looking at one survivor and one dead.

If your roo is too aggressive then swap out roos maybe, I always keep 10 to 15 around and if my main roo gets too hard on hens I swap out until I find one that can get the job done but doesn't tear them up. Rooster are like people, some are overly aggressive and seem to need to prove themselves with aggressive behavior, where others just get the job done, this isn't really a learned trait some are just that way and others are not.

Right now my largest rooster is with the breeding flock, my current flock started mainly as a flock of retired full size hens that I picked up for free from my wife's uncle Dana and some young bantam roosters I picked up from a local women. Now I have a great big (full size) rooster born from the mixed group a couple years back as my breeder. He is great with the hens in spite of his large size and the small (1/4 to 3/4 breed bantam) size of many of my hens.

thanks, my rooster used to be such a gentleman.. matter of a fact, I rarely got fertile eggs.... But something changed this winter!! He is being much too rough, even with the hen saddles my girls are becoming bare!