Welsh Ducky
Songster
Yesterday my friends had to give away their 4 month old astralorp rooster, and I decided to take him in as I recently lost one of my favorite hens. I have a flock of 5 RedStar/GoldenCommet/RedSexLink hens, and I’m hoping the roo won’t get bullied or bullly. I made him a quarantine pen inside the coop and out in the yard that I plan on keeeping him in for a week or two, to allow the hens to get used to him. Today two hens came separately and pecked his crown through the wire and drew blood. I took outside his pen today (just carrying him) and let him meet the flock. (Not too close, I didn’t want him getting pecked again) three of my hens are aggressive towards him, one of them a little less so. The other two hens didn’t seemed bother by him at all. I’m hoping once he finally moves into the flock there will be no, or very little fighting. What is the best way to move him into the flock and cause the least amount of bloodshed? Thanks.