Christian chick61
In the Brooder
- Feb 2, 2019
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I have a sweet buff Orpington 2 yrs old that is getting constantly beat up by Both my roosters and the younger (1yr old) hens. She is scared to come out of the coop when I open it up in the am. She will stay in there all day if I don’t take her out. They have a large coop with a large 8x20 foot run. I let them all out to range in the yard every am
If she even pokes her head out of the run, one or both of the rooster will run to where she is and chase her back in the coop...twice I have had to separate her because she was beaten and bloody.
I have put her out in the yard(large chicken yard) only to find either both roosters or a rooster and hen kicking and pecking her. She has little to no feathers on the back of her neck.
She does not fight with the rooster. As soon as 1 of them approaches she squats like they can mate, then instead of mating,the rooster begins beating
We have 2 roosters,1 white rock and 1 lavender Orpington,and 15 hens
The Orpington rooster is the one that usually goes after her, but sometimes it’s the white rock. Both Roosters were born last spring and were raised with her being in the flock. The problem began when they started mating with all the hens.
Any ideas on how to stop this?
At this time I have her in a separate pen because she got beat up again
If she even pokes her head out of the run, one or both of the rooster will run to where she is and chase her back in the coop...twice I have had to separate her because she was beaten and bloody.
I have put her out in the yard(large chicken yard) only to find either both roosters or a rooster and hen kicking and pecking her. She has little to no feathers on the back of her neck.
She does not fight with the rooster. As soon as 1 of them approaches she squats like they can mate, then instead of mating,the rooster begins beating
We have 2 roosters,1 white rock and 1 lavender Orpington,and 15 hens
The Orpington rooster is the one that usually goes after her, but sometimes it’s the white rock. Both Roosters were born last spring and were raised with her being in the flock. The problem began when they started mating with all the hens.
Any ideas on how to stop this?
At this time I have her in a separate pen because she got beat up again