Pullets? Amer/marans mixes...

[HereChickChickChick88]

Good idea, thank you!!

 

[cassie123]

100% cockerel

 

[HereChickChickChick88]

Okay so forgive me, I’ve onlu had chickens for a little over 2 years (love them, but still learning). I have 5 and a half week old chicks I was putting out into a small, enclosed, isolated run for the day to get used to being outside and it helps the others get to know them for when they eventually go out in a few weeks. When I pick them up to put them in to small run, they of course squawk a bit and the roo came running - was he attempting to attack them or me? His wings were out and he was on a mission but my older girls stopped him - they just peck him a bit and keep him away when he gets a little bit of courage. Just curious, was he out to protect the chicks or me?

 

[HereChickChickChick88]

He hasn’t attacked me yet like the other roos would, he runs to me but doesn’t dance (or challenge I guess) like my other Roos. He gets food from us like the others - but he has those marans talons I don’t want to encounter

 

[KikiLeigh02]

I think that's pretty normal behavior just for introducing new chickens to a flock. Mine does that if I introduce a new bird, especially when I first put them out there in the see but don't touch section. It's hard to say, but I think it's a good possibility it was directed toward the chicks. I don't let him do it when I'm around though, if he tries I step toward him until he moves out of my way.

 

[Alexandra33]

He most likely was simply distressed by the squawking, as most roosters are. It's their job to respond to flock drama and break things up.

~Alex