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Sounds like the alpha male has decided he is king of the roost. Does the lower ranking rooster have any hens or has the alpha male claimed them all? The only way this will work is if you get this male some hens and keep this group in their own coop and space. Lots of space is needed to keep 2 roosters, generally both will fight to get to the top. Be careful, they can kill each other. If you can't add more hens or don't have the room, you may need to rehome one of your boys.
 
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Boonie822 said:
We have one spacious coop, and large run for them. Eight hens, two roosters. Never any aggression before at all.
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The hormones are flowing as breeding season is upon them. The young cockerels have battled it out for who will run the flock and you now know who the winner is. The one that was beaten needs to heal.
Personally, unless I had a great deal of space (as in at least 100 sq ft per bird along with a very large coop with a very large run offering at least 20 sq ft per bird in the enclosure) I would rehome the cockerel you don't want. If the dominant cockerel is a good bird and the pullets like him and he is not human aggressive you can keep him and nurse the submissive cockerel back to health and advertise him for rehoming.
If you do have plenty of space and plenty of things in that space, 2 males can often work things out and will share the females but you might need several more females to prevent over breeding, especially in the earlier years.
Good luck.
 
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TwoCrows said:
Does the lower ranking rooster have any hens or has the alpha male claimed them all?
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I've never found this to be the case. Of course the dominant male ALWAYS thinks all the hens are HIS but around here, the hens decide. My senior boy loses hens to the junior boys all the time. And I have enough females in the flock that he doesn't mind. But he is still the one running the show.
 
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Boonie822 said:
We have one spacious coop, and large run for them. Eight hens, two roosters. Never any aggression before at all.
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As photo period increases, so do hormones. Sounds like the subordinate rooster wants to improve his position. It will very likely be that they will not coexist peacefully again.
 

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