I have a 4 week old Bielefelder x Black Australorp that I am pretty sure is a cockerel. Comb and wattles are already red.
Last week I saw his mother chasing him around and wondered what was going on. Then I saw another hen doing the same, and wondered more.
So yesterday I saw him fly at his mother, basically doing the whole cockerel thing, and I can see why they were putting him in his place.
Is this the start of agression? I haven't seen this kind of behavior before in a chick so young, but this is the first chick I have seen raised in an adult flock rather than a sibling group.
Will the others teach him manners?
Last week I saw his mother chasing him around and wondered what was going on. Then I saw another hen doing the same, and wondered more.
So yesterday I saw him fly at his mother, basically doing the whole cockerel thing, and I can see why they were putting him in his place.
Is this the start of agression? I haven't seen this kind of behavior before in a chick so young, but this is the first chick I have seen raised in an adult flock rather than a sibling group.
Will the others teach him manners?