My 8 week old roosters sparing

[BlueEggsAndHens]

Hi everyone,
So I made a post couple of weeks ago about my 8 week old roosters

I still have both roosters as things have been going smoothly and I haven't been able to part with him yet. But I did catch my two roosters going to spare in there own which they haven't done. Then I took them out like I always do (there outdoor pen still isn't done due to lack off money to finish it) and my main rooster (the one I'm keeping) has been really good but is showing he is more dominating then my other rooster but have have had no problems but the every now and again spar but doesn't draw blood or even make much contact when they spar.

Should I start getting worried about my main rooster that we will start fights with my other rooster in their pen they sleep in an spend 90% of there time in.

Thank you any advice or help Will be greatly appreciated. I need to work out if I need to get rid of my other roster this week. Which will be hard as I just got back to school so letting him go will be really sad but if it is better for the flock and for my other rooster health and safety will go first.

 

[Perris]

At that age they are not sparring, they are just kids engaging in a bit of playground rough and tumble. Pullets will do a bit of chest-bumping and flying kicks too. They need to find their place in the pecking order, and this is how they do it. Let them grow up before you make any decisions about their future - I don't think a roo's character is really set before they're nearly a year old, and it will change in response to their environment and living conditions, just like boys' will.

 

[Ridgerunner]

It is most likely dominance stuff. They are just feeling each other out and mostly playing. If you raise cattle, young male calves do the same thing. Sometimes heifers join in. I do not consider what you describe as an immediate threat.

But my advice is different. Since you know which one you are keeping get rid of him now. You are only going to grow more attached.

I had a 2-week-old chick kill a sibling. Out of the blue it pecked a hole in its head. Then it started on a second chick. The broody hen did nothing. I separated that aggressive chick for a while and it stopped that behavior.

Another time a 15-week-old cockerel killed a sibling cockerel. For whatever reason he attacked and killed him, again by pecking the head. They had all kinds of room, they were not crowded. There were 17 other cockerels in that flock, all the same age. No serious issues with any of them, just that one dead cockerel.

If you did not know which one you were going to keep I'd suggest you wait. But if you already know I don't see any reason to keep the other any longer than you have to.

 

[BlueEggsAndHens]

The reason I'm keep the rooster is because he is more cuddly then the rest and I have a better connection with him.

I just worried that when they rough play it just looks like they are fighting each other the one I am keeping does have some little peek marks on his grown not sure if it is due to my other rooster. And I was also worried as he was trying to peek at and stand over the hens.