My hen are killing my roosters!

[rhmcdowell]

My hen are attacking my roosters, pecking at their eye and leaving them a bloody pulp near dead. I removed the old rooster and introduced a younger one and they nearly killed him too.

 

[AlleysChicks]

You just tossed him in? It has to be a gradual intro or they attack him since he is not part of the flock.

 

[rhmcdowell]

How do you do a gradual introduction on a new rooster. And why did they attack the old one in the first place?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

How old is the rooster?

I'm sorry that he is injured-do you need help with administering care to his wounds?

Here's a very good article on integrating a single bird to a flock:
http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/introducing-a-single-hen-to-an-existing-flock

 

[Acre4Me]

How many quail hens? Size of cage? How many roosters in same cage? How many quail do you have all together?

I have 5 cages of approx 2’ x 2’. Each cage has 1 boy and 5 girls. A couple times I’ve had a hen be aggressive, so a swap occurs and usually aggressive hen not an issue in new cage. Since all cages are within small area and all sides are mesh, all mybirds can see and/ or hear each other, so not like introducing a brand new bird into a cage. If I buy new birds, they either make a new cage themselves, or more than one new bird is added to the cage andthen they are monitored to make sure nothing too horrible occurs. But, there’s been a few bloody wounds and pecked eyes.

 

[rhmcdowell]

I had 5 hens and a rooster in a cage 24" X 30". They are all September hatch-lings. I guess I'll have to find a way to get the newby associated with the flock but safe from them until they get familiar like in the articale suggested above.