FolkSonginC
Songster
A few months ago I hatched out a chick, unfortunately only one, and he was sex-linked so I know he's a male. He's about 2 and a half months old now and I'm not sure where he's going to be living. The thing is I already have a small flock with a rooster, and I know he can't live with them long term because he'll fight with the other rooster and they could over-breed the hens, of which I only have 5. I have two other pens, one with two silkies, one a rooster, and a hamburg. The other one has three ducks and they have a sizable house to go into at night.
Ideally I want to be able to keep both roosters. In the meantime I've been sectioning off the chick in the regular chicken coop, as when I let them interact the adults attack him. My original idea was to get the chick and the rooster acquainted when he was young, which he is, and then once they know each other move them both to the duck pen and have them live there, and add roosting bars to the duck house, as I read if they are separated from the hens they won't fight. Is this plausible? So far I haven't gotten the rooster to be civil with the chick, as whenever they have contact he mounts him. I'm also wondering why he does this.
My other idea was to put him in with the bantams, but when he's bigger I worry he will bully them.
Any suggestions? I obviously don't want him to live alone, so if this sounds like none of it will work I guess I will have to get rid of one of them. But any advice would be greatly appreciated
Ideally I want to be able to keep both roosters. In the meantime I've been sectioning off the chick in the regular chicken coop, as when I let them interact the adults attack him. My original idea was to get the chick and the rooster acquainted when he was young, which he is, and then once they know each other move them both to the duck pen and have them live there, and add roosting bars to the duck house, as I read if they are separated from the hens they won't fight. Is this plausible? So far I haven't gotten the rooster to be civil with the chick, as whenever they have contact he mounts him. I'm also wondering why he does this.
My other idea was to put him in with the bantams, but when he's bigger I worry he will bully them.
Any suggestions? I obviously don't want him to live alone, so if this sounds like none of it will work I guess I will have to get rid of one of them. But any advice would be greatly appreciated