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[Marie2020]

These roosters have been together for at least a year and needed urgent rehoming a couple of weeks ago. They were in one coop together and doing well, but too little space of course. Today my friends and I built them a run - essentially two existing coops with a run in between. They went from getting along great to suddenly fighting when given more space. They are separated one in each coop for now but I’m trying to figure out what we did wrong. Since the only “new” thing was giving them more space, I’m assuming that was the issue and maybe they were having a bit of a dominance battle given the opportunity to take more space? Any help? Suggestions or explanations? Ideas?

Also - they arrived upon rescue with crazy long spurs. Rest of their nails were not overly long but spurs are nuts long. Planning to trim with a dremel tool but of course that made the fight scarier. They are both uninjured but definitely I need to figure out why they fought AND make plans to deal with the long spurs.

Thank you in advance for any help. Just trying to be a good helper to them.

Here is a link too @Shadrach 's thread on ex battery chickens . There're a few people in there dealing with several problems with their roosters...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...and-rescued-chickens-thread.1502267/page-1049

 

[swampfox440]

Welcome to BYC! good luck with your roosters.

 

[Blue Raptor]

Hello all! I’m new here, seeking help with some questions about roosters. I’m a longtime animal rescuer (especially rabbits & parrots) with some chicken experience but very little knowledge of roosters. I rescued two (seemingly bonded) Silkie roosters a few weeks ago.

Welcome to BYC!!

 

[Grammy60]

Hello and welcome to BYC We are happy you are here

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.

Can these boys now see and hear hens? If so, they will now want to establish dominance and try to start the process of winning over the ladies, whether they can access them or not.
I use very strong dog nail pliers to trim back spurs a little at a time. Then a very heavy duty file to smooth over the edges.

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

 

[sourland]

Hello, and welcome to BYC. Chickens dislike change. The change of environment has likely resulted in enough disturbance for them to readjust their pecking order.

 

[Fuchsia]

Hello and welcome to BYC.

 

[N F C]

Hello, best wishes with the roosters.

 

[Tookie]

Hi and welcome to BYC!
Good luck with your roosters!