One cockeral singling out another cockeral

[ayeitsmeme]

My BCM cockeral has recently had his surge in testosterone, mated a hen yesterday and thinks hes just the man.

Well today out of no where he singled out my buff cockeral Peep multiple times. Chased him down, ran Peep behind a Bush, two other times he ripped feathers out. My BCM grew up with Peep and a sebright Cadbury. Theres been no issues and everyone just accepts their place on the pecking order. The sebright and the BCM are the only 2 that crow and the only 2 I've seen convinced that they're big bad roosters.

So what the heck, Peep literally is the most chill bird I've ever seen. He doesn't crow, he doesnt act aggressive. Hes just there, and then when Whopper goes after him he squawks and runs for cover. It's like I could see going after the sassy little sebright, but of all birds he has to torment my sweet Peep.

 

[azygous]

Peep! I love the name! It's amazing how many roosters end up with girlie names. It must be because so many are "unplanned". But are you sure Peep is a cockerel? I don't see the pointy saddle and hackle feathers.

I've sure had my share of surprise roos. Like seven over thirteen years. What you're seeing is pretty common behavior. Cockerels more than often ignore the "rule" that they must get along with those fellas they were raised with. I had two such ornery critters.

One was a Buff Brahma and the other a Black Cochin. Brooded together, and two docile breeds to boot. But no. They hit the hormone stage and all bets were off. They set to trying to kill each other. I mean that literally. Like in bloody, feather pulling, comb tearing brawls. They couldn't be in sight of each other without having a go at each other. I built them their own coop, designed with a see through wire barrier down the middle so each had their own side.

One day, they really got serious and demolished the barrier to get to each other, and the Brahma lost his entire tail in the process. This went on for a year until visiting dogs killed the Cochin.

Some roos get along with only minor squabbles like the two I have now. They're father and son, and the dad actually raised and trained the youngster. They mostly get along, but I'll see the dad tearing after the son and nipping his tail over something the younger one did that showed disrespect.

Your two cockerels probably will work out which one will be dominant, and they should get along fairly well. However, a lot depends on the number of hens in the flock. I happen to have close to twenty hens, and that's plenty for them each to have their own harem. It's kind of magical the way they divide the girls up and each watches over his troop.

Time will tell if you have two compatible roos. Or even two roos. I'm still suspicious your Buff is a hen.

 

[ayeitsmeme]

Peep! I love the name! It's amazing how many roosters end up with girlie names. It must be because so many are "unplanned". But are you sure Peep is a cockerel? I don't see the pointy saddle and hackle feathers.

I've sure had my share of surprise roos. Like seven over thirteen years. What you're seeing is pretty common behavior. Cockerels more than often ignore the "rule" that they must get along with those fellas they were raised with. I had two such ornery critters.

One was a Buff Brahma and the other a Black Cochin. Brooded together, and two docile breeds to boot. But no. They hit the hormone stage and all bets were off. They set to trying to kill each other. I mean that literally. Like in bloody, feather pulling, comb tearing brawls. They couldn't be in sight of each other without having a go at each other. I built them their own coop, designed with a see through wire barrier down the middle so each had their own side.

One day, they really got serious and demolished the barrier to get to each other, and the Brahma lost his entire tail in the process. This went on for a year until visiting dogs killed the Cochin.

Some roos get along with only minor squabbles like the two I have now. They're father and son, and the dad actually raised and trained the youngster. They mostly get along, but I'll see the dad tearing after the son and nipping his tail over something the younger one did that showed disrespect.

Your two cockerels probably will work out which one will be dominant, and they should get along fairly well. However, a lot depends on the number of hens in the flock. I happen to have close to twenty hens, and that's plenty for them each to have their own harem. It's kind of magical the way they divide the girls up and each watches over his troop.

Time will tell if you have two compatible roos. Or even two roos. I'm still suspicious your Buff is a hen.

Oh course all my recent pics of him aren't great at showing his tail. But I'm pretty sure hes a cockeral...hes a good deal larger than my BCM cockeral of the same age and his tail hangs like a cockeral. At 16 weeks hes a great bigger than my Plymouth rock RIR hens that are 4 years old. Hes a big fella!

And yeah I named him Peep because as a baby he looked just like the little yellow peeps lol! And hes the only one in the crowd I wanted to be a roo since buffs are so sweet, and he has really proven my thoughts right!

My fingers are crossed that they work things out. Like I said Peep is non confrontational, to a fault. The sebright tries to tell him what to do and instead of putting him in his place he just ignores the little guy lol. No one messes on my bird though!