peacock chasing peahen

[country_girl011]

So the last 2 days my male has been chasing one of my hens relentlessly. He does not give up.
I know this isnt normal.
Unless its because hes new to this.
Hes 2 this year.
Anyways i can get him to stop.
I have 3 hens and he only does it to the 1

 

[zazouse]

I would move her if they are penned together he may very will kill her .

 

[DylansMom]

X2.......Sounds like it could be a little Testosterone Rage, I have one who gets like this and when he does he goes into Time-out by himself because he cannot be trusted with any hen. He did try to peck my Cameo bs to death, she is still bald on the back of her head from 3 years ago.

 

[KsKingBee]

Ouch! I did not know that they would kill each other. I had one male in a pen that would chase all the other birds. I thought about time out for him too but had not seen hem do it again.

 

[DylansMom]

Ouch! I did not know that they would kill each other. I had one male in a pen that would chase all the other birds. I thought about time out for him too but had not seen hem do it again.

If you suspect a male may be behaving badly, keep an eye on the Peahen's heads. They seem to go after the heads and if you see blood I would recommend separating them. I don't think my girl will ever regrow the feathers on the back of her head. Last year I had a white male take a dislike to a white hen and her face was all pecked and bloody when I went out one morning. Timeout for him as well. He is with a pied hen this year and has been fine.

 

[country_girl011]

I did pen him in the shed for a while yesterday so the girls had a break. Which cooled him off some
Right now i have nowhere else to pen anyone.
I already seperated my ducks because he almost killed my drake last week.
Today he seems fine. Although she is nervous when he gets close.
He appareas to be getting frusterated that none of the hens want to mate.
He displays all day long. But so far no one is impressed with it.
If he gets aggressive with them again his butt will find a new home.i have been keeping a very close eye on them

 

[KsKingBee]

Yep, that's what my cock would do to. Display and get frustrated, then chase anyone in the pen with him biting them and bowling them over. I have only seen that once but I am ready with the time out pen.